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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1913
Page
3
A compact profile titled The Napoleon of American Bandits recounts a notorious figure linked to daring heists and audacious escapes. It sketches an infamous career, noting public fascination and law enforcement pursuit across multiple states.
A historical account recounts John Murrell leading a vast conspiracy spanning 50 000 square miles from Cairo Illinois to the Mississippi Delta. It details robberies counterfeiting land swindling kidnapping and planned slave insurrection with Murrell boasting of bloodshed and control over a network including ministers judges editors and merchants. Virgil Stewart, a Georgia youth, infiltrates the gang is sworn in as Murrell’s lieutenant and helps expose the plot leading to Murrell’s arrest conviction and Stewart’s contested reputation amid southern backlash.
The article surveys global flood legends as a historical idea with Harper's framing of the deluge as a divinely originated event. It then shifts to light humor about piano tuners and a cartoon caption, and finally reports 1912 horseshoe production and U S horse numbers rising from 1900 to 1910, noting a 465000 increase in work horses.
Henry Vivian urges replacing crowded tenements with sanitary livable homes for workers at a Chicago City Club gathering. He cites English cottage models near London and Liverpool and notes German town planning influence. The Düsseldorf city exposition gathers 600 exhibitors and 4 000 objects portraying modern Sanitary, street design, water supply and civil engineering in a joint western German showcase.
In a New England foundry yard a large circular bed of foliage and flowers blooms amid pig iron scraps and brick walls. The Iron Age notes the contrast to urban shops and argues that light, air, and sanitary conditions boost health and labor efficiency.
The article reflects on how old fashioned village life in the United States, especially in New England, retains quaint features such as village houses and the village equate. It notes Braunton in particular, founded by St Brannock around A.D. 300. It discusses how villagers farm over wide areas and how village populations represent larger regions than cities.
The grand opera manager confesses alarm as tension rises between the prima donna who only kicks and the premiere danseuse who insists on a showy flourish. The exchange underscores backstage friction ahead of the premiere.
A quip from The Age about a party at a man’s house marks a running joke. The host whispers to avoid mention of the event, noting it is the tenth anniversary of his wife’s thirty fifth birthday in a humorous misstatement.
The poet murmurs a romantic invitation, calling for a shared couplet. The girl responds with gentle acquiescence, nestling closer and signaling mutual interest in a literary partnership.
Dr Hartman shares a brief reply to a young reader praising his talk on right living. The doctor encourages continued correspondence and adherence to his advice while noting Peruna is sold in drug stores.
A satirical slice from a late 19th or early 20th century column. It recounts a returning tourist recalling meetings with notable figures abroad, including a Paris barber and the Count de Pompadour, mingling social missteps and sharp one liners. A separate quip about neighbors ends with a sharp line on speaking terms.
A brief, wry remark references victims of atrocity in the rubber regions. The speaker claims expertise in handling rubber trees, noting their movement in and out of the house as weather dictates. The exchange hints at harsh conditions and industrial context behind rubber production.
Hicks capucine claimed best remedy for summer headaches caused by heat draughts feverish condition or similar issues. Sold at medicine stores 10c and 20c per bottle. Advertisement note features a roast hare menu joke with a restaurant waitress remark about yesterday’s canary.
A promotional note repeats a promise that piles can be cured in six to eleven days with Xone saree and PAZO products with a money back guarantee at Trehing. The text also mentions holidays and stray product terms, then shifts to a brief oddity about musicians.
A speaker recalls a past romance with a tall blue eyed man who later pays alimony for a year. An advertisement touts Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething with claims to soften gums reduce inflammation ease pain and cure wind colic at 25 cents a bottle.
An advisory piece urges elderly readers to avoid harsh laxatives and to favor a mild laxative tonic like Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin to strengthen stomach and bowel muscles. It cites Mr C P Miller of Baroda Michigan, age 80, praising the remedy after trying sample bottles and notes easy access to fifty cent and one dollar sizes with a money back guarantee.
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