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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1916
Page
5
A collage of Georgia editorial voices discusses Dr. Hardman of Commerce and the governor’s race. Local papers praise rural insight, urge electing a country man, and condemn parental ignorance and illiteracy while praising press support for Hardman and criticizing opposition to education reforms.
The Charlton County Herald calls out politicians who promise and fail to act. It laments the era of honest words and vows to return to a time when a man’s word was his bond. The piece urges candidates to openly state their intent to serve and quit when defeated, not to mislead voters.
Fractured OCR style notes mention a Telegraph style voice and clipped phrases. The text references a group and a tobacco reference, with unclear names or dates. This reads as a partial fragment rather than a complete event or report.
An old remedy promotes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey cough syrup made from a blend of Pive Tar Aconite sugar Hyoscyamus Sassafras peppermint and other ingredients. It claims quick relief and phlegm loosening and urges buyers to insist the formula appears on the package at their local druggist.
A quirky note recounts how Johnny kept a ram and named the lamb after A P Cutter, illustrating a playful misnaming in a small rural setting. The brief item highlights a humorous confusion between owner and animal names.
A Georgia statement from E T Lamb of Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic Railway and others explains the need for revising state freight rates. The plan shifts to a mileage basis, reduces some rates to non basing points, and preserves revenue while adopting a uniform Southern Classification to replace the Georgia system. A public hearing before the Railroad Commission begins June 26 with a dedicated transport committee ready to answer shipper inquiries.
A great naturalist Buffon hosts savants who study a glass globe turned toward the sun. They debate physics until a gardener reveals the globe's shade side is warmer because it was turned to avoid cracking from heat. The tale ends with the gardener's simple joke.
The practice began around 1255 after Irish sailor James Walton, stranded near La Rochelle, devised pole nets to catch seabirds at night. He noticed many young mussels attaching to the stakes above mud and, weaving branches between them, created wickerwork that also bore mussels. Locals adopted the method, starting a fishery that has endured for nearly eight centuries.
A vintage health blurb urges staying healthy in middle age to prevent later weakness. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as a strength building blood nourishing tonic with claimed benefits for rheumatism and general vitality. The ad notes no alcohol and lists Scott & Bowne of Bloomfield New Jersey as the preparers.
The Netherlands traces its modern state to 1815 after the Vienna Congress unified Austrian Netherlands with Holland under House of Orange. Strong regional ties faded as nationalism, religion, and race created divisions within the new kingdom.
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