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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1917
Page
7
Soldiers at Camp Gordon endure heat and fatigue in summer duties. a report notes daily routines, barracks life, and gear, highlighting morale and welfare efforts to keep men in comfort during the assignment.
A legislative budget committee will meet in Milledgeville December 18 to inspect the Georgia Normal and Industrial College the state sanitarium and the state prison farm to assess financial needs and data for appropriation. The sub committee will report on legality of items in the general appropriations act. The committee previously inspected the Georgia Training School for Girls.
Moultrie reports a major fire severely damages the Commercial building with estimated losses between 55000 and 75000 dollars. Atlanta coal talks blame rail carriers for coal delivery delays. Brunswick officials and federal officials fail to reach a compromise on coast fishing and food programs. Rome Major Wright reports for duty at Fort Riley Kansas. Albany jail empties after long time. cells open and few defendants remain. Columbus rural prosperity drives farm town construction. Waycross defeats a mayoral candidate advocating blue laws. Gainesville cotton sales show price rise. 973 bales down but value up by 61779 dollars. Savannah fire injures five at Meldrim hall of the Georgia State Industrial College for Negroes. Americus Skinner farm sold for 17500 dollars cash to Mrs Tollett. Thomasville markets abundant possums and rising Christmas market. Macon waterworks expands capacity with 100000 dollar investment. 24000000 gallons daily capacity anticipated. Macon Christmas Savings clubs and Liberty Bond interest deliver thousands in coming days as Camp Wheeler soldiers receive pay.
London reports Jerusalem captured by the British expeditionary force after Gaza and Beer Sheba fell. General Allenby’s troops advanced north to Jaffa and now control Bethlehem nearby, signaling a historic blow to Turkish morale and a centuries old Moslem claim to the city.
A wartime vignette shows a patient waiting in a doctor's office then an urgent plea to be admitted within minutes. Officers billeted at a house receive appreciation from all, including a parlor maid who jokes about sewing buttons to the major's trousers.
Harold Haffbacque led off in the first practice game of the season at the line behind the line charged head down into a mass of players. He was knocked unconscious after a terrific collision and muttered about a chauffeur and his car before fading.
The piece recalls a centuries old witticism about General Wolfe and a comment by George II, linked to Plutarch and cited by Lady Jersey. It notes the longevity of such stories and invites verification.
A three month cease fire between Russia Romania and Austro German forces is in effect from the Dnieper to the Danube. Romania agrees to German proposals except troop redeployment. Russia threatens to pull troops, driving the armistice talks. Two German and Austrian spies sentenced to death in Cairo for attempted seizure of a French fort in Somaliland.
The speaker urges kindness and measured speech when addressing others even during conflict. Maintain calm, greet others warmly, and only condemn crime with clear, simple language. Preserve composure, avoid anger, and let time soften tensions while a steady, welcoming tone prevails.
A young tad on Hardscrabble farm weighs a future of brass knuckles to defend or attack. He imagines using them against a schoolmaster or to rescue a girl from a Prussian prince as he awaits manhood.
Bakers begin producing a standardized loaf with minimum fats under food administration rules. The loaf may sell for seven cents per pound once set, with no price yet fixed. Licenses required for bakers using more than ten barrels of flour monthly and for hotels and clubs that bake bread in-house.
The United States Biological Survey reports extermination of ground squirrels on about 209000 acres of government land in the last fiscal year. Of this area 35400 acres lie on Fort Totten Indian Reservation in North Dakota, with remaining work mainly in Modoc California and Sequoia National Forests. In North Dakota five-eighths of a ton of strychnine was used across seven counties in cooperation with the state experiment station.
An incandescent lamp filled with gas instead of a vacuum is made renewable by A. J. West of Winnipeg. A spent filament is withdrawn via the globe neck after unscrewing from the head, a new filament is inserted. Gas recharging follows through a special opening after removing a screw plug and resealing.
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