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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1936
Page
3
A party trick uses a complete set of dominoes to simulate mind reading. Lay out the dominoes shuffle them spectators match them, then the performer secretly keeps one domino. The end dominoes match the hidden card, revealing the trick through an endless chain of dominoes.
The Morris report of 1782 urged replacing pounds shillings and pence with a decimal system. It proposed a base unit of 1 1440 dollar aligned with the Spanish milled dollar. Jefferson, on the committee, approved many ideas but found 1 1440 dollar too small and inconvenient and suggested a dollar close to the Spanish milled dollar.
Thom as Blount noted a pickadil as several divisions set together near the garment’s skirt. This led to Pickadilly name for the outermost gaming house near St James, reflecting its position at the suburb’s edge.
Readable text outlines hogs weigh 200 to 260 pounds as ideal, with ages 6 to 10 months. Emphasizes medium, well finished hogs yield tender, well textured meat with balanced fat and lean for better curing. Warns extremely fat or very young hogs produce poorer cured meat.
Nelle Colquitt of Polk County kept a complete garden record showing 25 vegetables grown on about 1.67 acres. The Georgia 4-H member produced nearly 18,000 pounds of produce, sold some and canned 813 jars valued at 226 dollars. Her efforts earned a free trip to the National 4-H Congress in Chicago in 1936.
Georgia farmers face a year shaped by foreign cotton output and the 1937 agricultural conservation program. County Agent G C Daniel notes world carryover, rising foreign production, and a record U S mill consumption boosting hopes for US yields while urging continued study of the outlook amid improving business conditions. Christmas Seals fight tuberculosis with penny donations timing from Thanksgiving to Christmas boosts community health efforts.
Georgia farmers face higher prices and ample credit in 1987 yet must plan carefully as world cotton production climbs. The report notes volatile conditions across crops and livestock, with limited feed, potential increases in cotton seed competition, and opportunities in tobacco, peanuts, peaches, watermelon, hogs, beef cattle, dairy, and poultry. Copies of the complete outlook bulletin are available from county agents or the Agricultural Extension Service Athens GA.
Columbus Ga November 29 Wm H Weaver 58 was fatally injured Friday when two cars collided on a street. He suffered a fractured skull and was thrown about 15 feet. J C Rowe 46 driver of the other car faced manslaughter charges and was released on 1100 bond. no hearing date set.
Grace Sims aged 15, daughter of J H Sims of Stilson Georgia, died at home after telling her father she dreamed of her mother and that she had come to carry her away. Physicians attributed death to a heart attack reported after she collapsed following a day of health. The family, led by a Primitive Baptist minister, is prominent in the area.
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