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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1915
Page
2
Reynolds Ga June 7 1915 locals rally support for the chautauqua June 15 16 17 amid town news. Reynolds Mercantile Co promotes Tip Top Bread and new buggies while F F Paris visits Oglethorpe on business. list of visitors and civic groups details social calls and upcoming games with Green's Nebraska Indians vs Reynolds.
A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Reynolds in Taylor County Georgia to enlarge the corporate powers of the town and for other purposes will be introduced before the General Assembly at the next session.
Miss Leila Whatley hosted the WI Club last Wednesday afternoon in a delightful gathering at her suburban home. President Mrs Hinton presided. an instrumental duet by Misses Sarah Pool and Helen Hodges pleased attendees.
The great Indian baseball squad from Nebraska will play the Reynolds team at Reynolds on June 24 and 25. They are fast fielders and tough with the bat, famed for accuracy and success across the United States and Canada and touted as the greatest Indian ball team in the world.
A joyful indoor gathering followed rain that spoiled the lawn plans at Miss Virginia Hinton's home. Guests included Marguerite Montfort Louise Griffin of Oglethorpe Bonnie Newsom Winnie Newsom Katherine Joiner Leila Whatley Sara Pool Jennie McAuley Minnie McAuley Nita Mathews Minnie McDowell Hazel Barrow Fannie Mae Crawford Louise Ogburn Clarabelle Ingram Virginia Hinton and accompanying guests and gentlemen from Walton Hodges Elam Griffith Ben Hinton David Montfort Bryan Hodges Otis Ogburn Wales Ingram Paul Hodges Clay Whatley Eza Whatley Tom Wilson.
The huge barometer in Faenza Italy, established years ago as a Torricelli memorial, reportedly stands as the largest of its kind. Its oil column sits about thirty seven feet high and its fluctuations are read in feet rather than inches as with common thermometers.
The Nebraska Indians, a seventeen year old native team, toured the Eastern and Southern states earning a strong reputation. They held a world record for consecutive wins and went 26 of 27 in 1912 from Aug 27 to Sept 26. They will face Reynolds on June 24 and 25 at Reynolds.
The text advises saving the heartiest meal for night or after work, favors fruit toast soft boiled eggs and oatmeal for breakfast, warns against heavy food when intermission between work hours is short, and notes that many who eat heartily then return to work suffer dyspepsia.
Civic leaders secure a Radcliffe Chautauqua Co. program for three days of wholesome amusement in our town June 15 to 17. Highlights include an agricultural day with farming talks at 10 30 a m, a Vrooman lecture on new agriculture at 3 p m, concerts by Bessie Leigh at 4 and 8 15 p m, plus an Armageddon story by Dr Vrooman. An educational rally is planned for June 16 at 10 38 a m with experts addressing education topics.
E. F. Wissinger advertises new equipment for taking up lost motion in buggy wheels. Points reduced in length and rethreaded while you wait. Satisfaction guaranteed and prices claimed to be right.
A local note announces the opening of an ice business in Reynolds. The storage room sits behind the Farmers warehouse and wagons will deliver ice to customers on request. Cash purchases only are requested to simplify transactions.
The article invites residents to join Town Boosters Day celebrating a better cleaner town and county, with Chautauqua entertainments featuring magic impersonators stories and Shakespeare scenes. It highlights Lyric Glee Club concerts and Dr Geo P Bible lectures Elements of Success Life and Opportunity. Season tickets are $1.50 for adults and $1 for children, transferable.
J A Jones of Boothe Arkansas writes that Foley Kidney Pills tightened his severe kidney trouble and restored work ability quickly. He notes thousands share the same success against back rheumatism and kidney aches, calling the product safe and effective. Wayne Riley.
A sweeping Austro German offensive drives Russians east of Przemysl and in the Pruth region while in Galicia. Russian forces retreat or contest heights near Medyka. In the west Berlin claims trench recapture near Le Petre Forest and a British defeat near Givenchy with heavy losses.
Washington reports an Amsterdam to London telegram from Berlin saying the American colony there has been officially warned that Germany and the United States may end diplomatic relations within forty eight hours and that locals should prepare to leave. The note to be sent to Germany demands adherence to humane international law in maritime warfare affecting neutrals. The communication is described as insistent and emphatic and will be cabled by June 7.
The British steamer Inkum, en route from New York to London, was torpedoed forty three miles southwest of Lizard Head. The crew was landed by the Norwegian steamer Wendia after a second torpedo destroyed the ship. Some sailors briefly returned to the vessel as it settled slowly. a submarine periscope was sighted during the attack.
In Gainesville Hall Co Mrs Helen D Longstreet home on Green St was sold at sheriff sale to Charles Newton for 5950 after a bankruptcy referee in New Jersey order to halt the sale was questioned and the sale proceeded under Hall County Superior Court order Mrs Longstreet a prominent national figure remains noted in the report.
Secretary Daniels conducted a personal inquiry into charges against seven midshipmen for using advance questions from a final Spanish examination. Seven under arrest, recommended for dismissal. Defense says they did not know the papers were stolen. Shaughnessy to Aid Kitchener in War Supply Transport. likely based in New York.
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