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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1913
Page
4
The notice announces a subscription rate of one dollar per year in advance for Ralph Meeks. It lists terms for renewal and payment, indicating availability of prior year subscriptions and contact details for subscribers to arrange renewal.
Postmaster General Burleson announces changes in parcel post: maximum weight up to 20 pounds, perishable goods eligible within 150 miles, and lower rates. A sample shows 11 to 15 cents for 11 pounds within 150 miles, with protests from express companies but support from the Interstate Commerce Commission.
A 2,000,000 candle power maritime searchlight erected atop Pike's Peak blasts a beam westward and casts faint shadows on Colorado Springs eleven miles away. The powerful lamp, constantly used, has drawn visitors and drivers from the East and South, who call it the Beacon Light of the Plains.
Cfr Hines of Whit- Tow Ark spent hundreds on medicines and hospitals in St Louis and New Orleans without success. After returning home he took Chamberlain's Tablets and recovered. Sold by Red Cross Drug Store.
Prof R E Grier leaves Whitesburg to lead Bremen school, D M Elten expected to take over as principal. Protracted church meeting at Whitesburg Baptist lifts community under Pastor McLeod with resignation planned for September. Meeks visits town. local youths seek prep education at Locust Grove and Mercer. Walter Hines dies, leaving family and friends.
Sixty acres of splendid farming land with a house and barn, twenty-five acres woods, thirty-five acres cultivated within a mile of town, or a well improved town place with an eleven room residence, closets, baths, and verandas. Call J. R. Robinson at No West Avenue Carrollton Ga for information. Long time and low interest on partial payments. The page also notes visits by locals, gunnery upgrades at Mandeville Mills, and Will Stevens as manager.
Beulah church celebrated a revived meeting led by Rev. John Layton and Pastor Rev. A. A. Pittman. Three young girls joined by experience and baptism, plus tour by letter. Crops, especially cotton and corn, are promising, with Mr. R S Hughs owning an acre of cotton ready for two bales.
A 100 acre farm offers 40 acres in high cultivation and the rest timber land with the Bowdon railroad running through. Located 112 miles from Mt Zion Seminary on the Bremens and Bowdon road. For details contact J. H. Bean, Carrollton Rt. 7.
Antioch Mr Jasper Bonner visits Tennessee. Miss Fannie Lou Wyatt returns home to Haleyville Ala with her grandfather Mr T L Roberts. Miss Ada Fuller stayed with sister near Beulah last week. Mr George Blackwelder of Roopville spends Thursday night with Mr Roberts. Mr and Mrs W L Yates spend weekend at Pleasant Grove. Mrs Annie Bonner and children visit Bowdon recently.
A plain husband resists his wife’s highbrow tastes. At dinner a guest mentions a new Shaw play, and the wife says she’s read his books. The husband raises his knife like a scepter and warns, No books now, Emily, no books, mind you.
A reminiscence scene from a Woman's Home Companion vignette notes Tiny Tim asking his mother to fetch a thimble upstairs without waking grandma. The boy tests if his whisper can wake the sleeping relative, highlighting gentle propriety and household atmosphere.
Notice advertising five thousand all heart shingles for sale by M R Aderhold at 18 Mill Street.
Constipation causes ailments and discomfort. Chamberlain's Tablets claimed to keep bowels regular and prevent disease. Advertising copy urges purchase at Red Cross Drug Store and promotes Derby's Pro Phylic Fluid for bath purification. The snippet includes a challenge line about fighting and mentions odor and personal care products.
A compact Baltimore American line plays with the idea of home comfort and the common question of reliable hot water in a humorous exchange.
100 acres in the sixth district offered for sale as 50 acre tracts or in one lot. Interested buyers apply to J. A. Copeland in Bremen Georgia N. N. Baxter in Carrollton Georgia or O. D. Parish at the place. Aug. text appears as a date or signature.
Renovated and refurnished hotel near Union Depot on Pryor Street offers European plan 75 cents up. Reservations on application. Provides hot and cold water private bath electric lights and elevator in all rooms with first class accommodations at extremely moderate rates.
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