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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1913
Page
6
Georgia farmers urged to vacation at Macon State Fair for learning and family enrichment. Highlights include 5000 dollars in agriculture cash premiums and 5800 dollars for six days of racing along with substantial prizes for poultry horses corn swine cattle sheep and youth clubs.
A Tokyo electric bureau asked street car patrons how to address riders when urging them to move. Of 2719 suggestions, six were translated, including move to the middle and a remark about a pretty girl. officials disapproved of the last three. The piece compares Japan’s politeness to local transit etiquette and suggests adopting such terms.
A man recalls collapsing from coffee in youth and years of disability. After switching to Postum his health improves, enabling him to work daily and move without a cane, praising Postum by the Battle Creek company and urging readers to try the beverage as a coffee substitute.
Cedartown wins post office contract after delays and a bid failed. Calhoun court term records 127 criminal cases and seven true bills. Savannah hunts $71,900 missing from a portable safe tied to several Georgia banks. Dublin reports road machinery boosting daily work with fewer hands. Rome fights over honorary titles and open air school plans. Cairo notes a murder conviction mercy plea. Thomasville mill fire causes major loss. Waycross condemns a 40 year old syrup station. Rome proposes open air school under public schools. Macon jewellry theft recovered after drugging claim. Atlanta hears Penn Central talks of a southern outlet via L N and ACL properties.
An 1890s advertisement page lists Hancock’s Sulphur Compound as a cure for facial sores and leg ulcers with user testimonials from Salem Virginia and Baltimore. Also promotes Elixir Babek for malarial symptoms and Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Powder. Includes light cartoon gags and a joke about automobiles.
Mrs Haywanpb Sowers of Cary Maine states she owes her good health to the medicine and endorses it for her family of four. The quotation reflects a personal testimonial praising the product's effects and health benefits.
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