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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1925
Page
2
Local residents travel to Griffin and Columbus. visits to Atlanta Macon and Geneva noted. Merchants announce new store and product lines. Social events include bridge party and sewing party. An all-day singing is planned for Reynolds High School on the fifth Sunday in May with visitors from adjoining counties.
Watkins of Reynolds Georgia listed as a salesman for Singer Sewing Machine Co in a brief notice with date notation (4 28 3m) indicating an event or filing related to Co Z M Watkins.
The first consignment of Confederate Memorial Half Dollars, issued by the U S Government as a tribute to Southern soldiers, will be released nationwide July 8. Reynolds residents can buy coin certificates now for redemption on July 3, with limited quotas per city and county. The coins’ modest premium funds the Stone Mountain monument project in Georgia.
Remember the U D C meeting on May 28. All members urged to attend as officers will be elected. Mrs J H Neisler presiding president.
Public notice states that all lands of the Lockett and Foster places near Flint River are posted and trespassing for fishing or any purpose is prohibited. Violators will be prosecuted as trespassers. posted to apprehend violators, with a promise of legal action.
Herodotus notes Egyptians shaved continually and only grew hair and beards in mourning. The barber, called the hay, used tools including a razor shaped like a small hatchet with a recurved handle and other knife shaped instruments.
In the capital of the Anglo-Fyodian Sudan, the White and Blue Niles join. One river runs greenish gray, the other clear blue, darkening to chocolate brown when floodwaters carry alluvial silt.
The government conducts extensive testing of various time pieces including freezing and baking them. It also disassembles watches to assess applicants for watchmakers' certificates and their ability to repair them.
The remark notes that studying proverbs can be more instructive and comprehensive than even a highly elaborate system of philosophy, attributed to Motherwell.
A reflective meditation on human nature cites George Sarton and emphasizes the enduring complexity and variety of the human soul. It argues that, despite self deception, people remain fundamentally themselves and that understanding one soul doesn't reveal how it interacts with others.
A study of local bird names shows citizens enjoy inventing terms for familiar species. The ruddy duck reportedly carries 92 regional names, including humorous and local color monikers such as booby dumb bird sleepy head bald head leather breeches shot pouch and milder nicknames like dinky blather skite and fool duck as noted by Forest and Stream.
A recent experiment shows a snail moves one mile in a fortnight. Watching the underside on glass reveals ripples along its foot, a network of muscles that lengthen the front and shorten the rear to propel the creature forward.
An item from the New York Sun notes a quirky moment in Wairtown where a test question asked What is Mary and the answer given was Mars Is the ecratehay you get on the parlor furniture. The quirky exchange reflects playful student responses in a local school setting.
A Pelican report notes a man told children Santa Claus died by his own action after a violent incident at his home. The case centers on a claim discussed with locals and later investigated by authorities. Further details were incomplete in the fragment.
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