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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1919
Page
6
The London Chronicle notes a medical expert praising early queue etiquette for health in some groups. It highlights women in London lines for supplies with infants, their stoicism amid shortages, and a butcher’s quip about the waiting crowd outside a South London shop.
Bee specialist Kenneth Hawkins of the US Department of Agriculture urges beekeepers to shift to extracted honey from the hive. Florida investigations show many beekeepers market comb honey, wasting beeswax, since 20 pounds of honey require one pound of beeswax to produce. Extracted honey preserves comb for reuse and reduces waste.
A Providence Journal correspondent describes British soldiers fighting at the height of a major German offensive while sleep deprived. They slept on parapets, charged half asleep, and fought despite exhaustion, illustrating how fatigue can shape war outcomes and human striving.
Lieut. Stanton Frederick Walk and Lieut. Kalk died after sacrificing to save the Jacob Jones and crew. Walk commanded the deck during torpedo attack and guided the ship clear before it sank. Kalk, weakened but unselfish, swam among rafts helping balance them before succumbing to exposure. Kalk, born October 14, 1894 in Alabama, boarded the U.S. Navy after Nebraska appointment in 1912 and 1916 ensign date.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer editorial urges Americans to dig, plant, and hoe to feed the world and support liberty. It frames every untiled plot and weed as aiding Hindenburg's Huns, stressing duty to the embattled nations and global welfare.
Samuel Gompers recalls a Cleveland trip where his ninety two year old father, living and healthy, was toasted at a family dinner. Cigarettes were smoked and a phonograph dance followed. A Gompers boy protested that they were teaching their revered parent to smoke and dance.
The New York Commercial notes greenings spitz enbergs and northern spies command steady demand but may not be abundant as the season ends. Spitzenbergs lead for table use in New York City while greenings excel for cooking. Eastern pomologists should specialize in these varieties and pack fruit properly for city markets. The spring market reveals scarce and leftover apples, guiding production to meet demand.
Robert Sparks Walter notes in the American Forestry Magazine that hickory trees in the southeast Tennessee area are producing two nuts per shell, mirroring chestnut behavior. Some branches have not finished doubling up, as trees increasingly economize by housing multiple nuts in one burr.
A family reads a note from son Bill in France about being moved to camouflage work. The exchange humorously confuses camouflage with camel trains. The panel satirizes wartime slang and misunderstandings in a cartoon magazine context.
Fragmentary overheard exchange hints at a past collaboration between two figures named Messenger and Newshoy. Only a briefback-and-forth remains, with informal question and exclamation suggesting familiarity and shared history.
A distressed individual voices extreme thirst and a sense of enslavement to the condition. The plea highlights urgent need for aid and corrective action to ensure access to water and basic human dignity.
A columnist notes the proper attitude of a man to a ward woman is complex. A man should admire beauty honor motherhood respect work support during distress and pity a stumble into reform as a gentleman.
A reflective note urges readers to overlook flaws and focus on the good in others. It argues most strive to do their best, some excel while others are quiet, and true life satisfaction comes from gratitude for others' efforts and positive qualities.
A vintage tip promotes lemon juice as a cheap freckle and tan remover. Mix the juice of two lemons with three ounces of white corn oil to make a quarter pint lotion for complexion whitening at very low cost.
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