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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1918
Page
2
Local notes report illnesses visits and travel including Mr W E Marshall on sick list and others visiting Augusta Oxford Macon and Culloden. Hinton Hollis Barrow Brothers advertise Fulghum Seed Oats pine shingles and Southern Wire Fence while Reynolds Mercantile Co offers salt and supplies. Community updates include family visits, teaching moves, hog fencing needs, and a child recovering at Macon hospital.
J H Allen pastor and F A Ricks superintendent announce Work Day on September 28 for orphans and a Rally Day on September 29 in Methodist Sunday schools across South Georgia. They urge every member and friend to contribute to reach at least 100 dollars for the orphans by next Monday.
Mrs. C. L. Pyron and Miss Sara Pool host the Wo man’s Improvement club at Mrs. Pyron’s home on Wednesday afternoon October 2 at 3 30. The item list includes Majestic Ranges Wagons Buggies and Harness and other hardware goods.
Six year old mare with a mule colt available for work anywhere including harness saddle or plow. Apply to M. J. Trapp Reynolds Georgia.
Men skilled at handling telephone and telegraph poles can estimate a pole’s weight once seasoned. Poles weighing more than expected show improper seasoning due to remaining sap.
An old adage revised as a quip suggests a barber should cut himself. The exchange frames a wry suggestion about self-cure and self-service in a humorous, period-voiced remark.
Rumors claim Kaiser Wilhelm II suffered a poison filled ear abscess risked bursting and turning him violent. Alleged physical notes describe a shorter left arm by six inches with a small hand compared to the right.
Entente allies seize momentum as Turkish positions retreat in the Holy Land. Military advances push Turks back across key fronts while Allied forces consolidate gains and press toward strategic objectives.
War dispatch reports the Ottoman army in Palestine annihilated with over 25,000 soldiers captured and 260 guns seized by British forces. Reporter notes advancing Entente across Macedonia and French British progress in France while Siberia sees Japanese gains aiding Russia. Allied air raids press Constantinople.
Washington takes initial steps to fix prices for standard cotton grades. Two committees are named: one to investigate the entire cotton situation, and another to handle government and allied purchasing during the inquiry, with hearings planned across cotton growing states.
Washington reports that shot and shell and manpower are shaping early terms of a peace settlement. Authorities say Alsace Lorraine taken from France in 1870 may be restored by force, Belgium likely to gain freedom, and Turkey in Europe to be pushed back toward Asia as war progresses.
French troops captured Fort Vendeuil near St Quentin as British and French forces push their encirclement. Paris Temps reports German evacuation of Cambrai and residents moving toward Mons amid civil evacuations around St Quentin.
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