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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1926
Page
5
Frances Ridley Havergal urges a blessed new year through faith that grows, hope that abounds, and love perfecting fear. The poem invites walking in light, finding joy in sunshine, peace in the Savior, and rest at His feet as Christ remains near.
Butler residents report visiting kin in Macon Reynolds and Lakeland on work and guest weekends as families relocate. Local shippers see a lumber upswing at Payne Lumber while teachers rent apartments and Edna Haywood earns a new trust in banking. Ordinary Peed distributes pension checks. Fickling Lodge calls a January meeting. Leonard Monk departs Butler for Miami to join Miami Herald as a Simatype operator.
Butler High schedules two games against Buena Vista on Friday after a week of steady improvement. Coaches praise the five man defense as the teams, including lineup names such as James, Trigeell, Jarrell, Locke, Trussell for the boys and Cox, Peterman, Hill, Shealy for the girls, vie for victories on Butler’s court. The community notes student moves, staff visits, and a call to attend the school picture show, with reminders of illness absences and new students from Howard.
Rev L T Rodgers, pastor, and wife hosted church officials Friday night. Plans were set for the year including monthly socials to entertain members and the election of H G Mangham as Sunday School Bible class teacher. Refreshments followed the business session.
A lost overcoat belonging to a child is reported between Butler school building and town. A reward is offered to the finder who returns it to Mrs. W. G. Hill at Hill's store.
Guinn Proprietor announces baby chicks available for order with custom hatching services. Prices listed include 1500 dollars per 100 baby chicks and 4 dollars per 100 eggs. Wording reflects a small local poultry business in Butler, Georgia.
Friends hosted a miscellaneous shower for the popular bride Mrs BA Childres on a January Thursday afternoon. Arthur McGee and Charles Pehling led the event at the former home, now vivid with palms, ferns, and pink and white accents. Music by Mrs Julian Edwards and Etta Ward Edwards framed the festive afternoon as guests enjoyed a salon of light refreshments and playful tributes.
A Talbotton dealer advertises cheap mules with substantial per head savings. W. W. Gilds promotes pricing discounts of twenty five to fifty dollars per animal and invites buyers in Talbotton Georgia to contact him.
A satirical piece argues against paid medical care by the year with a doctor paid only when no one is sick. It stresses winter illness and advocates simple preventive steps. The author urges readers to focus on basic winter precautions to reduce sickness and medical costs.
A 1920s job notice offers paid training for twenty five women aged sixteen and up to operate power sewing machines. Correspondence directed to P. N. Collier at Montezuma Knitting Mills, Montezuma, Georgia.
The Tennessee State Museum received an old wooden lock described as one of the doors from the first house occupied by Andrew Jackson upon his arrival in Tennessee. The relic is among the museum's latest acquisitions.
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