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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1920
Page
1
Wallace Reid teams with Mike Moran for a Wednesday night May 19 program promising action and crowd appeal. The card features a billed matchup headlining the evening with anticipated exchanges and rapid-fire early rounds.
A novelty term from Goodyear proclaims a streamlined meaning Carry by truck. The coinage combines truck and transportation, dropping trans, to replace the awkward phrase truck transportation in modern American usage.
Advertisement for Improved Porto Rico sweet potato plants from J H Davis of Tifton Georgia listing prices per thousand and bulk discounts from 1 000 to 10 000 at 2 50 and 10 000 to 20 000 at 2 25 and 20 000 plus at 2 00. Plants disease and weevil treated with reference from The National Bank of Tifton dated 4 22 41.
Gold stone is an opaque golden brown glass filled with small bright gold crystals of various sizes used for ornament. Its discovery occurred near Venice at Murano when brass filings mixed with molten glass accidentally dropped into a pot.
Rev. W F Quillian, pastor from Fort Valley, Georgia, is elected president of Wesleyan College. He will begin June 1 as trustees approve $20 000 for immediate interior improvements and add two adjunct professors to ease crowded classes. The board notes his distinguished ministerial lineage and expects strong leadership for Georgia education.
A garbled ad fragment discusses digestion and bowel control with unclear references to a product or remedy. The readable words suggest medical or health language but lack coherent facts or concrete entities to identify.
H J Peagler of Butler has been named Bonded County Representative for the E A Strout Farm Agency. The agency reports over twenty million dollars in farm lands sold last year and more than thirty thousand farmers served in twenty years. Taylor County will receive nationwide exposure via a large catalog and local folder distributed across the country and Canada. The agency uses a no sale no pay contract, allowing property owners to sell independently.
Newspaper men from all parts of the state will gather in Nashville Georgia May 24 25 for the Eleventh District Press Association meeting hosted by the Nashville Herald the Nashville chamber of commerce and the Nashville Woman's Club. Invitations have been sent by A C Sweat editor and publisher of the Herald and a large turnout is expected.
On June 1st an advance of 50 percent will be made on all water service rates by the Butler Water Works Co. The company cites rising expenses and urges patrons to view the measure as necessary to maintain service.
The body of 60 year old Mrs W M Bairman was found in a ditch near the Ocmulgee river four miles from Macon after she left home Sunday for a walk. She suffered six knife wounds and two to the arm with clothing torn, police suspect assault and murder. sheriff’s posse searches Holton Road area as coroner investigates.
Americus May 10 Falling 1 500 feet from a German Fokker plane that had surrendered Blackler civilian employee at Souther field was instantly killed this afternoon The accident occurred at 3 45 o clock near the reservation The plane wreckage buried Blackler under the machine and officers and soldiers found his body horribly mutilated pressed beneath the engine in the crash site verdict unspecified but instant death reported
May 10. Bishop Marren A. Candler plans to conduct a revival in Columbus at St Luke Church. Extensive preparations are under way for a meeting to be held in the city’s Methodist churches.
The Butler Concert Band will present a recital in early June. Members are rehearsing and the exact date will be announced later.
The A B and A railroad announces a new schedule starting next Sunday. A train will depart Rupert at 8 30 a m and return at 8 30 p m offering about four hours in Atlanta for business.
Col C C Richardson of Byron announces his candidacy for the state senate from the district. He is a well known lawyer with many supporters ready to back him in the upcoming primary.
The article notes ginger’s prominence in England before the Norman conquest and its frequent mention in Anglo Saxon records. It states ginger was widely used in the 13th and 14th centuries and valued similarly to pepper as a spice.
The community mourns the sudden death of Mrs. R. E. Branch in Bishop Georgia from heart failure on Saturday afternoon. She was a respected resident, wife of R. E. Branch and mother of R. E. Branch Jr. She is survived by her sister Mrs. J. C. Sealy and a brother, H. R. Smith of Seattle. Funeral and interment were held in Bishop on Monday with relatives present.
Judge Gus Howard formally declares his bid to seek another term as judge of the Superior Courts in this circuit. The Herald reports his expected move after weeks of speculation.
The regular Wallace-Edwards chapter U D C meeting is postponed until Thursday afternoon May 20. Mesdames Scandrett and Wallace will host jointly at Mrs. Wallace home. Mrs. Fickling serves as secretary.
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