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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1920
Page
4
The Butler Herald notes its 1876 founding and weekly publication from Butler Georgia. It blends local whimsy on manners and fashion with reflections on civic life and national events including a looming baseball scandal and upcoming elections.
A Montgomery Times editorial notes Governor Cox has a strong prospect for the presidency and questions which pundits will claim credit if he wins. The piece aligns with the Enquirer Sun's view on the looming race.
The piece notes wartime social and economic shifts fueling calls for prohibition and cites The Medical Record with Commander W A Bloedorn M D Navy. It argues tobacco harm stems from abuse, not use, likening tobacco to tea and coffee and noting it can soothe pent up emotions though excess remains harmful.
The article argues against extreme prohibition, noting tobacco smoke can influence mood and deter despair. It urges careful analysis of tobacco's social role before broad reform measures, warning against overreach and pendulum swings in policy.
Henry Grady urged farmers to gain independence by selling cotton as surplus and using crops from their own land. He praised South Georgia’s soil and climate as ideal for self-sufficiency, noting scarce better prospects for farming anyplace and the need to inspire others to pursue this path. Cordele Dispatch echoed the message.
A reprint urges Tay lor County parents to be fair and just to public school teachers. It argues youth misjudges when complaining and that teachers generally act in the pupil’s best interest, asking parents to treat educators with fairness and respect.
A street fakir pitches horoscopes from a birthday date sheet, selling ten cent certified readings to a diverse crowd. The piece criticizes gullibility and praises hustling advertisers as today’s drivers of success.
The piece describes three witch classes black white and gray. It notes the black witch harmed people while the white witch helped. The gray witch was mixed in actions. Indictments for witchcraft specified the complexion of the bewitched spirit.
Dr Eliza B Mosher of Brooklyn advised members of the Women’s Medical Society of New York to drink a glass of water at 10 am and again at 3 4 and 5 pm to dilute fatigue products entering the blood and reduce tiredness.
The ad urges readers feeling tired pale and weak to use Gude's Pepto Mangan blood tonic. It claims the formula strengthens red blood and energy, offering tablets or liquid with the same benefits and warns to seek the genuine product labeled Gude's Pepto Mangan.
A Virginia farmer reports his sheep flock suddenly circling and leaping as a rattlesnake wrestles with survival. The big snake is found mangled beside a thorny clump after the panic.
The Megantic club and other groups advocate barbless hooks to minimize harm to fish. The Boston Post notes that catching trout or salmon with barbed hooks injures fish and often prevents recovery even when released, while barbless hooks allow replayable catches and better survival.
Army engineers unveil a 60 inch dishpan style searchlight mounted on a rubber tired trailer. It can be hauled by a motor truck for long distances, weighs 700 pounds versus 6,000 pounds, and costs about a quarter of the earlier model. The light uses a thin metal mirror with reinforced concrete backing, promising strong performance.
A little girl, told by the superintendent that each child gets six cents a Sunday for a centenary, rushes home to tell her mother she need only bring six cents claiming five cents are for Sunday school plus war tax. The note appears in Zion's Herald.
The Ramallah company of Jerusalem and New York recently shipped several motor trucks fitted with special omnibus bodies for 25 passengers. These first of their kind sent to Palestine promise a Fifth Avenue style in the holy city, as the Outlook notes the camel era is ending.
Josephine Burden heiress and guardian Whitmore stay at a fashionable resort near a gambling palace. George Collins schemes to wed Beard to Josephine for her fortune, manipulating a signed note. Beard and Josephine wed, Collins’ plot is exposed, and Beard is cleared while Collins is punished.
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