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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1924
Page
2
The Reynolds Civic Improvement Club conducts letters and announcements while residents like Miss Susie Payne and Mrs. Mae Fountains travel to Butler and Fitzgerald. The column lists visits, illnesses, family events, and community notices across Reynolds and nearby towns, including church activities and school class gatherings.
The Gordon Carson Chapter U D C meets at Mrs M A Liffey home with Miss Leach Bryan as co hosts on Thursday May 29. Program includes Frances Bartow Memorial description Mrs C L Pyron vocal solo Mrs F M Carson Colquitt and Cobb sketches Mrs E P McAuley piano solo Miss Marie ae poem Georgia My Georgia F A Ricks piano duet Mrs Z Whatley and Mrs C E Whatley Confederate Mothers Day Miss Helen Hodges historian and wear crimson and white roses.
Reynolds couple Mr and Mrs G J Young announce their daughter Cleo Thyrah Young will wed Mr Howard Edward Fulton of Winston Salem North Carolina in a June ceremony.
The Reynolds school district will hold a school trustee election on June 6 1924 to fill the expired term of Mr W E Marshall. By order of the Board of Education signed W T Rustin C S S.
General Electric in Pittsfield Massachusetts conducts two million volt artificial lightning experiments to study protection of buildings and high power transmission lines from the electrical dynamite of storms. F W Peer Jr explains the need to prevent or safely discharge lightning. A 220 thousand volt line exists in California, but GE is pursuing a million volt experiment and may not deploy such high voltages soon.
Two Irishmen visit St Pauls cathedral. One is from the country and the other from the city. The city man asks for an impression and the countryman replies It hates the devil. The friend notes that was the intention.
A line lists how different cultures honor the Sabbath on each weekday. It notes Greeks observing Monday, Russians Tuesday, Astyrians Wednesday, Egyptians Thursday, Turks Friday, Jewish Saturday, and Christian Sunday.
Wesley services on first Saturday and Sundays at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Howard on second Saturday and Sundays at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Crowells on third Saturday 11 a.m. Union on fourth Saturday 11 a.m. Pastor Co. L. Wall asks members to attend Saturday appointments.
Melville Chater recalls the 100 kilometer canal between Redon and Nantes where civilians still remember American troops in 1918. A farmer recounts chewable gum and cow fodder, noting soldiers’ vigor and teeth, while discussing how Americans eat Indian corn cob and all as if an artichoke.
A Williston North Dakota mill avoided chemical fumigation by enlisting the weather bureau to trigger a two day cold snap. Temperatures fell to 30 degrees then 17 degrees Fahrenheit, freezing most Mediterranean moths and eggs and saving on insecticide costs. The company reports the method will not need repetition for at least two years.
Students argue Lake Erie and Lake Michigan once extended further than today and portions of the Wabash and Illinois basins were lake waters. The cisco varieties of Tippecanoe and Wisconsin lakes are linked to a Great Lakes lineage, suggesting historical connections with Michigan. Large Great Lakes fish appear in the Ohio river occasionally.
The Connecticut fish and game commission notes the shad in the Farmington River are all bachelors. Efforts to obtain shad eggs for experiments yielded only buck shad. Superintendent of fisheries and crew spread nets. they caught only males, and later one roe shad was taken.
The papyrus plant grew in the Nile lowlands to about ten feet and was known only in Egypt. Papyrus produced paper from inner bark formed of thin sheets around the wood. Ink used varied in color black red or green with lamp black sometimes used for black ink.
The article notes that less than two in a hundred Eskimos show tooth decay, attributing it to chewing coarse frozen food which keeps their glands active. It contrasts with civilized nations where soft foods slow gland activity, leading to 98 in 100 with decayed teeth.
When rubber heels wear on the sides or back they can be straightened by trimming off the entire heel with a sharp knife. This reduces thickness but improves appearance and comfort compared with a worn uneven surface.
Russian visitors Prince Girey Colonel Kereoff and Captain Natiroff joined a rodeo horsemanship program to demonstrate that wild west stunts mirror Cossack training. They performed many daring acts in their distinctive Cossack style.
A small exchange contrasts youth and age as they view a palm grove. The youth admires its beauty while the middle-aged observer notes the heat the grove would endure. The brief vignette captures differing perspectives on the same scene.
The fragment notes money rewards do not align with date performance, suggesting praise yields more reliable timing. It contrasts monetary incentives with popular praise in shaping outcomes, implying affection-based acknowledgment may drive consistency better than cash.
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