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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1915
Page
5
A collage of editorials and quips on war marching through newspapers. References to war front reporters demanded by a paper, general Sherman’s absence, and shouts of “the Hun at the gate” mix with notes on business conditions and a joke about a chicken’s birthday.
The Herald joins W. T. Alder’s son’s newspaper and thousands of friends in congratulating him on his election as president of the Southern Newspapers' Publishers association. The association will gain renewed interest. Southeast Live Stock debuts as a new monthly magazine with Col. Walter J. Woodall of Columbus as editor.
The Talbotton New Era notes Benns of the Butler Herald and the Macon Telegraph mock the editor’s bachelor status. It says Howell's fate is sealed, but the editor’s persistence continues as a death struggle, yet perseverance may win in time.
Generous offer to mail Foley Honey Tar Compound cough remedy and Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cash Tablets from Foley & Co. Chicago. Distributed in town by H. J. Porter, with request to cut out the ad and enclose it to receive the free trial.
The Wall Street Journal editorial warns that without quick action to raise meat supply, beef could reach 50 cents a pound and shoes ten dollars a pair. It urges diversified farming with hogs and poultry, cites the Moultrie Packing Company in Georgia, and critiques cotton loan schemes as harmful to Southern bankers and farmers.
Fort Worth Texas January. National Lecturer Jon Jan-Peter Radford of the Farmers Union says at a press briefing that details on whether Southern farmers will seek loans under the 135 million cotton pool are being examined.
The piece argues newspapers exaggerate threats to push Congress for battleships, armaments, and a larger army. It claims a coming era of peace would follow if the United States disarms and focuses on commerce, criticizing war scare as benefiting only military builders and noting high taxes.
A boastful paragraph touts superior printing for sale bills and a county auction scene. It describes an overactive sale where the farmer sells everything including nontraditional items and even a mortgage while bidding continues, ending with a claim of the bills’ effectiveness.
A Bostonian recounts passing through German held territory during World War I. While dining with a German general, she encounters a British-born English-speaking woman who claims to be English yet is suspected of espionage. The Chinese whispers of identity and danger test her resolve, but she insists on being American and is allowed to continue to Rotterdam for passage back to New York.
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