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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1913
Page
7
A 1913 guide shows women can yield rich harvests from tiny plots through close cropping, careful soil prep, and succession planting. It covers trenching, mulching, seed selection, hotbeds, flats, transplanting, pest control, and moisture management, urging catalogs and improved varieties.
A commuter recollects a domestic incident as his wife hosts swell callers on the porch. He sits with a pan of vegetables when two curious heads appear from the window, prompting his wife to remind him to mow the lawn before Mr Nutley returns.
A dialogue fragment shows an Old Maid asking a man about early marriages and a reply shifting belief to the adage that better late than never applies to marriage as well as other things. The exchange reflects social expectations and changing views on timing of unions.
Physicians and laymen push a national cancer fight modeled after tuberculosis efforts. They argue cancer kills over 75,000 annually and emphasize early detection, surgeon referrals, public articles, pamphlets, nurse training, and women’s club lectures. Cast iron can be bent, says Popular Mechanics, by light hammer blows. avoid breaking the casting.
A battered old man resists a canvasser selling a padded cover book. The seller suggests cheap covers to match, but the man remains unpersuaded. A clergy person cites J Pierpont Morgan on church dissension and tells a Calhoun Clay anecdote about choosing roads, ending with a question about wheat quality rather than denomination.
In Birmingham two Dickens linked buildings were torn down and Mr Winkle house follows. Pall Mall Gazette recalls Mr Pickwick asking the Old Royal waiter about Winkle’s residence. A third house bears the name Mr Winkle in bold Roman capitals. The Manchester Guardian recounts a door failing to fit as mice roam, prompting a home owner to request a cat friendly fix.
George Sullivan, alias Murphy Finnegan, a tramp, was committed for trial on charges of obtaining money by false pretenses after deceiving four Ammanford solicitors. He claimed to have been knocked down by a motor car and induced each lawyer to act for him in a compensation claim, receiving funds while asserting poverty.
A dinner party in New York sparks comic reflections on patience drawing on Job. Two French women mock the fame of Job’s patience, noting any wife with a husband at home with a cold earns a similar immortal reputation.
A prominent millionaire quizzes a young suitor for his daughter's hand asking about habits health disposition and assets and warns he wants assurance the couple can maintain the wife’s current lifestyle after her divorce. The test ends with a cordial handshake as the father expresses satisfaction with the suitor.
Mrs Lillie Sikes of Lexington Tennessee reports her infant son’s severe eczema on the face improved after using Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap. She notes the treatment began at seven months, prevented scarring, and claims rapid, dramatic relief. Advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold worldwide with free samples and a 32 page Skin Book.
The United States pension office estimates the last Civil War soldier will die in 1955, about 90 years after Lee's surrender. The Philadelphia Ledger notes similar long lifespans for veterans of 1812 and the Revolution, hoping some soldier in blue or gray may reach a full century after Appomattox.
An observer who sat on many juries argues that jurors are swayed by superstition. He notes that damages rise if a ladder or bricks fall, reflecting prejudices and sympathy toward plaintiffs.
A fragment from Kansas City Journal quotes a couplets exchange about lasting affection and humorously notes some people have a knack for turning everything to their disadvantage. The dialogue hints at romantic habits and forgetfulness over items like overshoes or umbrellas. The piece reflects light social observation in a concise, period voice.
An old ad filled page item mix lists No. Sixty Six as a malaria remedy, a mock storefront argument about hot water, Mrs Winsler’s soothing syrup for children, a joke about a wife threatening to withhold speaking, and a cheeky punch line about a landowner warning a chauffeur his estate looks too small while speeding.
The Philadelphia medical profession adopts spondylotherapy or jack hammer treatment tapping portions of the spine to aid heart lung stomach and liver ailments. Discovered by San Francisco nerve specialist Dr. Albert Abrams, this method drew attention in a Dispatch report.
Thousands of farmers and stockmen know it already and a trial will prove this remedy. Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil heals wounds burns old sores carbuncles granulated eyelashes and skin or scalp diseases. Also effective for barbed wire cuts galls sores and dog mange. Sold by nearly all druggists or send 50 cents for medium size or $1 for large by parcel post. Money refunded if not satisfactory. Paris Medicine Co 2622 Pine St St. Louis Mo.
Pentwater resident Mrs Alice Darling recalls severe back pain and inability to walk before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. In Peoria Miss Clara L Gauwitz reports persistent headaches and backache improving after a week of the remedy. The letters tout the product's value for women and urge trial.
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