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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1919
Page
9
An advertisement warns against calomel the dangerous mercury laxative and promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a vegetable, gentle liver booster. It claims calomel causes vomiting cramps and weakness and that Liver Tone restores energy, starts the liver, and is harmless for both adults and children.
Goldbeating remains an ancient and honorable craft practiced much as in Greece and Egypt. Remarkable examples show gold beaten to less than three hundred thousandth of an inch thick, illustrating the technique's enduring precision and wonder.
The coming session in the legislature is set to debate numerous measures. Officials expect major policy discussions and potential reforms across key committees and chambers.
The Capitol removal bill passed, freeing the Georgia General Assembly to pursue major laws. House debate will focus on special appropriations and raises for state officers. the total general appropriation nears 8.585 million dollars, close to expected 1920 revenue. An anti-tax-dodger measure and a full lynching inquiry bill may advance. The Georgia Press Association elected new officers, with unanimous votes. Highways bill work continues, addressing state aid roads and liability, with subcommittees reviewing damage, refunds, and preexisting spending. Georgia crops show tobacco rise. corn poor. 2 million bushels of sweet potatoes. boll weevil and wet weather hinder cotton. peanuts poor. blackberries modest.
The Georgia state sanitarium board urged immediate erection of a $200,000 treatment building for the acute insane and requested $172,001 for two years of operation, noting a $60,000 cash balance and plans for the nurses dormitory. They also urged raising the superintendent’s salary from $2,500. Atlanta: J A vo Dohlen says Atlanta will host the South Atlantic Export and Maritime offices, bringing experts and new offices. Tifton tobacco market opens. 12,00 acres in county. large warehouse capacity. Will Owens killed by Dan Humphreys near Merrillville. shooter caught. Dixie Highway progress. divisions through Cumberland Mountains planned for all-year travel.
A recipe claims two lemons fused with three ounces of orchard white create a cheap freckle and tan lotion. The mixture is to be massaged daily on face neck arms and hands to lighten freckles and blemishes. The ad asserts the cosmetic is harmless and inexpensive.
The passage discusses the cross as the emblem of a slave's death and a murderer's punishment. It notes Constantine's vision leading him to commission a cross of gold and gems and the concept that the cross sat upon scepters and was engraved on kings' foreheads.
Consumers urged to buy only Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross. Fraudulent pills from a Brooklyn dealer were mostly talcum powder. Always ask for Bayer and verify the safety Bayer Cross on package and each tablet. Proper dosage directions provided in every Bayer package.
A humorous moment from an Alabama school emerges when a pupil turns the word amphibious into a pun. A quick student claims a fish tale is “am fibi ous,” eliciting smiles.
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine can cure catarrhal deafness by acting through the blood with a one hundred dollar reward for any cure it cannot achieve. In Athens a large Watkinsville Pig Club parade featured 100 youths, then Savannah reports a major factory fire and Georgia school funding increases and suffrage debates in Atlanta.
A 1919 Georgia Legislature measure proposes to amend and consolidate the act granting corporate authority to Butler, adding powers to its mayor and city council and to incorporate Butler as a city for other purposes.
Notice of intent to seek a local Act in Georgia to repeal a 1918 act abolishing the Taylor County Treasurer and to authorize a temporary treasurer and handling of county funds, with provisional deposit and disbursement rules and related purposes.
In Taylor County Georgia A H Riley Ordinary cites Mrs Mary L Byrd and J D Jarveil estates to grant Letters of Administration. Applicants R E Byrd and Mrs Anna L Jarrell must show cause why letters should not be issued, hearings set for the first Monday in August 1919. This 7th day of July 1919.
Ida N Goodwin petitions for twelve months support from the estate of F C Goodwin deceased. Appraisers have filed their return and all interested must show cause before the next Court of Ordinary on the first Monday in August 1919. H Beeland is attorney for the petitioner.
A tossed quote from a historic column reflecting social norms about consent and romantic pursuit, noting that a girl may reject a kiss while implying appreciation for the suitor’s interest.
Marshall Rhordes of Eufaula says Ziron helped indigestion nervousness and loss of appetite. He gave it to his mother in law with good results. Ziron combines iron with hypophosphites of lime and soda and other tonics to build up the enfeebled. If weak or nervous a bottle should be in the home and a pharmacist can sell it with a guarantee.
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