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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1913
Page
6
An elderly speaker extols healthy living to a younger man, urging abstinence from tobacco alcohol tea and coffee, early to bed and rising, constant activity, cold water bath, and Peruna for occasional sickness. He claims Peruna keeps him well, offers a free booklet for stamp postage, and notes Peruna is sold in drug stores. Afterward a joke about a man who marries an heiress ending a struggle.
Brief clipping notes an editor’s commentary on suffrage arguments in New York. An incident in Madison Square recounts a young woman with a fox terrier carrying a hamper and leash, later taking the dog indoors, prompting speculation on motives. The item ends with a wry line about luck and success.
Reading mother touts Resinol Soap and Ointment as cure for her baby girl’s six month eczema. She details sleepless, itching days and nights until two daily applications brought calm and drying scabs off by Monday. Includes address, testimonial date, and purchase details for Resinol products.
A garbled paste of patent medicine claims and humorous childhood vignettes from a Louisville Courier-Journal page. It parades cures for itching and constipation, notes Dr Pierce’s pellets, and interleaves poems and childlike definitions of dew and a walking pencil with schoolyard humor.
A reader recounts severe tea induced nerve and paralyzing symptoms and credits stopping tea with recovery after switching to Postum Instant Postum. The testimonial notes months of tea use, doctor warnings, and eventual safe use of the cereal beverage sold by grocers with a trial offer for grocers.
The article notes a sea deep layer of ultra fine powder formed from shells and microscopic organisms beneath 6000 meters. It cites Harper's Weekly stating a cubic centimeter of seafloor slime holds the remains of ten billion organisms, each as individual as a human.
The women of Paris embrace a mou choir bracelet shown here with a tiny gold clip hanging from the bracelet to hold a handkerchief, reflecting a fresh novelty in Parisian style.
A tidal pond near Logan on the Irish coast hosts cod fattened for the table. Visitors walk a cliff path as lines of large brown cod awaken to the keeper’s footsteps and feed from his hand. The tame fish, some over four feet long, are sourced daily and splash back after being offered mussels.
The article explains how the plus sign originated from the Latin word plus and evolved from a cross to a simple mark. It notes subtraction signs began as a small stroke under letters and later simplified into the current symbol, per Harpers Weekly.
S S G Brinkley of South Carolina claims the state’s longest beard at five feet four inches, once six feet two with ends cropped for easier handling. He keeps the beard hidden under his shirt in a bag, grown since age twenty five with no cultivation, and began growing after frequent shaving stopped yielding apparent growth.
In 1903 Alexander Craigie of Perth won a prize for the longest beard at seven feet two and a half inches while a competitor from Llandudno stood with a four foot two inch stubble. Robert Latter of Tunbridge Wells previously held the record at sixteen feet, with curls growing beneath his chin and later wrapped around his waist in a bag and finally wound around his waist for warmth.
The Chester infirmary extension uncovered a Roman era burial ground for the twentieth legion. Four grave forms include a plastered tomb, tile-lined chambers, rough sandstone troughs, and shallow trenches, with bronze coins of Antoninus, Pius, and Commodus signaling deliberate interments.
Thousands pass over a groove in a stone slab on the Greenwich Observatory grounds unaware they are crossing the Greenwich meridian line. The public footpath is crossed and the inscription has faded, making the marker easy to miss for strangers.
The piece notes Russian New Year customs where single people test fate by asking names of passersby on streets or squares to guess future spouses. It describes a dish game using trinkets for prophetic verses and mentions mask visits in some provinces as fashionable traditions.
King George of England has been granted a patent for a stove that can act as an open grate in one room while also cooking meals in the usual manner in another.
A satire on advertising traces its rise from street hustling to modern mass campaigns. It argues advertising fuels commerce and culture, makes presidents and millionaires, supports literature, and shapes society, yet warns against overbearing, shrill campaigns that disturb the landscape.
Motivational quote urging sales force to serve customers well and advertise with clarity. Emphasizes treating customers as guests, offering full value, and prioritizing quality over price to ensure long term prosperity. Encourages salesmen to follow these principles for natural business growth.
Rule like a proprietor. Know your goods, cultivate a pleasing personality, and aim beyond mere order taking. Study stock constantly, as more sales fail from lack of knowledge than any other cause. Experience trains a retailer. brains perseverance and initiative ensure success. Learn to judge human nature through practical psychology in business.
A compact reflection on appreciation at work and the uneasy comfort of credit. A boy asks about the lull before the storm and learns from his father that the honeymoon is the calm before future turmoil.
Shanghai report notes Chinese merchants in Nanking Road rivaling in illuminated shop fronts. Firms install electric displays on steel sidewalk stages, a shift from red silk openings to electric spectacle. Mills also adopt electric power, signaling quick uptake of electrification.
A concise call to local spending urging readers to favor home merchants and manufacturers. It argues that every dollar spent locally grows community wealth and asset value, and challenges readers to insist on home-made goods and fair pricing.
A column extols steady advertising to build public recall. Regular small-space ads create familiarity, like a face seen often, and readers anticipate ongoing messages as a serial story. Consistent repetition, not sporadic blasts, shapes perception and trust in a merchant’s brand.
An instructional verse urges business owners to advertise in the newspaper to boost sales. It argues ads raise orders and profits, urging readers to craft strong copy and push it aggressively to attract customers across various trades, from bankers to cooks. The piece ends by claiming success hinges on timely advertising.
A farmer carrying an express package from a mail order house is accosted by a local merchant who laments lost business. The farmer replies that he reads the home paper and did not know the merchant had the goods, suggesting the merchant should advertise locally.
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