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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1913
Page
8
Butler Georgia edition notes Clean-Up Day with a call for civic participation while reporting on a Columbus hotel project. The issue surveys a US fiscal-year surplus of 24.1 million, promotes Chamberlain remedies for croup and headaches, and explains new parcel post C O D rules with ten cent COD charges and stamp prepaid limits.
A dated ad touts Darby's Prophylactic Wluid as a cure for cramp colic and nausea, with healing on wounds and sores and germ destruction in the sick room. It is described for internal and external use, priced at 50 cents per bottle and sold by City Drug Store.
A ten year old Atlanta boy is sent to reform school for eleven years for stealing a five cent bottle of coca cola. The lower court’s sentence, affirmed on appeal, contrasts with a Sumter County man’s twenty day sentence for repeatedly defying a Supreme Court order. The South Georgia Progress notes the wide gaps in legal process.
State Entomologist Lee Worsham says the Thursday night freeze probably caused no damage to fruit in north Georgia and little in central and south Georgia where buds and blooms had slight moisture. If fruit weatheres the cold, growers remain hopeful for minimal further severe weather.
J G Oliver Dist Agt urges boys to join the Corn Club and submit names via teachers or the County School Superintendent. He stresses soil humus, natural manure, and careful tillage begun 1911 practices, advising yard manure or leaf mold, up to five tons per acre, regular harrowing, and selecting a prolific hard seed corn to resist weevils. He promises to write again and to secure the best seed.
nr. P. Broyles reports a successful escape from years of kidney and bladder troubles after using Foley Kidney Pills. He credits the remedy with curing severe backache and painful bladder irregularities and endorses its effectiveness for kidney and bladder ailments. Sold by City Drug Store.
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed last week with U S Commissioner L M Erwin by G V Braswell of Roberta Crawford County. Debts total 2581.56 with assets of 2400. Unsecured claims amount to 2107 secured claims 458 and notes and bills 950. Assets include stock in trade 1500 open accounts 700 and fixtures 200.
J. B. Donahue of South Haven Michigan, a Civil War captain and lighthouse keeper, credits Electric Bittern with curing his kidney trouble chills and indigestion. At seventy he reports improved sight and health after trying various remedies. City Drug Store advertises the cure at zero cost.
Georgia State College of Agriculture urges every rural school to start a Boys Corn Club now. Teachers are asked to enroll, obtain Prof. Phil Campbell’s bulletin, and begin practical corn growing education. The article highlights rewards and the rise of modern farming among boys, plus a call to organize Girls’ Canning Clubs and broader pest control advice for peaches.
The South is hailed as a new corn belt with soil climate and improved finances boosting production. Corn clubs and boosters have shifted Southern farming toward corn and hog, home and hay, reducing cotton dependence and signaling a broader agricultural wealth future.
Administrator's sale notice for Taylor County Georgia issued under a jan order from the Superior Court. The public action outlines a court authorized sale of estate assets with a scheduled date and terms to follow.
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