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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1917
Page
6
Mauk entries record Randol Waller and John Brady driving to Buena Vista, friends vacationing at Warm Springs, visits from Butler and Columbus, extended stays with relatives in Atlanta, and several local family gatherings. Additional items mention neighbors in Junction City, Macon trips, water melon shipments, and a Masonic meeting attendance.
Protracted services closed at Wesley with Rev W C McGill and Rev J H Allen delivering sermons and nine new members joining. Nearby visitors include Miss Sadie Hickson returning from Columbus and Lem Smith and wife from Atlanta. Others from Butler Montezuma Cochran Thomaston and Phoenix City were seen visiting local households.
Open cotton is beginning to shine around here Miss Claudia Wainwright has returned to Macon Little Claude Rogers has recovered from a spell of fever Mrs S A Wainwright and her family left for Marshall Texas after visiting kin Mrs Lokie Rogers and family and other relatives Mrs L L Wainwright and family are visiting Porterville relatives Lokie Rodgers has been with Mrs N M Spillers and camp meeting J T Perkins and family visited their mother Mrs J H Underwood Simon Moore of Macon travels frequently The little baby of Homer Emerson is quite sick Lula Moore returned from Macon after a visit with relatives
The Liverpool Post discusses whether American army arrivals will affect English brides. It notes Canadians and Australians and whether they marry into England, and suggests English girls are amiable to American naval, military, and medical men despite cultural differences.
Interdenominational Taylor County Sunday School Convention schedule spans August 23 to 24 with sessions on cooperation, leadership, teaching methods, and evangelism. Includes notes on Georgia Sunday School Association ties and a call for all white Sunday School workers to attend.
An advertisement touts Dr Bell’s Pine-Tar-Honey as a remedy for lingering January coughs. It claims the pine balsams loosen phlegm heal irritated membranes and glycerine soothes tissues, promising easier breathing and cessation of coughing.
A Macon man praises Martin's Liver Medicine for gentle effective relief without calomel. He notes easy taste for children, ability to continue daily duties, and a 50 cent refund guarantee if not satisfied. Sold by H. J. Porter in Butler, Georgia.
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