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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1920
Page
5
A satirical monologue traces a man from birth to death, criticizing life stages and follies. It ridicules schooling, college antics, marriage, wealth chasing, and eventual decline as heirs quarrel over inheritance while the wife pursues a new partner.
The Central of Georgia Railway announces reduced fares to summer resorts across the North East West and to resorts in Georgia Alabama Kentucky Carolina Tennessee Virginia and the South Atlantic coast. For full details contact W Fogg in Atlanta W C Kilgore in Augusta A P McPeters in Albany B K Bloodworth in Athens A J McDoughall in Birmingham Belk in Columbus W E Stewart in Chattanooga W W Hackett in Montgomery Hoyt Ware in Savannah and note the 666 Chill and Fever Tonic is trusted by doctors druggists and the public.
Land lot no 116 in the 12th District Taylor County Georgia containing 202 14 acres more or less spring head two small houses on highway between Butler and Mauk Ga Price 1000 CASH. Write J A White 19 ae Street Atlanta Ga 666 has proven it will cure malaria chills and fever bilious fever colds and la grippe. It kills the germs that cause the fever. Fine tonic.
Two Jersey heifer calves missing, one nine months old and the other seven months, described as darker red with a prominent head butt and horns on the smaller calf. Owner: T. L. Fountain.
The Yelfair Enterprise notes a Georgia Association list of needs including nine month schooling for every child, a statewide highway system, tick eradication, improved livestock credit, pasture development, dog control, and expanded agricultural education. It urges improved education as the root of progress and warns that without forward action Georgia may fall behind.
The piece contrasts rural mindsets of farmers who value crops and money with those who find joy in landscape and community. It notes that many stay with farm life despite temptations of city life, while younger folk seek glitter but often regret it. Fortunate owners of homes in middle Georgia are praised for lasting happiness.
A female white and brown spotted Rat Terrier stray was found near Fountain Packing House on a Wednesday or Thursday. The dog is heavy built with a strong chest and has been spayed. A reward is offered for information leading to its return.
P. L Fountain reports a Smith and Wesson 32 caliber pistol number 121473 missing from an automobile between Midway church and Pebble by way of Butler. Liberal reward offered to finder who returns it to Herald office.
Tomato plants are available in choice varieties and will be ready now or by mid August. Prices are reasonable and this is the time to plant for good fall crops.
A reader observes city crowds at stations and shopping districts to reflect on food supply. The passage compares urban consumption with farming, suggesting awareness and action to improve conditions. It ends with a note about Rub-My-Tism antiseptic and its claimed cures for various afflictions.
Sealy Hotel announces departure of staff and closure plans. See S J C Sealy for details and any final guest accommodations.
A Massachusetts Baptist minister argues Christianity must spread to Muslim and Buddhist regions. He claims Buddhism and Islam rival Christianity in Burma China Africa and Turkey and asserts recent events have shaped Muslim perception. He urges evaluating teachings by their civilizing influence worldwide.
A planned two week ahead event features Frank Marshall and Charles Jaffe to play a human chess match on May 22 at the Manhattan Opera House. Naval boy scouts act as pawns while actors portray kings bishops rooks and knights and two stage beauties appear as queens. Players will move pieces by commands from overhead pedestals.
Summer passenger schedules from the Southern Railway begin June 20 offering three new through trains linking Asheville with Atlanta Columbia and Chattanooga to serve tourists heading to Western North Carolina. Additional through service connects Asheville with New Orleans Memphis Atlanta Savannah Augusta Charleston and Wilmington with nine new sleeping cars and new routes via Mobile Montgomery Meridian Birmingham Chattanooga Knoxville and more. Affected lines include Asheville to Waynesville Brevard and Lake Toxaway areas for summer travel.
The regular teachers license examination will be held here on July 30 and 31. Reading courses for Primary and General Elementary cover School Code and Manual for Georgia Teachers and books by Wooster and Dressler. High School and Supervision options include Hollister and All the Children of All the People. Books available from Southern School Book Depository Atlanta. H P Wallace Supt RubMyTism is a pain killer for rheumatic pains.
Advice for controlling cockroaches in homes by using two saucers one with flour and plaster powder mix and one with water. The plaster mixture is four parts plaster to one part flour. In heavily infested apartments fumigation with hydrogen cyanide gas is suggested.
The account follows sailors near Greenland Labrador and Newfoundland noting rocks teeming with birds especially guillemots and cormorants. The great auk is described as extinct and guillemots are said to provide fishers with fresh meat during spring and summer.
Herman Gordon of DeKalb Avenue Brooklyn told his wife's suit for separation that he can cook his meals but cannot wash iron and mend shirts underwear and sex. He said she turned to red meetings and refused to do housekeeping after declaring herself a free agent.
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