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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1909
Page
2
A brief list notes new music at Samrichs priced 25 cents postpaid. Titles include Dixie Land I Love You Turn From the World to You I Could Not Forget You To the End of the World With You I Want a Girl from Yankee Doodle Town Suwanee Babe and All I Want is One Loving Smile from You Moon Fairy and others.
Letter to the editor urges Georgia farmers to shift from cotton to home production of hay, corn, oats, and other goods to reduce debt and keep money in state. It cites high fertilizer and living costs, tenant farming pressures, and potential savings from compressing and wrapping cotton bales properly. Conyers, Ga., April 17, 1999.
A reflective excerpt discusses how parental habits such as drinking influence descendants. It cites a Herald and Presbyter note about a man drinking daily for fifty years whose children suffered infancy deaths and mental illnesses, illustrating the biblical law that God visits the sins of the fathers upon the children.
In a light moment a pair of telephone operators debate what to wear for a party while a male caller asks for his line number. After no reply, he jokes he must be on a clothes line, prompting sharp humor about the wire.
A Chicago newspaper man recalls his wife’s practical joke about ear muffs on a zero morning. He plans to leave for downtown but she jokes he would be asked in for tea, making him fear becoming a widow if he accepted. He leaves without the earmuffs.
A lengthy tribute notes Mrs Holderness died after a brief illness in Chattanooga at eighty one. It lauds her christian character and service to the Methodist churches and Home Mission Society, praising her quiet influence and pious life. Her body was returned to Carroueton for interment after ceremonies at the local Methodist church.
Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil marketed as vital for appetite, flesh, and energy. Claims it makes food tolerable and life brighter. invites readers to mail ad and paper name with four cents for a reference book.
The Home Mission Society release resolutions mourning the death of a valued member. They express acceptance of the dispensation of Providence, extend sympathy to the family, and note copies to be entered in minutes and shared with Mr. and Mrs. Holderness and published in two city papers. Composed by Mrs. M. M. Bradley and Mrs. S. J. Boykin, with Mrs. Warren Meadows.
Citizens urged to bring their straw and Panama hats to Karl Merrell's Pressing Club at No 1 Newnan Street for cleaning. The notice promotes mass service for a wide local audience.
Ericson praises L. M. Paint costing 1.20 per gallon after mixing 12 gallons of paint with 9 gallons of linseed oil to yield 21 gallons of paint. Roop Hardware Co. sells L. M. Paint under the Toe L. M. brand in town.
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