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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1913
Page
3
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson from Windsor Vermont announces the marriage of her daughter Jessie to Francis B. Sayre on November 2 at the White House. It would be the thirteenth wedding held there with further details not released.
Lucy Beach twenty and Lawrence Blakeman nineteen college mates died when their auto plunged through an open draw bridge at St Joseph Ho. The coroner began an inquiry amid rumors that danger signals were missing at the approach.
F. Maydee of Atlanta, a traveling painter, hanged himself in his Plant City jail cell using a rope made from a blanket. He was dead on discovery, with drunkenness cited as his detention reason.
Frank Ryerson of Lincoln Ice at Brown's Lake Wisconsin reportedly slept on the lake bank and awoke near the opposite shore claiming he swam across the bay in his sleep. He may have been startled by his unexpected voyage and described it as a nocturnal crossing.
Experienced hunters report a remarkable snow white squirrel killed by William McDaniel while hunting in the mountains near Union, South Carolina. The unusual fur color drew attention from local sportsmen.
A hen was found perched on a number of eggs inside Summit New Jersey’s original ballot box to be used in upcoming primaries. The box has not seen use since 1869.
Barton Willing, wealthy bachelor and brother of Mrs Ava Willing Astor, died in a Philadelphia hospital from diphtheria. The death removes a prominent social figure connected to the Astor family.
Thomas A. Sperry, famed for building a fortune from trading stamps, dies at his city residence in New York. His estimated fortune stands around 10 million dollars, with reports highlighting 310 million from trading stamps.
President Wilson sent to the senate nominations for diplomatic posts. Joseph E. Willard of Virginia named ambassador to Spain, and John Ewing of Louisiana named minister to Honduras. Willard already held a prior nomination and confirmation as minister to Spain, now elevated to ambassador with congressional action to meet the embassy status.
In 1913 the Atlanta Crackers win the Southern pennant by half a game over Mobile after a nerve racing finish. Mobile led most of the season but faltered in the last week as Atlanta won streaks and a final set of games against Chattanooga while Mobile and New Orleans dropped their finales. Record crowds of over 10 000 attended the decisive series and Billy Smith adds a third pennant to Atlanta with previous wins in 1907 and 1902.
The National Farmers' Union at Sedalia Missouri votes to require members to hold cotton for 15 cents a pound. Officials expect a 14,074,500 bale crop this year, with nonmembers likely to join the holdout effort.
Defalcation of 150000 was reported in the State National Bank of Fort Worth Texas to acting comptroller of the currency Thomas P Kane by National Bank Examiner Van Zandt The shortage will not affect the banks solvency Vice President M L Woode is missing Comptroller Kane ordered filing with the United States attorney at Fort Worth Bank surplus and profits stood at 232000 and the capital was 509900 according to the latest report
Three men armed with two revolvers robbed two J. G. White Construction employees and a deputy sheriff near Parr Shoals twenty miles from Columbia. They seized 16000 in currency intended for the company payroll for a dam project. Officers and bloodhounds pursued the bandits.
Harry Orchard, who confessed to killing former Governor Frank Steunenberg, announces in a Caldwell, Idaho paper his request to the state board of pardons for a full and absolute pardon at the October meeting. A church in Waukesha, Wisconsin leads a broader pardon movement.
George H. Fitch in The Critic In the Orient highlights how every Japanese home, regardless of wealth, includes a garden inviting the owner's soul to retreat. In evening quiet, the master becomes childlike, finding joy in nature and simple beauty.
A traveling salesman notes his sample cases break open monthly and jokes that all samples are right shoes. Another salesman in the west carries only lefts, while a glove seller adds he splits sample pairs similarly, highlighting humorous one sided flaws.
A New York Press snippet contrasts two cures for sorrow. A first woman suggests window shopping on Fifth Avenue amid orchids and hats. She then imagines Rivington Street where seventeen poor women struggle, making her thankful for her own plight.
Readers oppose cold wrapping of warm bread claiming it traps dust germs and filth. Experts from the department of agriculture report a method using cold wrapped leaves heated briefly to re crisp and re tender the loaf. Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Fred Maybury aged 23 in Yuma Michigan has undergone his twenty fourth operation in ten years. His record includes amputation of his right hand then his left leg, appendicitis, eye injury, necrosis in the arm, multiple bone removals, and the latest operation removed part of his liver.
A parcel delivered to David H. Schuyler an undertaker in Philadelphia contained a newborn baby's body. A note attached stated This is from a poor mother Please bury this little body.
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