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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1925
Page
5
A reflective poem about memories stirred by old melodies and faded verses. The speaker recalls half forgotten tunes, broken chords, and faces from the past as they revisit the songs of bygone days and seek solace in timeless harmonies. It portrays death, memory, and faith through lyrical imagery.
Butler locals and area residents are noted with visits, travels, and gatherings. People include Edwards Bartlett Fountain travelers to Macon Buena Vista Columbus Reynolds Unadilla Tifton Pelham Americus Reynolds Talbotton and Jacksonville trips. The column also mentions church events ice cream fundraisers and the Echaconnee Primitive Baptists session with ministers returning in late September.
Mrs W. 8. Collins and children return to Savannah after visiting Butler friends. Or dinary L. T. Peed drafts the unpaid pension list for previous years and 1925 with payment planned before year end. A trip to the Florida west coast seeks companions at nominal cost. Wilmer Purvis recovers from an operation. Mr Purvis improves. The Fourth Quarterly Conference of Butler Methodist Church is set for Sunday at 3 30 PM with Rev J P Dell preaching at 7 30 PM. Birth of Martha Taylor to Mr and Mrs J B Taylor Jr of Macon. mother and babe healthy. Ruth Adams Taylor remembered.
Mr and Mrs F A Peed of Butler announce the engagement of their daughter Eloise to Mr Walter Suggs. The couple plans to marry in the latter part of the month. The notice appeared in Sunday papers and will interest friends here and elsewhere.
On Sunday last at Ideal Rev Greene officiating joined in marriage Miss Odessa Theus to Mr Silas Harris. The Herald offers congratulations and best wishes to the couple and their families.
Rev G M Spivey of Macon Ga led ten day revival at Crowells Church starting August 15. The meeting drew worshippers from Butler Reynolds Wesley Union and surrounding areas with 12 conversions on profession of faith and over 25 church members saved. Family altars were erected and prayer meetings grew strong.
A collection of school notes and social updates from Fort Valley area activities. Students Evelyn Gilmore and teachers attend a spelling contest and chapel talks by Col. W. B. Steed and Col. H P Wallace are cited. Several staff and guests visit, with weekend gatherings, music, games, and a weiner roast described. Plans mention playground equipment and Colonial woodwork showcased by Fort Valley Lumber Co.
A Union City Indiana bill collector known as Bob describes his method. He sent a daily dun for a month then a registered mail note reading heaven's sake go down to the post office youve got mail. The debtor settled the bill the next day.
Sugar plantations in Hawaii steadily increase per acre yields. The Hwa plantation harvested last year produced just over 18 tons per acre on 126 acres, four times the local average. Cuban planters average two tons per acre. Hawaii uses intensive cultivation and scientific aids to maximize sugar from small plots, bringing wealth to growers and prosperity to the Islands.
The article traces the handkerchiefs evolution from a facial wipe to a cloth once part of a woman’s head covering. It explains the origin of the word kerchief from coverchief and notes the change to handkerchief. The pocket prefix derives from the French mouchoir de poche meaning pocket handkerchief.
London owes its charm to streets laid out with no fixed plan before town planning and gridiron schemes. Buildings face them with apparent defiance of architecture rules, yet the city retains distinctive character not easily replicated in modern planning and shifting design trends.
The text recounts Louise Brachman, born 1778 in Rochlitz Germany, an intimate of Schiller and Novalia. A gifted writer and poet, she struggled with temperament including bouts of melancholy and insanity, and endured two failed love affairs alongside a dramatic 1822 heartbreak.
Two pet squirrels offered together with a cage are for sale. For further information contact this office.
A Popular Science Monthly sketch notes clothespin rack ideas: drive headless pins into a 3/4 inch board to hold small tools. Clothespins also serve as handles for razor blades used as scrapers. Whittle ends to fit blocks and secure with screw and nut.
Crowell P T A met September 16 led by President Mrs W C Cosey to discuss the new school year. Hostesses were Mrs W Cosey and Mrs Dixon Cosey. A cake and cream sale is set for Friday night September 26 at the schoolhouse. Mrs Lester Horton was chosen to lead devotional exercises for the next meeting.
The note emphasizes Bay Rum is for external use only and should be applied after shaving on the outside of the face. It apologizes for any prior confusion about usage.
A Detroit News quip notes a scientist who splits diamond to powder releases a foul odor and suggests boiling a cabbage is cheaper. The remark appears in a humor column alongside light bits about marriage and late hours from Tit-Bits.
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