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Newspaper

Carroll Free Press

Location

Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1911

Page

7

Guardianship and road notices in Carroll County Georgia

Legal notices from Carroll County Georgia detail guardianship for E C Baxter and hearings set for August 1911. Also list road changes, land sales permissions, appointments, and notices of administration dismission and divorce proceedings across multiple estates and individuals in 1911 Carroll County records.

Georgia Carroll County H.W. Baxter E. C. Baxter W. J. Millican Craven JR Smith E F Smith John Copeland Hiram Lanier Dock Stamps D Nixon Bowden Cerrollton Road Salem Church G. P. Braswell Comy Sharps J O Sharp Alvin Sharp Comr M. D Arthur Hensler T. G. Hensler T. C. Henslee M. C Arthur Henslee J.C. Hicks J. H. Willis J. B. Willis J. C. Hickson Annalyine Reagan J E Reagan Said Court of Ordinary W. J. Millledn Georgia Carroll County E. ©. Lowry WS Lowry W J Millico Martha Ann Kelley Carroll Superior Rn Court W. W. Kelley Superior Court G. M H. S. Parker Barrow & Loonvora Harmony School House M. E. Reid G. W. Parker C. of Ga H. &. Parker G. P. Braywell J. C. Newell E. E. Wade H. H. Robinson E. E. Robin E. E. Robinson E. R. Robinson

Fried chicken crisis helps Jefferson dodge Tarleton

A Virginia legend claims a meal of fried chicken delayed Tarleton’s advance toward Charlottesville in 1781. General Tarleton, hungry and angered, ordered a guard to protect the cook as two batches of chicken were prepared and seized by raiders. The delay allowed Jefferson and the Virginia legislature to retreat to Monticello, averting capture and a potential blow to the fledgling republic.

Thomas Jefferson Tartetan Maifery Walker Virginia Resoiree Charteeville Fratcton Joseph Walker Charlottesville Monticello Tarleton Jefferson Young Republic New York Press

Jones a Worthy Successor in Press Line

The Poppleton Post chief reporter contemplates a successor as editor proposes Jones. The editor cites Jones as a promising recruit and recalls his foresight during the Smalham Tailway disaster, where he located the broken rail and filed the report just as the wreck occurred.

Jones Poppleton Post Benpelae Sone Smalham London

A Man Demonstrates Faster Stone Breaking Technique

A bystander adjusts the stone and delivers precise blows to break it quickly. The learner concedes that his previous effort was slow because the stone had already softened from his long hammering. London Ideas.

London Ideda

Canon Poses As Beast To Enter Wrong House

A Glasgow canon famed for playful actions sneaks into a house to amuse youths but enters a drawing room full of startled maiden ladies. He hid on all fours and growled like a wild beast, then learned he had interrupted a natural history lesson about bird nests and animal homes.

Canon Ringer The Glasgow Herald

Naming a City Nome Alaska History Behind the Name

A Wash ington drafting clerk recounts how a penciled note reading Name with an end mark led to the coast map being engraved as Cape Nome. The early Alaskan rush and gold discovery then gave the headland and later the town its name Nome, a happy accident of mapmaking.

Nome City Alaska Coast and Geodetic Survey Washington Klondike Plata Alaskan Bering Strait Thia Cape Nome Cape

Yorkshireman bids at auction halt to laughter

A Yorkshireman in an auction room loudly asks to bid, surprising the bidder and drawing attention. The auctioneer answers, and as he heads for the door, the man bids good night. Laughter erupts and stalls the sale for a while in this London Tit-Bits excerpt.

London

Not Hie Cue Life Guard Tale From Atlantic City

A Atlantic City lifeguard recounts a humorous incident where a beachgoer, wearing a fashionable wig, was swept by a wave and pleaded to save her hair. The guard quips that he saves lives, not tresses, in a light New York press tone.

Atlantic City Mr. Shronk Tim Spruce Street New York

Theatrical Boarding Hours Misquoted Dialogue

A fragment from a Chicago News piece features a comedic exchange between a comedian boarder and a stern landlady over naming a coffee shop. The boarder suggests November as a name while the landlady remarks on the slow settling of the year, highlighting humor and character interaction.

Boarder Stern Chicago News

Man Overcomes Stutter In Speech Snippet

A man who stuttered badly masters ten lessons from a specialist and pronounces Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers clearly. Friends congratulate him on the achievement though he notes it is still awkward to slip into ordinary conversation.

Peter Piper

Freckled Since Childhood At Carrollton Ga

Fragmentary notice from Hamack's W S Cor Square Carrollton Georgia describes a freckled person or anecdote tied to a local district. Text is garbled but references a place and a peculiarity linked to a resident.

Hamack Cor Carrollton, Ga

Professional Cards of Carrollton Attorneys and Practitioners

An assortment of professional notices listing BOYKIN & BOYKIN solicitors, ARTHUR and Homer BOATRIGHT, J M L STRICKLAND dentist, J D HAMRICK M D, L Z DORSETT attorney, DR J H POWELL ENT specialist, J E CRAMER, R W ADAMSON, ADAMSON & JACKSON lawyers, R D JACKSON, R E FOSTER physician, L M LOVVORN dentist, J T COLEMAN watchmaker and jeweler, with office locations in Carrollton and Bowden, plus bank and business references and ads for money loans and real estate services.

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Missouri Laws Missouri H. W. Campbell Atlanta, Ga C. J. Nichols J.J. Atwell Woald J. Millicen Carrol County R. W. Adamson W. MH Raburn Wherras Margarite Beasley Millican J. H.willis M. F. Brooks H. R.hannah H.R. Hannah Hamish Hamish’a Eatate Wy, J. Millican Georgis D. S. Haynes N. P. A. Haynes Asid Carsll County J. T. Jones L. J. Jones W.J. Millican S. A. Buttrell B. W. Buttrell W.W. Kelley Georgie G. My H. A. Dukels Sdice A. Duke F. M. Duke W. B. Marlow J. M. Cater B. A. Simplins Chambers Columbus and Tennessee Georgi Carrall County Mia Emma Walley A. J. Nalley A. ‘J. Naley W. H. Rabun Admr W.H. Rabun J. B. Priest Carveroll Superior Court Ellen Priest Maid County Winton Uly F Pearce Scott Eha Tessin Journal Alauke Cate Mere Boykin & Boykin Reverenuts Geora Loan Ishia National Basic Bail Phone Bros Carrollton Homer Boatright First National Bank J. M. L. Strickland First Nat Bank J.D. Hamrick L, Z. Dorsett J. H. Powell Atlanta Century Building Bell Phone Main J. E. Cramer Roop Building Carrollton Aa Bradley Building Adamson & Jackson R. D, Jackson R. E. Foster Bradley Bldg L. M. Lovvorn Lovvain’s Bowden, Ga J. T. Coleman South West J.B. F DIAL
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