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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1923
Page
8
An excerpt notes Arab horses require balanced intake and exercise for stamina. European buyers doubt three seeds of grain daily sufficiency and one walking hour, but Arabs show high spirit and resilience with proper work. A British Sudan officer observed an Arab horse finishing 800 miles with no overwork signs after shedding shoes.
A Chicago woman recounts a winter in the Bahamas and South Carolina then travels to Dawson and the Klondike by auto. She observes Dawson’s furred calls and pelted ears, praises sled dogs, and muses on Egypt and ancient embalming as she hints at a future Klondike return.
In the West Indies women haul bananas, oranges, yams and brown sugar along mountain paths at four miles per hour, counting a 40 mile walk as a constitutional. They trade gossip on market days and serve as desk traders on ships. Grenada features women acting as blacksmiths, shepherds, carpenters and carriers.
The piece argues loving animals enhances humanity and boosts faith. It notes pets provide restfulness after tiring days, with cats’ purrs and dogs’ playful friendship drawing people toward goodwill. It concludes that such care is a worthwhile life enrichment.
Dr James Walsh of Fordham University highlights an ancient text attributed to Hotep letters to his son. The epistle echoes Polonius like guidance on avoiding quarrels, advising plain statements with superiors equals and letting inferiors speak to prevent fools.
The term guerrilla applies to irregular fighters in wars from 1808 to 1814 in Spain against the French, with Mina's band aligning with Wellington and later forming robber bands after peace. Guerrilla activity shaped Spanish civil wars, notably in the Basque provinces, and appeared in the US Civil War with attacks on both sides.
A forestry official near Champaign Illinois notes a unique Burr Oak grove three miles long and one mile wide, isolated by prairie and distant from streams. He suggests the grove migrated from the northeast onto a glacial moraine, protected from fires by nearby water, unlike surrounding woodlands.
The skunk cabbage with its malodorous blossom is a flower that plays a part in nature. As spring warmth returns bees emerge from hibernation seeking food, and without the swamp plant they might perish from starvation before other blossoms provide sustenance.
The tale says discoverer and first settler Thjelvar named Gottland the Pearl of the Baltic. The island allegedly rose and sank with tides, Thjelvar fighting trolls and spirits with fire, leaving waters unbroken since. Later medieval Gottland became a powerful historic and fairy lore blend drawing curious tourists.
Betty Washington Lewis is portrayed as more than a sister to George Washington. She served as consol er, comforter, advisor and friend according to Virginia authorities. Her husband Colonel Fielding Lewis, wealthy and well connected, sacrificed his fortune to aid soldiers and country. Within Kenmore’s decorative gardens Washington’s sister was honored with assemblies of military and civic era deeds.
Levyed upon and to be sold as the property of J W Schell to satisfy a tax final for 1922. Describes lot No 2 in block 41 bounded by Mrs W F Weaver and Mrs Ida Goodwin with an alley street and lines. Notice given per law. levy made and returned by S M Drapp EGC. Dated August 7 1923 by Sheriff J R Beeland.
Administrator advertises sale of Camilla C Holman property in Taylor County Georgia by court order. The west half of Lot 115 in the 14th district, containing about 101.25 acres, bounded by River Road D J T Shines land Janis estate and the east boundary, will be sold at public outcry on the first Tuesday in September 1928 at the Taylor County courthouse for cash.
A colonel asks Uncle Bob for a job and the elderly negro admits he cannot perfectly explain the scripture The gospel is free The exchange reveals the tension between spiritual teaching and compensation in a rough dialogue set in a military or colonial context.
The American Child Health Association promotes school based health habits through teachers and structured programs. It advocates milk, wholesome food, and hot lunches in rural and urban schools, aiming to make health a habit for all American children.
Taylor Superior Court October Term 1923 Kate Allen Correll v Lester W Allen Mattie Allen Crew Betty Allen Caldwell Nina Allen Olive Earl Allen Mattie Lou Allen Smith Richard Allen defendants ordered to appear at next Superior Court on first Monday in Oct 1923 to answer complaint Judge Geo P Munro Aug 15 1923 Clerk U S Cox
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