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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1913
Page
8
A Johns Hopkins professor suggests orange blossoms can be used as an anaesthetic. The remark notes that enough blossoms could render a wedding ceremony painless, reflecting a humorous press quip from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
In Swainsboro on October 26 L A Kennedy, a prominent Emanuel county farmer, beat his wife with a buggy whip and the butt of a shotgun then shot her while in a drunken stupor. She lies near death as doctors warn of imminent demise. Kennedy is jailed at the sheriff's request. An eye witness outlines the brutal incident and the dying statement from Mrs. Kennedy.
Brown Lockwood of Ideal was knocked down and rolled several feet along the track by a Central of Georgia engine in Montezuma. His wife narrowly saved him as she attempted to pull him away. The engine slowed and stopped, the rail height saving his life, and Lockwood left for home uninjured aside from bruises.
The Friendship Baptist association meeting at Hebron church twelve miles west of Americus completed three days of sessions after adjournment. The event featured sermons by eminent ministers, a large turnout, and a noon dinner for all attendees. Plains will host next year’s session.
Advice urges a light evening meal and modest breakfast. It warns that heavy eating after long work breaks can cause dyspepsia. It recommends fruit toast soft boiled eggs and oatmeal for breakfast and avoiding heavy foods when intermissions are brief.
The Alaska Dispatch notes an upcoming musical comedy show for the section inviting residents to spruce up homes in anticipation.
Emphasizes home pride and public spirit by promoting local trade and support for town institutions. Encourages telling of business leaders and natural advantages, welcoming strangers, and avoiding unfaircritique of citizens. Urges collective welfare over self interest and responsible advertising to aid the town.
Columbus, Oct 24. C L O'Pryer, white farmer of Upatoi Ga, arrested with Sam Sparks on charges of raising a check. O'Pryer sold a bale of cotton to Bradley company receiving a 60.84 check payable to Cash. The pair allegedly had the check raised to 600.84. They deny the charge and face a preliminary hearing Saturday morning.
An old advertisement promotes Six-Sixty-Six as a malaria remedy claiming five to six doses cure fever and a liver-friendly tonic with 25 cents price. The piece then shifts to a anecdote about British officers freed from a German fortress noting two meals a day sufficiency and contrasts continental eating with Xerxes army provisions, highlighting daily meals in ancient times.
Patent medicine advertisement promises relief for rheumatism neuralgia headaches cramps colic sprains bruises cuts burns old sores and insect stings. Describes antiseptic anodyte for internal and external use with a 75 cent price.
The text discusses two contrasting emotional states in male admiration: uncertainty about a woman's feelings when she likes him but he is not certain to win her, and certainty that a woman loves him yet he cannot reciprocate. It notes the small time or degree separating these states.
A group of licensed physicians will visit Sealy on Thursday October 30 offering free consultations and examinations. They will diagnose each case and advise on curability, with immediate treatment for curable cases and guidance to prolong life for incurable ones. The system promises thorough, direct, natural treatment with quick relief and no disruption to daily routines.
Advertises specialists who discard old remedies and claim thousands cured across sixteen states. Testimonials available on request. No charge for consultation or examination. Urges patients with nervous heart stomach or lung trouble to attend on a single date with Dr Wright. Hours 8 am to 5 pm. Bring a urine sample for analysis.
The notice lists tax collection rounds for 1913 in Reynolds and surrounding towns with dates in October and November. The register urges residents to register when paying taxes and is signed by J J McCants Jr tax collector Taylor County.
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