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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1925
Page
8
John Burroughs extols farming life as the sanest occupation. He argues land roots a person, linking it to intimate ties with cattle, crops, and nature. City life breeds distempers. farming humbles, teaches patience, and restores balance.
A New York magazine editor recalls Anatole France telling a youth his manuscript would rot. The youth insists he wrote with heart’s blood, while France says youngsters write with heart and older writers with ink whose flame is redder.
The Old Crown of Lombardy, famed for its gold and precious stones, includes an iron band said to derive from the true cross given by Empress Helena to Constantine. Napoleon placed it on his head in 1805 declaring divinely provided. It was kept at Monza cathedral, moved to Manfir, then returned to Monza after 1805 and Vienna peace.
A Boston boy sits on the curb crying as a kindly woman asks what ails him. He replies with a wry jab about seeking playmates whose eugenic and hereditary traits align with his own, a quip tagged as a "Carnegie Puppet" remark.
A historical note describes a poisonous bait for ants using syrup dissolved with arsenate of soda in hot water to create a poisoned bread piece. It claims ants may carry the bait to the nest, potentially destroying the entire colony, offering a practical alternative to odoriferous insecticides.
An anecdote from Paul Revere Frothingham's Life of Edward Everett recalls Lafayette arriving in America in 1824 and attending a Harvard Phi Beta Kappa meeting where an enthusiastic lady proclaimed she would never wash her face again if he kissed her, illustrating early 19th century hero worship.
Prof Barcroft notes hair is skin grown in a specific way, becoming hard and protruding like a tube. He explains pigment differs between hair and skin, and that Anglo-Saxon skin tone does not equal negroid hair color despite a dark beard.
A reader’s scrambled puzzle clues hint at old spellings and meanings for early English terms. Across items include prefixes and names, while downs touch on verbs, pronouns, and celestial or mythic references, with several archaic or alternate spellings implied.
Representative Burton argues Europe seeks partisan intervention rather than judicial. He notes Europe’s stark divisions, mountains and seas that deepen hostilities, and urges neutral mediation by the United States while promising to avoid siding with any party. He suggests readiness for possible future mediation if conditions shift.
Sheriff's sale to satisfy tax and other liens across Taylor County. Property includes one acre in lot 81 in the 14th District. two acres in Section 2 Butler. five acres in Butler Section 2. 50 acres in lot 176 in 12th District. 75 acres in land lot 10 in 14th District. one house and lot in Reynolds. 14 remains in 297 in 1st District. all to be sold at public auction at the courthouse door. Includes names Lizzie Turner estate Vera Leonard Walter Sanders Effie Gray Thomas Riley C C Hill and others. Auction set for first Tuesday in August 1925 with multiple parcels described and taxes due for 1924.
Harry Raymond of Los Angeles sails to San Francisco with passengers crowded aboard. He shares a stateroom with an old gentleman, Samuel Harrison, who turns out to be his mother's brother. Learning of an uncle Henry Harrison’s death, Raymond’s mother is dead, and Raymond stands to inherit about $500 000.
A Youth's Companion report describes a nest of Trinidad ants at the London Zoological Gardens using rose petals as parasols and forming heaps of petals to grow a special fungus. The ants were seen cutting petals from roses near the queen’s apartments, carrying them home and chewing the result.
A judge presides as two young lawyers spar for reputations as orators. The second speaker notes they were raised and educated together and even born on the same day. The judge prompts, and the lawyer confirms the same birth date, prompting a wry remark about the wind.
To Reynolds voters an election is set for September 4, 1925 to decide approving a contract with Fairbaks Morse & Co. for a 60 horsepower diesel engine, 47% EVA alternator, two motors and related gear at 7280 dollars with staged payments and 7 percent interest. title retained by seller until paid. Voters to choose In favor of Machinery Contract or Against Machinery Contract. polls 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
Public outcry sale of real estate securing a deed by A I Jarrell to Taylor County Bank recorded in Deed Book O Folio 450. Thirty acres in Lot 150 and one third interest in 99 acres in Lot 49, both in suitable districts, to satisfy a debt of 5428.20 plus interest. proceeds to pay debt, costs, and any balance to Jarrell.
Mrs Maggie B Fuller vs A A Fuller notices removal of disabilities from a total divorce verdict dated October 6 1924. On August 5 1925 petitioner A A Fuller filed with the Taylor County Superior Court clerk to be heard at the October 1925 term beginning October 6 1925 for the restoration of rights arising from the marriage to Ezie B Fuller.
D S Bloodworth has applied for permanent Letters of Administration on the estate of J S Bloodworth late of this county deceased. Creditors and next of kin are cited to appear at the Ordinary's office within the time allowed by law and show cause why letters should not be granted. Witness dated August 1 1925. L T Peed Ordinary
The Waldensians, early reformers, formed around 1170 led by Peter Waldo, a Lyons merchant. Their main centers were in the Piedmont Provence and Dauphine Alps.
The text enumerates nineteen national parks from Hot Springs Arkansas with 46 springs to Zion Utah with a 2000 foot canyon, plus additional national monuments. It notes features like Yellowstone in Wyoming, Sequoia and Mount Rainier with glaciers, Crater Lake as an extinct volcano, and diverse sites across California, Oregon, Colorado, Montana, Washington, Alaska, Arizona, Maine, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Utah, and Hawaii.
In Atlanta convenient connections offered for all points with parlor car and coaches from Macon to Atlanta. Sleeping cars and coaches available to points North East and West. For complete information contact any Ticket Agent Southern Railway System or Co. B. Rhodes.
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