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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1932
Page
6
The article explains how precious metals, especially gold, have served as standards of value. It covers barter origins, token money like shells and beaver skins, and the shift from double standards to gold standards in Britain and the United States. It notes gold advantages, implications for currency, imports, exports, and mint coinage.
The article traces 1100 A D Byzantine influence via Crusaders Persians and Arabians shaping landscape style. It notes American gardens began with English ideas, then grew alongside housing and population, becoming distinctly American and focused on home plots. It highlights Moorish and Oriental touches in early spreads.
The Gary chamber of commerce notes a grave on former inland land near Gary between Chicago and Gary along the main highway. It is linked to Andreas Zirneibil, a landowner on Michigan shore tracts who supposedly willed his remains to lie undisturbed. Despite reports the will was broken, the grave remains amid steel plants with a crude headstone bearing a German inscription and a birth year of 1855.
The Fexagesimal system of circular measurement dates to an early period and was used by Greek mathematicians. Its influence persisted through medieval times among Christians Jews and Muslims. Once established, change is resisted due to needed recalculations and outdating of textbooks tables and references.
The water gazes or dipper uses its wings underwater to move as it would in air. It walks along the stream bottom in search of food, constantly beating wings to stay submerged due to light bodies. When surfacing the water rolls from its feathers and it remains airy, not webfooted, swimming with ease on the surface.
A columnist notes a philoso pher’s remark that crooks rarely smoked pipes, offering a consoling view amid ridicule of the author’s long unused meerschaum. The piece reflects on economy versus show and dismisses accusations of pretense tied to the Jimmy pipe.
In Granger near the Canadian border a snowy village tale unfolds as five youths, led by Gloria Ames, gather weekly for penny ante poker. After a dorm fire returns Gloria from the East, she and Harry Hanson navigate romance sparked by a royal flush and a demanded marriage proposal.
The Manchester Mercury reports a state highway project reroutes Route 4 from the Meriwether-Talbot line at Pine Mountain to Talbotton, abandoning Magic Hill. Work began last August, with completion about two years after, creating an 82 foot wide new bed and eliminating sharp curves while preserving the hill’s notoriety.
Decatur Georgia public schools announce a major renovation plan aimed at graduating students in 11 years and abolishing junior high. The initiative includes consolidating studies, trimming review time, and building separate boys and girls high schools once a new building is ready. S. D. McKinney, board chair, says the change will boost early college entry and reduce distractions from co education.
A western senator declares that man comes first and the machine follows, with the Boston Herald noting the contrast as a cautious commentary on progress. The quote highlights a wary view of automation amid evolving technology and public concerns.
Petitioners led by E E Jarrell and others seek incorporation of Jarrell Department Store Incorporated for twenty years with renewals. The Georgia Taylor County petition requests a general mercantile business in Butler with principal office there and potential branches, capital stock five thousand dollars, board of directors elected by stockholders, officers named by board, and standard corporate bylaws and seal. Filing dated April 20 1932 with clerk Louise Hill verifying a true copy.
The Nile valley and Mesopotamian river valleys hosted early gardens due to favorable soils and climate. By 6000 B C fruit trees and vegetables were cultivated in abundance for food. Trees were sacred and planted near temples. vineyards and arbors supported grape vines flourished, with archers as prominent landscape features.
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