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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
2
The readable fragments suggest a dated, incoherent snippet with references to letters, postscripts, a Cross chapter, an eggplant dish, a city, a constitution, and mentions of taxes and weekly notes. No coherent event or clear subjects emerge to form a proper news item.
A collage of quotes and snippets from Georgia papers recounts garden tips, wagonloads of humor, rail rate petitions, and farm notes. It mentions the Georgia Weekly Press meeting in Thomasville, watermelons, asparagus, livestock chatter, and a joke about booze pricing in Savannah, all reflecting light local newspaper chatter.
Reported British operations around Messines ridge culminated in a complete victory after two years of mining and bombardment. German forces had occupied the high ground since their halted drive. Elsewhere German air raids on London claimed many lives. submarine attacks increased shipping losses. Russian envoy arrived in Washington and a mission reached Petrograd, aiming to boost Russian war effort.
A call for local citizens to recognize rising wartime hardship in town homes. The piece urges awareness of hidden poverty, noting smiling children may come from families lacking basic needs and asks the community to act to address the problem now.
London reports indicate U-boat losses may grow as many subs return from overhaul and resume operations. The piece notes the sub scare waxes and wanes, cites uncertain loss figures, and highlights Hammond aerial torpedo as a promising defense that could be steered from shore or air to neutralize subs.
An Elberton Star excerpt extols the blackberry as democratic in origin and use, praising its reach from peasant huts to palaces. It notes its healthful qualities and versatility, while acknowledging social tensions and wartime price impacts and the fruit’s enduring abundance.
A 1917 Georgia Confederate Veterans meeting adopts pension reform proposals. It seeks backdated pension start to filing, set at 180 per year for disabled or indigent veterans or widows, monthly payments of fifteen dollars, and extended eligibility for widows married before 1890. It also calls pensions for veterans with clean records regardless of net worth, for service 1860 to 1865.
An 1880s style patent medicine ad touts Texas Wonder as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles in adults and children. It promises to dissolve gravels, cure diabetes and rheumatic complaints, with mail order availability from Dr. F W Hall of St. Louis and druggists.
A reprinted quatrain suggests quitting advertising only when every natural sign ends. The piece then pivots to spring and rheumatic pain, noting relief from Chamberlain's Liniment, available everywhere.
An old advertisement claims liver medicine keeps health by cleansing impurities and boosting digestion. It touts benefits for adults and children, promises money back if unsatisfied, and lists price as 50 cents with distribution through H. J. Porter, druggist in Butler, Georgia.
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