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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1920
Page
4
A compact republication review from the Butler Herald ca 1920s notes editor C. E. Benns and weekly circulation, then musing on governance and politics. It reflects local protest and national views with jests about bachelors, prohibition, labor, and capital relocation debates in Georgia and surrounding areas.
The piece notes both major parties closed their conventions and the nation should focus on practical matters. It warns against the financial incentive for patriotic speeches and urges voters to act wisely in the lead up to the November election.
The nation fears a coal shortage next winter, though the Federal Reserve Board notes potential danger. Miners are returning to work, boosting weekly bituminous output to 10,532,000 tons, six percent below pre strike levels and seventeen percent under peak output. Year-to-date production runs 38.9 million tons ahead of last year.
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun comments on Henry Lincoln Johnson, a Georgia Republican leader, urging care with remarks about lynching and black voters. It notes Johnson’s aggressive answer about disappearances of Black Republicans and warns Georgia voters may reject him if he does not curb the rhetoric. The piece also cites a Georgia crop report noting 6,000 acres less in cultivation for the year.
Mrs Linda Harrod of Fort Wayne Indiana testifies that after years of stomach trouble Chamberlains Tablets gave immediate relief from heaviness and pain after meals. She says two bottles let her eat anything without distress.
The passage argues that most people know little about common things like cars, pins, sugar, tea plants, coffee, prunes, olives, and wood types. It suggests a broad ignorance about everyday objects and processes, noting how some individuals seek broader knowledge to become more satisfied and interesting to others.
An advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as a reliable bowel complaint remedy for summer use. It urges readers to buy now at any drug store and notes common tough characters have more manhood than polished speakers.
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