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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1919
Page
6
A charter was drafted during a meeting of the Cotton Belt representatives to organize export of cotton valued at 18.1 billion. The gathering focused on establishing procedures, routes, and responsibilities for the export operation and its regulatory compliance.
A draft charter outlines a proposed $100,000,000 cotton exports corporation to finance and export cotton, acquire ships, build warehouses, and operate export trade, with invited allied industries and no domestic business. The plan emerged from a Memphis meeting of the general executive committee and was reviewed by a broader conference.
German President Frederick Ebert denounces the peace treaty as a monstrous document and insists history offers no precedent for its terms He calls it a moral declaration of war on remnants of old international politics and condemns Allied aims as perilous to Germany. Reporter Frederick Stampfer tallies journalists’ treatment in Versailles.
A complete settlement of all wartime claims has been reached by the American liquidation commission. The British government will pay the United States 25,500,000 dollars as a net final adjustment. Most claims stemmed from Britain's share of spruce procurement for aviation materials.
A Helsingfors dispatch to Afton Tidningen reports Entente forces plan to strike Petrograd with Helsingfors as a base. About fifty thousand troops are to participate, and French cruisers are reported stationed in the Gulf of Finland off Helsingfors.
Dr W T Ellison advertises a confidential nerve blood and skin treatment clinic at 203 Murrah Bidg Ga with no consultation charges. It promotes a method using electricity light heat vibrations bac terines serums organic extracts and medicines. Salvarsan and Neo Salvarsan are given intravenously for hereditary and acquired blood and skin diseases including pallagra. Hours 9 to 6 Sundays 10 to 1 phones 2638. Call or write for appointments.
Tybee Tybrisa and Hotel Tybee prepare for the 1919 season with renovations. Jacobson's orchestra will provide music at the dance pavilion and bath houses. Major upgrades include a new lunch counter, men’s women’s and children’s swimsuits, ice and refrigerating plants, expanded baths, and a single dining room staffed by top chefs. Durden & Powers manage Tybee venues with May 5 27 openings and new season excursion fares and schedules announced for visitors from Macon Augusta Savannah and other points.
The advertisement asserts 666 cures malaria chills fever bilious fever colds and la grippes. It kills the parasite causing fever and markets itself as a splendid laxative and general tonic.
Parakeets are reported in a thick wooded area with colonies. Historical notes say they were once numerous along the lower Wabash in Indiana and wintered in hollow sycamore trunks in a semi hibernation state.
A humorous piece extols a farm tractor by listing what it will not do. It asserts the machine can stand without hitching, won’t bite or balk, won’t run away, won’t cause noise or damage, and won’t require medical or excessive care. The tone contrasts ideal tractor behavior with common farmer annoyances.
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rules that mobiles or other vehicles used in illegal activity under US internal revenue laws cannot be saved from forfeiture by mortgage or lien. If the owner surrenders the property, state law is ignored in federal courts even without knowledge of illegal use.
Federal Judge William T. Newman in United States district court dismissed injunctions by twelve or more Chattahoochee county residents against Fort Benning authorities. The court found no proof of undue interference and ruled the district court lacks jurisdiction over Benning’s possession of condemned land adjoining the camp.
The body of Captain Henry W. Brown of Atlanta was found in Chesapeak Bay fish nets. Last seen alive in Newport News last December, he likely fell overboard from a steamer. He was a son of Edward T. Brown of Atlanta and the body was brought to Atlanta for burial.
Contributions from alumni and friends to the University of Georgia for the Lumpkin law building project totaling 935000 are arriving from across the state. The campaign aims to complete payments on the handsome new structure and shows broad regional backing.
The Connecting Limbs presents a meditation on art as an approach to making thought tangible. The piece reflects on painting as a bridge between inner idea and external form, citing Coleridge’s notion that painting lies between thought and thing.
A simple beauty tip uses two lemons and three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint of lotion. Massage onto face neck arms and hands daily to fade freckles and blotches, yield clear soft white skin, at minimal cost. Harmless cosmetic remedy promoted by grocers and drug stores.
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