22 Feb 1881
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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1881
Page
1
The report notes four large paper mill projects starting at Parkersburg West Virginia and expansion of Atlanta Georgia output to 160 180 bales weekly. It cites growing timber shipments from Darien Georgia and wider forest resources, plus industry activity in Tennessee Alabama and Mississippi, with local education and public notices implied in the era.
The article cites jury rights restoration, university building costs for colored students in Helena Arkansas, and land values across Florida Kentucky Louisiana Arkansas Oregon Nebraska. It notes reclamation plans for Lake Okeechobee in Florida, a Petersburg Virginia iron and bone shipment, West Virginia state constitutional petitions, South Carolina migration for labor, and Crayton’s German immigrant workforce in Anderson County.
Fragmentary OCR from a 19th century issue references Butler Georgia on a February Tuesday with talk of reform and a call to action. The text is garbled but hints at a day of reform, a payment promise, and a urging to reveal a plan and await tomorrow.
In Hazelton a gloomy Bolton Hall towers over a quiet village. Arthur Bolton seeks Lucy Grey while Sir James plots to marry Lucy by force, spreading ruin and fear. A tower collapse exposes the truth, Arthur and Lucy wed, and Sir James ends blinded and broken, forgiven by their love.
A historical sketch recounts James B. Eads born 1820s era, rising from a St Louis dry goods clerk to famed Mississippi River engineer. It details early talent from childhood, a devastating 1833 fire, first steamship work, and pioneering dive methods using a whisky barrel to salvage sunken cargo aiding future river and bridge ventures.
The piece urges health as essential to success and happiness, warning against neglecting health for ambition. It extols vigorous living, regular meals, clean living, and steady work, citing health as the foundation for enduring effort and achievement. It praises sports, travel, and wholesome recreation while warning against excessive gambling or intemperance.
A Londoner and a York shire shopper illustrate how the Americanism "right away" causes surprise. The hotel bellboy and a counter clerk both insist on immediate delivery, highlighting the perceived novelty and spread of the phrase beyond London.
Rhode Island voters are explained with two canvases: registry voters who vote for general officers, mayoral races, and electors, and property voters who can vote for city council members. Natives qualify by two years in state and six months in town for registry, or one year and property ownership for property voters. Foreign born must naturalize, reside one year, and own $134 real estate to vote or be registry voters, with complexities noted about naturalized citizens and tax requirements.
A column asserts that a man married a seemingly honest wife who was a professional bigamist. It argues that a woman’s “pretty ways” can ruin men, whether heartful or calculated, and claims women are both better and worse than men in matters of seduction and mischief.
A chaotic scene unfolds with Mr Weedles and a girl named Miss Mary. Dialogues mix science chatter and rural slang as a heckler’s threats and a clumsy romance collide before the curtain rises and ends in laughter.
A Berlin inventor claims a method to circumnavigate the globe in twenty four hours using a stationary balloon and specially designed passenger car. He presented the theory to the Berlin Polytechnic Society, arguing the earth would rotate beneath while the craft remains aloft. He has yet to prove the trip but asserts feasibility.
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