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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1913
Page
4
The ad touts discounts on school shoes for children and extra bargains in women’s footwear including gun metals patent leathers and tans. Sizes 2 to 5 offered, claiming first class goods at low prices though stock is described as old shoddy. Shoppers urged to visit before supplies run out.
Reynolds Georgia September 15 1913 local notices from Reynolds Cotton Market and farmers supply firms. Journal notes frequent visits from visiting relatives and students entering Vanderbilt Mercer Athens and Brenau colleges plus social events at the Woman’s Improvement Club. Ford car price alert appears with local dealer contact.
Protracted Baptist meetings begin next Wednesday with Rev Z T Weaver assisting. A masquerade by the Improvement Club drew a large crowd and praise for financial success. Miss Ewing of Atlanta returns to manage the millinery department at the EL M Jahns son Emporium.
The Woman's Improvement Club hosted a Friday masquerade with a grand march and nations represented. Prizes went to Neva and Wilma Bartow for children, Ruth Blackman for Carrie Nation, and a convict character for the gentleman’s prize. The event raised over forty dollars and featured punch, cake, a fish pond, and a fortune teller. The note ends urging Reynolds merchants to boost fall business and publicity.
Garden Valley notes report Herbert Speer of Florida visiting relatives. Myrtice Shepard attends school in Oglethorpe. Vera Watkins studies at Milledgeville G N I College. Talmage Shepard moved to Oglethorpe for a new position. Emmie Harris to Havana Florida as teacher. Lela Passmore returns from Charing. George and Mrs Shepard of Syracuse visiting P G Shepard family. Willie Maud Watkins back to Sylvester for school. Mrs W R Lang visiting Fort Valley. Dora Leggette returns to Sylvester after a visit.
The letter describes a Cleveland family driving 60 miles into East Tennessee to view a dam and Lookout Mountain, visiting Chattanooga, and returning by night. They celebrate the birth of Warren Candler, thank neighbors, praise local doctors, and note church revival meetings led by Brother Weaver with all Methodist services paused.
A dialogue shows Mr Growcher rejecting the idea of world peace and harmony. He argues that once competition is removed, many people will arise to kick against it, implying disruption follows tranquility in a guarded, satirical tone.
L. M. Lucas guardian of Ethel Gladys and Selucia Lucas petitions to sell undivided interests in four Taylor County lots and two large tracts in Washington and Taylor counties. Sale aims to reinvest proceeds for greater annual revenue. Notice published four weeks in Butler Herald. Proceedings before Judge S. P. Gilbert. September 15 1913.
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