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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
8
A statistical report by R. C. Cubbon shows volleyball now the top camp sport in the southeastern division, surpassing baseball which peaked in March. Playground baseball ranks fourth, with boxing also popular. 905,376 spectators attended 143,448 Y M C A games featuring 662,056 soldiers.
Y M C A secretaries have taken their work to troops aboard transports bound for France. Each ship carries one or two secretaries to provide games, music, books, writing paper, and religious and educational programs for soldiers en route.
A Pittsburgh Y M C A president praises American secretaries serving in France who deliver canteen supplies and morale to soldiers in trench warfare. He urges five hundred more capable Christian men to join immediately, asserting no Y job is too small for the biggest men in America.
High Richardson Georgia state director reports Georgia at the tail end among states in War Saving Stamp sales. Citizens are urged to buy stamps, with June price 4.17 each, growing 4 percent to a 1923 value of five dollars, and a yearly quota of twenty dollars per person. June 28 declared National War Saving Stamps Day by President Wilson.
A timeless home mix promises clear white skin by daily application. Squeeze the juice of two lemons into three ounces of orchard white, shake, and bottle for a quarter pint of freckle and tan lotion. Apply to face neck arms and hands. the ad asserts freckles fade and skin becomes softer and whiter.
Federal food administrator Dr. Andrew M. Soule enforces a certificate plan allowing 28 pounds of sugar for immediate canning and preserving in Georgia. Purchasers pledge to use sugar only for canning and not for sale or loan, with retailers restricted to 25 pounds per customer per certificate.
The piece cites Lord Rhondda calling global food shortage a famine danger. It urges awareness and action to save the world from famine, noting some readers tire of terms like starvation and scarcity.
A witty quip contrasts burglars and bookkeepers by noting both rely on making entries in their work.
Cincinnati authority warns about dangers of corn trimming by women in high heels. Freezone, a quarter ounce applied to the corn, supposedly removes it with no pain, drying into a shriveled root and lifting the corn without irritation.
The Food Administration launches a nationwide drive to move 1917 potato crops from production centers to consumers. The effort partners with state and local authorities, trade groups, and the press to spur potato consumption and reduce wheat use by 50 percent, aiding farmers and wartime food goals.
Columbia gingerbread recipe lists oleomargarine, molasses, sour milk, cinnamon, ginger and soda with directions to cream butter and sugar then bake 25 minutes. Maple frosting combines maple syrup egg whites and cream of tartar beaten to stiff peaks before spreading on cooled cake.
Legal advertisement for the sale on the first Tuesday in July 1918 at the Butler Taylor County courthouse to satisfy town tax executions for 1916 and 1917 on the property of J W Schell. Notice given as required by law. Dated June 5 1918.
A little girl walking with her mother spots a dog and remarks that the tag on its collar is still new, suggesting it has not had time to be removed.
A young recruit on sentry near a Home Depot halts a shadowy approach and is startled to hear a comrade whisper that he is coming back, not going. The moment fuels a tense night scene of mistaken identity and implied danger.
The administrator W. W. Douglas seeks leave from the Ordinary to sell lands and real estate of C. A. Ivey deceased for distribution. The application will be heard at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary on the first Monday in July 1918 in Taylor County Georgia.
Petition for probate in solemn form of the last will and testament of T. J. Amerson. Heirs at law are required to appear at the Ordinary Court on the first Monday in July 1918 for the hearing. A. H. Riley, Ordinary.
One hundred dollars reward offered for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The remedy has been used for thirty five years and is claimed to be the most reliable for catarrh. It operates through the blood to mucous surfaces and claims to heal diseased areas. Users may see health improvement soon after starting use. Bend.
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