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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1925
Page
6
A commencement address by Judge Sibley attacks modern trends in dress and behavior. He praises American girls for virtue yet decries short skirts nude stockings and skimpy attire. He warns that cinema and magazines promote morbid excitement and urges truth about sex love and marriage.
The Central of Georgia Railway promotes May 15 to September 0, 1925 round trip and 60 day circle tours to Lake, Mountain and Seashore resorts in the United States, Canada, and Mexico City. Through Savannah to Tybee Beach and via steamships to New York, Boston, Baltimore, and Philadelphia are highlighted with plans to tailor trips for comfort, sight seeing, and value.
Popular Science Monthly suggests a cheap cement mix using one part sand two parts wheat flour and one part sifted coal ash. The materials are stirred to a putty-like consistency with water and applied with a trowel to fill corner crevices cracks rat holes and wall breaks.
National Geographic Magazine describes how the Black Death began in a Genoese fort in the Crimea and spread via trade routes to Constantinople Genoa and across the Mediterranean. It notes England's first victim in August 1848 and the plague reaching London by November and sweeping Scotland by 1849 causing massive depopulation and agricultural collapse.
A lighthearted look inside newspaper life contrasts cub reporters fear with the world of editors and capitalists. The piece recalls a classic anecdote about a timid cub meeting a gatekeeper maid and a runaway daughter, illustrating the blend of humor and risk in daily news gathering.
The Santa Scala in Rome, a 28 step marble stair in the Piazza of St John Lateran, is said to be sacred since Christ walked it to judgment. Penitents climb on their knees, a practice once protected by planks. Luther, ascending as a monk, reportedly heard the phrase The just shall live by faith and fled.
A 1774 London book discovered in the Franklin Institute library includes a letter by Benjamin Franklin describing kite experiments. The text explains the kite with a pointed wire attracting electric fire from thunder clouds and the twine becoming electrified as the experiment approaches.
A historical note explains sit on the Woolsack as the lord chancellor's seat in the House of Lords. It describes the cushion stuffed with wool, a large square bag covered in red cloth with no back or arms. It notes Elizabethan laws protecting wool exports to promote woolen manufacture and keeping wool sacks in the Lords for judges.
The Bureau of Biological Survey says there is no hard rule for teaching a parrot to speak. Progress depends on patience and steady practice with the bird in a secluded room.
A sea tale recounts a ship alarm when a man supposedly went overboard. After lowering boats and a long search, no one was missing. A crewman then reveals he himself fell overboard but clung to the securing chain and reboarded, sparking questions about the disappearance. The captain blames the quarter-deck officer for improper supervision.
EB Alexander Powell notes Tamatave as Madagascar’s principal seaport linked to Antananarive by a narrow gauge line. The 226 mile trip takes 16 hours due to steep grades and long station name recitations. He jokes about workers overworking their voices if U.S. crews were similarly required.
A lemon tree in the Transvaal was topped to three branches. One branch received a grafted crane, another a grapefruit, while the third remained lemon. By mid season the tree bore orange pefruit and early season oranges and fruit green consession, later producing oranges and grapefruit on separate boughs.
Reinhart, born 1761 in Hof Bavaria, studied under Oeser in Leipsic and Klingel in Dresden. He moved to Rome in 1789 and followed Germain classicists Caratens and Koch. He specialized in landscapes and engraving with works in major German galleries.
A former Indian official calls rats one of India’s greatest curses with hundreds of millions, noting extermination is blocked by religious beliefs. He argues that without joint effort the problem persists and reducing their numbers could boost India's wealth by about one fifth.
Under Solomon Israel became a commercial nation through foreign alliances and Phoenician maritime commerce. Every three years a fleet sailed from the port at the head of the Gulf of Akaba to trade with Ohir on Arabia's eastern coast, returning with gold and oriental riches that greatly increased the royal treasury.
In early days families did laundry by a brook and used washboards. Hardware stores later brought the brook to the home with pipes pumps and tubs. In recent years American homes have received over 150 million dollars worth of electric washing machines from Good Hardware.
The excerpt discusses fear of the dark and the relief of morning, citing William Lyon Phelps and Beriberi’s Magazine. It contrasts night terror with sun worship, noting a preference for daylight and hope for dawn over evening. The author recalls childhood images of a dim room and a mother with child, longing for morning light.
While walking to church, President Theodore Roosevelt spotted a kitten fleeing terriers on the sidewalk. He carried it for half a block, then asked a passing woman and her daughter if they wanted the kitten. They were pleased to accept it, though they may not have known the source.
The article recounts legendary and authenticated reports of extraordinary hailstones and ice blocks. It mentions stones weighing half a pound or more, with claims of six to eight pounds at Namur in 1719 and a 1,100 pound ice block at Yeborte, plus a tale of a mega stone said to have fallen near Seringapatam during Tippoo’s era.
Emerson urges personal responsibility and restraint to avoid false associations and immoral acts. He argues each person must examine their daily actions, contribute to the common good, and correct wrongdoing by small, consistent deeds.
The Ninth Thermidor of year 11 marks July 27, 1794, when the national convention deposed Robespierre ending the Reign of Terror. The next day he and 22 partisans were guillotined. An epitaph reportedly sums up his complex legacy.
A hundred years ago a bold sportsman recounts a house party run by rail. In his 1829 letter he notes the motion as frightful and impossible to divest from the sense of instant death. He recalls a train that “flew” at 23 miles per hour, a remarkable speed for the era.
A Northboro dog named Prince dyed his beard from a factory mishap after following his owner to a chemical plant. The gleaming black hair was turned pink, leaving the animal with pink whiskers and prideful eyes.
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