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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1913
Page
7
A 1900s feature describes how inmates in American and European prisons receive news, signaling via tapping Morse code, whispered exchanges, and underground letters. It cites Sing Sing and London's methods, fake fights, and escapes planned through hidden channels, including Pallister and Roehl’s Hudson River death are hinted.
A wealthy American widow hosting a small dinner in London experiences a candle lit dining fiasco when the electric light fails. The butler contacts the electric company and laments the unpaid bills while guests laugh at the blackout. The crowd decides candles are better for the eyes. The piece ends with a quip about age.
An upcoming sale of original Browning love letters prompts moral contention. Italian intermediary oversees the Browning papers after the poet’s son died. Writers and editors weighed in on whether private letters should fetch high prices. The controversy cites Corelli, Baroness Orezy, Stephen Phillips, and Clement Shorter. A separate tale warns of extravagance with a moral about living beyond means.
A city alderman, valued by his party, wins election and secures a sprinkling route for his cousin whom he wed as a child. The cousin jokes about avoiding the water wagon. later the alderman’s aunt asks if he still rides it, noting her sleepless worry over the two.
A swallow with an aluminum ring found in Natal South Africa reveals details of migratory habits. The ring notes show it is one of 11,483 British birds tagged last summer as part of a system started in 1903, with nearly 32,000 ringed overall. A Yorkshire gull and Berkshire starling have also crossed continents, illustrating remarkable intercontinental routes and returns.
A Baltimore mother claims Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured her baby’s severe facial sores and crusting after tried prescriptions failed. The notice includes a 1912 signature, offer of free samples, and a Boston address. It also recalls anecdotes from a Chicago Tribune column and a light veiled parenting vignette.
A corrected clipping mixes witty exchanges from the Washington Star and jokes about milk trusts and teething remedies. It mentions Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic, and a quip about a young man named Sappley, all in a fragmented, era voice.
Mrs Ethel Moncrief of Belton Texas says Cardus relieved her long battling a woman’s complaint after doctors failed. She praises the tonic for building her system and urges others to try it. Also notes thousands of similar testimonies and that Cardus uses vegetable ingredients. A second item mentions a parrot anecdote about a failed talker and a quip about a tough bird from South America.
John and Betty aged five and four started a railway journey with their parents on Monday but reached the station as the train pulled away. Next Sunday they began toward Sunday school, heard the bell, and returned home saying We got left.
Satire exchanges reveal a meek husband finishing a club speech for Micah and his wife asking for the subject. The very meek man says the lady who will strike her husband is no man, with a witty remark about the play’s reception and unexpected wind.
An ornate vintage advertisement promotes GROVE'S Quinine and Iron tonic as the most effective general tonic and malaria remedy, noting its bitter taste and stomach dissolution. It also references Hicks' Capucine headache remedy, Woolford's itch lotion, and a humorous quip about a turkey story told by Henry Watterson.
The Kansas City Times questions the idea of a single universal American hero and settles on John Hampden as the figure who opposed taxes. It notes critiques of Washington Lincoln and Napoleon, then asserts Hampden as the true universal hero.
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