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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1924
Page
2
Miss Eva Draughon visits Ga Albany while Nise Dollie enjoys vacation at home. Numerous mentions of relatives and friends traveling or staying with families in Georgia Alabama and Florida including visits by Mirriam Carter Ora Dumas May Glover and Julia Sharp. Several residents including Miss Florence Smith and Mr. Jake Cox spend Sundays with relatives near Butler and in nearby towns.
Catarrhal deafness is linked to inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining. If inflammation persists, hearing may be lost. Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to cure catarrh and deafness, with forty years of success, sold by druggists. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The Taylor Mill Club held a bazaar with table runners towels aprons and other items arranged by Misses Gardner Annie Rodgers and Mabel Henderson. The event filled the house with lively talk and raised a purse for the treasurer. The club mourns losing longtime teachers and plans a baby shower for Mrs J B Amerson at the next meeting with Mrs Taylor expected to attend.
Capt James Cook named the Hawaiian islands the Sandwich Islands in 1778 to honor John Montagu fourth earl of Sandwich a prominent English statesman and naval administrator. Cook records a June 8 visit by the earl of Sandwich and the Admiralty board who dined with him aboard and were saluted with seventeen guns and three cheers.
Abstiinig from reading in the subway car, says Frank J. Monaghai, New York City public health commissioner. Most passengers read or scan newspapers during transit, but eye strain from motion and poor lighting can injure vision and affect overall vitality. Regular breaks and careful attention to surroundings could improve health and longevity.
A roadside aphorism from a Strathern Burt anecdote in the Saturday Evening Post warns that big men die when they threaten little men. It recalls an old saying that Mr. Colt made all men equal and urges choosing against picking a foe of one’s own size or smaller.
An echo results from sound waves reflecting off distant surfaces such as hills cliffs or bodies of water. Sound travels about 1,000 feet per second in air, so a person standing 1,000 feet from a surface hears the echo after roughly two seconds. Repeated echoes arise from reflections from multiple surfaces or successive reflections.
The United States produces about twenty billion buttons annually, rivaling major industries like cutlery and oilcloths. American firms dominate vegetable ivory buttons from the toqua nut, sourced mainly from northern South America and Panama, supplying most men’s clothing buttons. If evenly distributed, each person would receive 182 buttons.
The term Seward's Folly reflects public skepticism about buying Alaska, a move praised later for Russia's wartime support. Historians note it appeared unwise at the time before the vast mineral wealth of the territory was known.
The NC 4, under Lieut. Com. A. O. Read, completed the first transatlantic flight with crew Lieuts. E. F. Stone and Walter Hinton, Radi Operator Ensign H. O. Redd, and Engineer Chief Machinist's Mate B. S. Rhoades. The voyage began May 8 and ended May 11, covering 67 hours and 16 minutes from Rockaway to Plymouth England.
An appeal details Georgia's unused funds of 24 520.66 and a $6 000 gift, urging the legislature to match federal money under the Sheppard-Towner Act. It cites high infant and maternal mortality, birth and death records, and calls for improved maternity care, midwife oversight, and prompt compliance before the Assembly adjourns. It emphasizes state responsibility and the health department’s readiness to administer the aid.
The Healthmobile finished a six month stay in the Eleventh Congressional District with nurses visiting homes of defective children. The follow-up work by three nurses is expected to prove valuable and may lead to a resurvey. Permanent programs are needed to measure real gains.
The piece argues health work underpins happiness and prosperity, urging regular medical exams, proper treatment, and avoidance of self medication. It emphasizes clean water, good food, sleep, and sanitation, noting the State Board of Health offers guidance and that a healthy population supports earning capacity. It references fly control and mosquito screening as key public health actions.
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