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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1925
Page
5
Poem depicting domestic duty and perseverance. A speaker resolves to endure daily burdens for the sake of wife and children, resisting temptation to abandon responsibilities. It frames fatherly obligation as honorable, urging steadfastness despite weariness and doubt.
Local society notes list Mr D R Bigbee leaving for Tennessee and Mrs J W Hall returning to Macon. Edith Jarrell visits Wesley and stays with Evelyn Gilmore while J J McCants and family tour Americus. Eggs offered at thirty cents per dozen by IRA Chambers as trade. Post office Mizell reopens with W E Streetman as postmaster.
Miss Helen Montfort accompanies Col and Mrs Gilbert Robinson on a Miami trip for several weeks. Sunday brought the most delightful Easter weather in years with large congregations attending services at both churches. J M Adams, former county figure now in Montgomery, Ala, stopped in Butler to greet friends. Mrs J E Taylor Jr spent days with her parents and returned home with her husband. IRA Chambers offers thirty cents per dozen eggs in trade. Rev B A Pafford to preach Butler High School commence ment sermon. Hon T Hicks Fort of Columbus to deliver literary address. Commencement exercises set for the week of May 17 with outlines to follow in the Herald.
Memorial Day approaches as Butler townspeople prepare to clean and beautify Butler Cemetery grounds. A U D C chapter committee of Mrs Lucile Bateman and Mrs Etta Joiner will supervise daily work through Saturday and next week if needed. Residents are urged to participate or sponsor labor for the effort.
John H. Robinson Sr died in Montezuma after a long illness. He was 75, a longtime promoter of Macon County improvements, and would have celebrated a golden wedding anniversary with his wife in June. Survived by widow, five sons J H Jr Ernest Weldon of Montezuma Gilbert and Adam of Miami, Fla and three daughters Jule Felton C C Maffett and Claire, all of Montezuma.
The Community Improvement Club met at Peacock school on Saturday afternoon. After the business portion, talks and helpful suggestions followed. Committees were appointed, and members planned social events for the summer, urging everyone to contribute. The next meeting is set for May 9.
About 400 bushels of good sound corn for sale at 1.40 dollars per bushel. Orders invited at once by J. R. Theus and W. B. Taunton in Butler Georgia dated April 17, 1918.
Able bodied men for road work. Good wages. See me at once, R. T. Smith, Supt. Construction work on Highway No. 8, Butler, Ga.
The speaker reflects on a father defined by action over words, kindness to animals, and steadfast religious principle. He recalls a nonpunitive household, a strong bond with his wife, and a life of unswerving honesty and loyalty. The father’s example shaped the narrator’s values and faith, describing him as a great heritage and privilege.
The text compares the human body to an engine, stressing that posture determines efficiency. It argues that with the spine erect, chest high, abdomen supported, and balanced parts, the heart and lungs function well, digestion improves, and disease risk falls. Slouched or constricted positions reduce power and harm health.
A fragment notes Wet Hamperea, among Rusela’s vast forests between the Uri Mountains and the Okhotek Sea, growing from a nearly icy Earth. It hints at unique ecological conditions shaping one of the world’s largest wooded areas.
Five week delivery for six weeks old collie pups from thorough bred French-Scotch stock. Price ten dollars each. Also available several thousand Hastings tomato plants. Orders filled promptly by Mrs Kate Jarrell.
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