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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1914
Page
6
Atlanta June 26 Representative Parker of Liberty advocates strong marriage safeguards. He proposes that every marriage be advertised weekly for four weeks before nuptials to ensure sober, intentional choices. He argues current divorces flood courts and trammeled sacred vows, calling for a solemn, restrained approach to marriage.
Local column notes crops in the area and invites readers to a July Fourth picnic at Watsons Mill with music and baskets. Mrs. A. E. Averett visits Tangent to see her ill brother. Fred Gorman of Mauk plans a move to Atlanta for a new job. A light ad mentions Foley Kidney Pills as a remedy from W M Golden of Ga. Seed Bremen, Ga.
Local notes report recent rains improving crops and a growing boom in Howard with many new buildings planned. Visits from Mt Zion and Junction City residents accompany protracted meetings planned for July, while Dr. Dickey may open a drug store. A new steel bridge across Patsiliga creek and a soda fountain add to community convenience as residents travel to nearby towns.
Rain dampens our community as Miss Monnie McCants stays with sister Mrs A H Jarrell. Mrs H T Anthony frail. Lena Fuller sick. Ruth and Alma Peed visit Marshallville cousins. F C Jarrell joins Mrs Jarrell in Butler for pleasure and business. Hugh Perkins on short vacation at his father’s Union home. Grady Smith acts as interim. July 1 opens the last half of the year with plans to make it more productive.
The piece extols weekly papers as nation builders and vital educational tools. It argues home town weeklies reach families, deliver truth, and remain clean, urging columns for world current news and integration of denominational papers into homes.
Mexican Constitutionalists in Washington express hope that General Carranza will accept an invitation from South American mediators to join informal conferences on Mexico’s internal affairs. Carranza’s response remains open as agents in Monterey press for a definite answer amid ongoing diplomacy. Roberto Presqueira, Villa confidant, reopened the Carranza Villa dispute by releasing Villa contact telegrams criticizing arrests of Constitutionalists officials at Juarez and seizure of treasury funds.
Relief for the thousands of sufferers from the great Salem fire poured in as ruins smoldered and employment vanished for 10,000 factory workers. The estimated total损 loss to mills, shops, institutions, and churches reaches about ten million dollars, with three deaths confirmed so far.
The House of Delegates of the American Medical Association adopted resolutions opposing child labor. Dr Henry B Favill of Chicago submitted the proposals from the council on health and public instruction, and the measures were unanimously approved by the 41,000 members gathered for the medical congress.
Sulzer Democrats representing sixteen western New York counties met in Rochester to organize an anti-Tammany league, plan a provisional state committee, and discuss selection of a full Democratic ticket for the primaries. Lorimer Bank Was Shaky in Chicago as LaSalle Street Trust and Savings, tied to William Lorimer and C. B. Munday, was reported as unstable three years earlier by US District Attorney James H. Wilkerson.
Official figures show 5,112 fewer births in 1913 than 1912 in France, marking the lowest birth rate on record aside from 1911. The data underscores a continued demographic decline amid prewar uncertainty.
In Washington and Philadelphia strong attention followed President Wilsons firm pledge to advance anti trust legislation and place measures into law with prosperity forecast. In Independence Square city workers uncovered the base of the observatory tower from which the Declaration was read in 1776 and plans were made for a temporary tablet to mark July Fourth as a precursor to a replica of the original structure.
A dated prescription states No 666 a 19 percent preparation for malaria or chills and fever. Six doses are claimed to break any case and prevent fever relapse when followed by a tonic. It is said to act on the liver more effectively than other remedies.
Zacatecas, central Mexico, fell to General Villa’s Constitutionalist troops at sundown Wednesday after a bloody battle. Two of Villa’s generals wounded. many prisoners captured with arms and ammunition. U S officials in Washington received the news via consuls Carothers and Edwards quoting Juarez authorities.
Signatories from United States Brazil Chile Argentina and Huerta delegates finalize terms for differing international policies and set conditions for resuming diplomatic relations. In New York a Grover Cleveland association committee led by George F. Parker sends wreaths to Princeton Cemetery on the president’s death anniversary. Members include Mayor Mitchell and former cabinet members.
Washington reports ten days of debate yield little toward a report on the Clayton anti trust measure. The Senate Judiciary Committee remains without a conclusion after prolonged examination. Admiral Fletcher arrives at Key West aboard the Dolphine with his staff en route to New York. Sniping by Mexican federals at Vera Cruz stirs concern over the war. The Senate approves an Indian appropriation around 12 million dollars as other measures await action. A fire in Bronson, Florida destroys the J L Medlin naval stores plant. The tobacco industry investigation commission seeks relief funding.
A special introductory offer promises tires with a seven thousand five hundred mile guarantee covering punctures wear and blowouts for regular service. Prices for various tire sizes are listed at notable discounts for the next ten days with terms excluding abuse.
A Dayton Ohio company promotes a limited time offer for a complete Universal Shaving Outfit priced at one dollar, detailing items included such as a hollow ground razor brush strop mirror towel soap talcum powder mug comb and brush. The ad notes direct consumer sales to save agents profits and mentions postage and payment terms.
Limited time special from WEAR EVER HOSIERY of Dayton Ohio. Six pair of guaranteed rose and tan hose for $1 plus five stamps, plus men’s garters for $1 and stamps. Hose claim no seams, lasting knit shape, guaranteed six months or a free pair. Order before offer expires.
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