Uncle Sam Announces Flu Advice From Surgeon General Blue
Washington report presents official guidance on Spanish influenza. It explains symptoms origins spread and comparison to past outbreaks. It stresses home care isolation mask hygiene and avoiding crowded conditions with practical steps to reduce transmission and protect health authorities.
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Washington, D. C
Alphonso
Spain
United States
Rupert Blue
U. S. Public Health Service
Behalf of Belgium and France Orphans Christmas Appeal
Hon W J Griffith of Reynolds sponsors a free will offering for Belgium and France orphans. Contributions go to Isenns of the Butler Herald as custodian, open until November 5 1918, then forwarded to C L Pyron with the Red Cross in France. Griffith leads with a $10.00 gift.
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W. J. Griffith
Reynolds
Taylor County
Belgium
France
Isenns
Butler Herald
Griffith
Judge Bartlett Resigns Call After Ballot Box Incident
In Dallas Georgia on October 8 a mass meeting of Paulding county citizens demanded the resignation of Tallapoosa circuit presiding Judge A L Bartlett. Resolutions by H L Hunter and George R Turk allege Bartlett, on September 14 1918, surreptitiously entered the county ballot box to see who voted against him in the September primary, in which he lost re election to F M Irwin by 126 votes. The affair has caused a large stir across the Tallapoosa circuit.
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Dallas
Paulding County
A. L. Bartlett
Tallapoosa
H. L. Hunter
George R. Turk
Bartlett
F. M. Irwin
Cedartown
Tallapoosa Circuit
North Georgia
Deer ruin tablecloth on Dark Moon road, New Jersey
A Green leaf designed tablecloth once owned by Mrs. William Crawn of a Dark Moon road farmhouse was hung to dry on a clothesline when three Geer reportedly ate it greedily, shocking the farmer and wife.
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Dark Moon Road
Allamuchy
N. J
William Crawn
Crawn
New York Herald
Derivation of Spruce Word Traced to Prussian Roots
The term spruce derives from Prussian, with early quotations showing spruced form as the variant. The shift toward spruce is linked to German sprossen meaning sprouts and to spruce beer made from fir shoots, reflecting linguistic evolution.
Appearances in Professions Highlight Social Masks
A reflection on how people in all fields adopt specific looks to shape perception. The quote notes that the world runs on appearances, with individuals crafting external images to fit desired reputations.
Field Scenes Describe Season’s Change in Rural Landscape
George Eliot notes the shift from daisies to tall grasses and brown hedgerows as harvest progresses. Reapers bend amid ripening corn, turning meadows to emerald patches and freshly plowed earth awaits new seed in a vivid countryside snapshot.
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George Eliot
Tax Collector's Rounds Open for 1918 Taxes in Taylor Co
State and County tax books are open with the 1918 tax due. Tax collector J. J. McCants Jr. will visit multiple towns including Reynolds Panhandle Perkins Norwich Mark Charing Rupert Southland Fickling's Mill Carsonville Jarrell's Store Potterville and the Taylor County court house on Saturdays through December 20 to collect taxes and issue receipts.
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Court House
Butler
Reynolds
Panhandle
Southland
Fickling’s Mill
Carsonville
Jarrell’s
Potterville
J. J. McCants, Jr
Taylor Co
Flower Prep Tips for Fresh Cut Arrangements
Instructions emphasize removing leaves from flower stalks before water immersion. For flowers from hard-stemmed shrubs, peel bark in addition to removing leaves to keep stems clean and water clear.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted as Blood Remedy
A 19th century advertisement claims catarrh cures require internal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is said to act through the blood on mucous surfaces, with testimonials available. Created by J Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio, the product is sold by druggists and marketed with accompanying Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
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Uncle Sam
Blue
Valencia
Orient
Russia
Eastern Front
Europe
National Research Council
United States Hygienic Laboratory
Pfeiffer
Home Electric Light & Power Co
Macon, Ga
Perkins Court House
Daviston
Howard
Norwich
Mark
Charing
Rupert
Bowe of
Peruna
W van Buren
Highland St
Grand
Peebles’ Warehouse
Butler, Georgia
E. E. Jarrell
Automobile
G. McCants
Insurance Agency
Butler Banking Company
Old Line Company
Georgia
Macon, Georgia
Georgia State Agricultural Society
Big Midway
Julius H. Otto
Chas. B. Lewis
Treas
Harry C. Robert, Secy
Gen
Mgr
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