Local Notes and Editorial Snippets From Georgia Papers
A collage of brief items from Georgia weeklies includes the Butler Herald notice on publication details, Walker County and Macon Telegraph quotes on taxes, voting machines in Ware County, and rising prices. It mentions staff moves at Milledgeville Union Recorder, a cancer-smoking link report, a new check printer, and obituaries for Walter Karig. It also cites education enrollment figures, a humorous health anecdote, remarks from various papers, farm generosity from Charlie Hobbs, and school music programs.
U.S. Capitalist is a Woman
A New York Stock Exchange report asserts women control most family purse strings and are the typical shareowner. It notes two-thirds earn under 7500 dollars annually, a median owner income of 6200, and growth in smaller communities from 2500 to 25000 population.
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New York Stock Exchange
Downtown at Last And The Barber Shop Return
The narrator, after illness, narrates a first outing to town with a doctor’s ok. He mentions visiting places like the barber shop with a hint of amusement at the suggestion. The trip includes small errands and a note about avoiding the post office and bank while enjoying a rare stroll through downtown.
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the Herald
W. C. Tucker
Columbus Enquirer
Bank
Distinguished Citizens Move From Macon to Decatur
H W Pittman, long-time Bibb Manufacturing official, will relocate to Decatur after this year, leaving Macon’s civic scene. J R Ham, 68, former Crisp County News editor and Abbeville Chronicle contributor, died in his hotel room. he had worked with the State Welfare Department and was a friend of Gov. Talmadge. Adel News note by G C Patten recounts a mission trip handing out tracts at the French market and urges Christians to act beyond bench warming.
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Macon
H. W. Pittman
Decatur
Pittman
Bibb Manufacturing Co
J. R. Ham
Crisp County News
Abbeville Chronicle
State Welfare Department
Ham
G. C. Patten
Adel News
Butler town notes and local events in January 1883
The January 9 1883 Herald item covers a fire loss adjustment with an insurance company for Butler Male and Female College, a December 28 1883 marriage at A H Sealy home between J R Hunter and Clara Matthews, best wishes for Rufus and bride, E Bullock advancing a two story residence on Cannon hotel lot, sermon by Rev J B K Smith, Dr R M Bryant named superintendent of Methodist Sunday School, and the Butler municipal election set for 1883 with Mayor D A Smith a likely candidate and several alderman contenders.
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Herald
Butler
A. H. Sealy
Prattsburg
J. P
J.R. Hunter
Clara
Freeman Matthews
Howard
Rufus
E. Bullock
Cannon Hotel
Charles Mulkey
J. B. K. Smith
Butler Methodist Circuit
R. M. Bryant
Methodist Sunday School
D. A. Smith
Driving Stop Distances At Varying Speeds
A 20 mph car needs 52 feet to stop after seeing danger. At 60 mph thinking distance is 66 feet, and a car at one mile per minute travels 336 feet before brakes stop it. These figures illustrate braking and thinking distances at different speeds.
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Ford
Detroit
Hal Steed Honored by Ernest Rogers for Journalism Teaching
Ernest Rogers credits Hal Steed with teaching that shaped many newspapermen. Rogers notes Steed's influence and gratitude from the journalistic community.
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Ernest Rogers
Hal Steed
Open minds face chance if they keep their mouths closed
Insight notes that people with open minds have a good opportunity to advance if they refrain from talking. The quotation emphasizes self restraint as a key to progress.
Enrollment climbs at Georgia Southwestern for fall quarter
Three hundred seventy two students enrolled for fall quarter work at Georgia Southwestern College in Americus. The fall term started on September 24.
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Georgia
Southwestern
Americus
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Butler Herald
Phone Union
Macon Telegraph
Ware County
Taylor County
Sparta Ishmaelite
Ishmaelite
Jere Moore, Jr
Milledgeville Union Recorder
New York
American Cancer Society
Walter Karig
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Karig
Washington, D. C
Post and Times Herald
U.S. Office of Education
Leon Smith
Thomaston Times
Griffin
J. J. Flynt Jr
Beth Williamson
Quitman Free Press
Grandpa
Charlie Hobbs
Hobbs
White Water Creek
Mr. Hobbs
Bro. Hobbs
Covington
America
U.S
National Company
Maxwell House
Mainline Sales Corp
Dept
H. Adams
Payne Motor Company
Butler, Georgia
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