Proposal to create County Commissioner of Roads and Revenue
W F Brown writes to readers expressing support for a bill to separate the current county roles by creating a dedicated Commissioner of Roads and Revenue. The office would oversee all county matters, including farms, jail, courthouse, taxes, and treasury, with a $1200 annual salary and a two year term. Brown urges vigilance before the October general election.
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Court of Ordinary
Revenes
Uper
Grand Jury
Beiaperasd
W. F. Brown
Health Coffee Imitation Promises Quick Brew
An advertisement touts Health Coffee as a near real coffee made from toasted grains with malt and nuts. It claims to fool an expert and ready in a minute without lengthy boiling. Sold by Arnett & Merrell in Racine Wisconsin.
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Shoop
Racine
Wis
Arnett & Merrell
Salem Visitors and Local Gatherings Report
Salem residents shared visits and family time with relatives and friends over the weekend. Miss Sallie Nixon improved after illness, and several locals attended a Sunday preaching at Antioch.
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Sallie Nixon
Antioch Sunday
West Brook's Crossig Matrimony and Local Notices
West Brook area notes a Sunday wedding for Ben Garlen and Miss Susie Stacy. The column mentions Easter supper at Mr W Browne and Sunday school attendance at Mt Pleasant with Miss Mary Brown and C W Westbrooks. Building work by J P Westbrooks and new boarder at the Samples home are noted along with several local greetings.
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Ben Garlen
Susie Stacy
W '. Brownes
Mary Brown
C W Westbrooks
Mt Pleasant
Mra
G V Layton Spen
Mandeville
Save your Bank Account with L and M Paint
Use L and M Pure paint for guaranteed coverage of painter work. The offer includes 7 gallons of mixed paint at $1.20 per gallon, comprising 4 gallons L and M Paint and 3 gallons linseed oil, from Roop Holiw. Co. Carrollton Georgia, L and M Paint Agents.
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L. M
Roop Holiw. Co
Carrollton, Ga
Restorative Claims To Soothe Tired Nerves
The Restorative is touted as a genuine tonic for tired nerves with few doses needed. It targets sluggish bowels and circulation caused by indoor winter life, claiming liver and kidney stagnation and weak heart action. A few weeks of use should show daily improvements, with a few days testing confirming the remedy, sold by Camp Drug Co.
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Dr Shoop
Little Wooden Barrels Made by the Millions
The Washington Post describes tiny wooden barrels turned from white birch, from an inch and a half up to ten inches high. They are mass produced by specialized lathes, with the smallest ones finished by cutting tools. factories churn out millions annually for candy, perfume, savings banks, button boxes, toys, and promotional uses. Many barrels ship abroad, filling carloads to distributors and buyers worldwide.
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Rae
Washington Post
An Insignificant Obstruction at the Frontier
An American traveler encountering a German border checkpoint refuses to permit luggage inspection. A gold braided officer orders him forward to the luggage van, and the American declares he will not be controlled. He proclaims the border guards are no country, merely a spot, and chooses to go around them.
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Europe
Tet
United States
Bellman
His Singular Infirmity and the Stuttering Boy
A Chicago Tribune excerpt portrays a teacher prompting a boy to state his name and his stuttering response. The new pupil struggles to utter Clarence Perkins as the crowd hears his stammering cadence and pauses. The scene underscores the boy’s frustration and the comic anxiety of naming oneself.
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Plonan
Chicago Tribune
Land to Spare. Edinburgh Dinner Debates Narrow
A humorous Scottish English exchange unfolds over a petal dinner in Edinburgh where two guests, an Englishman and a highlander, spar on national superiority. The highlander’s logic wins on every point, and a final quip about England’s larger area if Scotland’s hills were flattened highlights regional pride and wit.
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Edinburgh
England
Scotland
Shaping His Career Stephen Girard and His Clerk
Stephen Girard the founder of Girard College helps his favorite clerk Ben Lippincott. At twenty one Lippincott asks for prospects Girard advises him to learn the copper trade. He apprentices, learns, and Girard later buys three fine barrels from him for twenty thousand dollars with a moral about investing in a solid trade.
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Stephen Girard
Girard College For Boys
Girard
Ben Lippincott
Lippincott
Cooper
A Field and a Garden Emotions Across Landscape and Inquiry
An essay contrasts the slow bond with a field to the instant lure of a garden, noting earth, furrow, and boots define field knowledge. It shifts to a nature vignette near the Guadalupe River, describing umbrella ants and a hidden ant nest under a vine rooted beside a cottonwood, startling observers.
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Enda
Guadalupe River
Tropics
Texas
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Carroll Free Press
Carrollton
Georgia
Kelly
Paul F. Brown
BROWN
Carroll County
Borrork Fret Press
Salem
Georgia McLendon
Henry MicLendon
Virgil Harmon
A. D. Tyson
Sam Bently
Sister
Black Jack Mc
Farnie Smith
Tom Smith
Parks Chandler
S. D. Nixon
Little Maude Nixon
West Brook
Crossig
Haynes
J. P. Westbrooks
Jia
Miss Bee Cook
Mrs Brown
Ville
Bist
Dr. Shoop
Mr. Bagg
London
C.W.C
C. W.C
C. W. C. Medicine Co
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