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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1915
Page
7
After a long absence Estella returns New Year greetings and reflections on hopes for prosperity and peace in Europe. Local news covers visits, moves, school progress, church activities, officers elected, and community events with notes on crops and farming. An obituary note for R. L. McFarland is deferred to the next issue.
Wesley whiffs on a casual Friday trip to Talbotton. Welcoming visitors include Karron Montfort and Miss Blanche Smith. Local school shows progress under Garnett Smith and Nellie Turner with enrollment at 74. Musslewhite visits Wesy. Farmers Union meets with good attendance. New neighbors J W Bazemore and wife move in. Several residents visit family farms and attend services at Crowells and Norwich Sunday School.
Community notes recount visits among residents Maggie Barfield Carrie Walker Lena Mae Spinks Mary Alice Morgan and others. Social events include a party hosted by Carrie Spinks and a visit by Golden Watkins and family. Wibby McClellan returns home from a Prattsburg sanitarium with well wishes for full recovery.
A two day Methodist church gathering in Howard concluded under Dr. W. e Presiding Elder with seventeen preachers and hosts in Howard homes. The event honored Rev. J. A. Smith, superintendent of the Orphans Home, and featured Mrs. Jane England, age 94, who recognized Smith after 22 years. Howard plans two new buildings in February, including Woodmen Hall with a department store on the first floor and Woodmen meeting space above.
Rainy period continues with varied travel reports as R M Suggs visits Atlanta and J H Adams with J A Heath travel to Talbotton last Friday. Bernice Ellington visits relatives near How ard. Sam Gassett remains on sick list. P M Grady Gassett improving. Pearl Adams visits Lucile Heath. E J Amos and wife visit relatives near Prattsburg. Sunday School at Wesley noted as dull.
Mrs Sara Shirley of Roberta visits sister Mrs B G Smith while John Musslewhite of Reynolds joins Wesley first Sunday crowd. Mrs N C Cosey ill. coffee advertised 2 lbs roasted for 25 cents by F E Cosey & Co. Gasoline offered at a fancy price as war rumors swirl. Slim Jim signs off urging readers to write back.
Farmers are busy preparing land for another crop. Visits centered on kinship networks with McCrary Hartman Hortman Moore and Spillers families. Local social notes mention multiple visits among Mrs Spillers Mrs Hortman and Miss Esther Lee Hartman across the week. Red Wing.
An advertisement urges readers to buy Foley Kidney Pills claiming insurance examiners detect kidney disease symptoms. It targets individuals with back pain fatigue and urinary issues, suggesting the pills prevent life-shortening ailments. The message attributes the claims to J. Porter.
A tense exchange centers on Jones questioning intentions toward Miss Hulks while Bones vows to recover $40,000 allegedly swindled by her father on the stock market last month, even if it requires marrying the entire Hulks family.
An old advertisement claims Foley Kidney Pills restore energy and vigor by toning the kidneys. It targets men and women feeling backaches and fatigue, blaming aging and misdiagnosed kidney issues for declining health. Sold by S. M. Porter.
A 1915 advertorial urges farmers to replace part of cotton income with a garden to cut costs. It warns cotton credit is tight and suppliers may not advance on 1915 cotton. Hastings & Co promotes a seed book detailing profitable garden and field crops for farm prosperity.
Washington reports fear that no general legislation can pass before March 4 and worry that general supply bills may fail without a plan to expedite business. Fifteen appropriation bills remain, with pessimism among Democratic leaders as naval military and rivers and harbors measures are expected to be opposed.
Fresh earthquake shocks struck areas hit by the disaster last week heightening fear. Cracked structures already teetering collapsed fully while residents of Avezzano and Sora abandoned shelters for open spaces seeking safety.
An old health ad urges that many disorders stem from a sluggish liver. It promotes Dr King s New Life Pills as a remedy and Bucklen s Arnica Salve for skin eruptions, with a 25 cent price at druggists. Continuous wording reflects vintage promotional prose.
The daylight train to Atlanta will depart Junction City about one hour earlier, arriving in Atlanta one hour earlier to allow time for supper and theatre. Train No.1 will leave Junction City at 3 18 p.m. No other trains change. W. W. Croxton.
The quote argues conservatism is inertia resisting new facts and ideas. It asserts selfishness dominates individuals and society until love is enthroned, then religious feeling becomes essential to realizing a social ideal as discussed in Our World The New World Life.
Grand and traverse jurors drawn for April term 1915 by Judge P. Gilbert listed for Taylor Superior Court. Names include C. E. Montfort J. G. Hicks W. J. Butler Tra Chambers and many others. June 10 1925 entry notes juror panels and numbering.
A damaged OCR fragment presents verses said to be written by a Confederate soldier on Confederate paper money. The lines reflect on poverty, sacrifice, and wartime promise, ending with a note about an offering to veterans and a nation born from a dream.
A historical note describes a prescription for malaria or chills. It mentions five or six doses as likely to break the illness, reflecting era medicine and dosage language.
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