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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1921
Page
4
The article proclaims kidneys govern health, claiming nerve force deterioration harms kidney function leading to rheumatism and dropsy. It promotes chiropractic vertebral adjustments as a safe cure with no after effects, asserting misaligned vertebrae press nerves to kidneys and that many people have subluxations disrupting nerve supply.
Local column lists many residents and visitors connected to Atlanta and nearby towns. Names include Mrs Wylie Creel, Mr Thought McClain, Miss Inca Robison, Rev and Mrs J M Dodd, Miss Virginia Worth, Mr Hall Carmichael, Mrs Fannie Garity, Miss Kate Lancaster, Miss Willie Maude Bonner, and others. Frequent trips to LaGrange, Tallapoosa, Perry, Rome, and Bremen appear, with many returning home to Carrollton and vicinity.
The Center Point church wrapped a week long revival Saturday night amid heavy rain. Seventeen additions by baptism followed Roy Hawkes's preaching, while local farming concerns noted abundant crops and ongoing boll weevil activity. The editorial voice urges focusing on American needs and avoiding overextension abroad.
Miss Jowell McKiney visited Miss Sarah Vougett of Roanoke Alm Er i toy. Mrs Mausett has recovered from five weeks typhoid fever. WD Turner of Emory University and Katharyn Miller with her little son Row of Hast Prairie Missouri visit Turner and Mrs OP Turner on Bowden highway. Mrs Charlie Rhindy entertained youths Saturday night. EK W Johnsons enticed to Atlanta by death of sister Effie Joby son Lerrin.
A speaker argues the United States owes no external debt to other nations and frames the debt as imaginary. The essay proclaims America first, prioritizing national duties and self-governance, and promises a future piece on the American Flag for Free Press readers.
A resident of Haleyville Alabama recounts a trip from Bremen to Haleyville via Birmingham and Anniston. He notes scenic hills, ore-rich mountains, ample corn and potatoes, scarce cotton due to boll weevil, encounters Rev. B. F. Allen and John A. King, and visits J. L. Crumpton's with friends from home. He ends with thanks to Mrs. Fannie Earnest.
Carrollton mourns with Mr. and Mrs. Otis Progtor over the death of their infant child Tuesday night. The piece notes gatherings and visits among locals, including Susie and Sara Warden, Clarence Lee, Early Duke of Douglasville, and David Kyte at John Smith and Cora Smth’s. Protracted meeting at Bethesda drew a large crowd with Rev. Cumbie delivering a sermon. Grover Tarrell and his parents visited the Hammonds, while Jodie Smith has returned home after a visit to Mrs. C. E. Johnson.
An 18 foot candle designed as a Caruso memorial will be kept burning on each All Souls Day for 5000 years. Inmates of a Naples orphanage, aided by Enrico Caruso, funded the project with a yearly 10 000 contributed by the Metropolitan Opera star. Antonio Ajello, the candle maker, builds a 1000 pound candle in Naples, dipping it in boiling tallow thrice daily and aiming for completion in 10 weeks.
The Free Press notes it maintains a full line of legal blanks at all times and promotes its Want Ads service to help readers respond to classifieds. The notice urges potential users to try off and be convinced.
Alvin C York, famed World War I hero, rejects publicity and movie offers to capitalize on his fame. He faces financial strain from crop failure and mortgage on his farm, choosing conviction over wealth, contrasting with sensational figures like Clara Smith Hammon.
An excerpt compiles verses about love and secrecy from multiple papers, noting a girl repeatedly says nothing in response. Mentions Polly Pate, Phyllis Glidden, Jane, Chloe, Ruth, Anna Raff, and a chorus of unnamed correspondents across Springfield Union Portsmouth New Hampshire Youngstown Telegram Maton Telegraph Walton Tribune.
From Pleasant View Farm Geneva Mrs Homer Brusch sends one dollar to start a fund for Sgt York whose Argonne courage may face mortgage closure. The note asks Mr Mooney editor of the Commercial Appeal to confirm if help will be welcome so the donor may multiply gifts and rally more support.
We thank you for past patronage and announce gasoline is now sold at 28 cents per gallon. A. B. Ansley, service station clerk, Carrollton, Ga, invites customers to continue visiting for satisfactory service.
The piece argues that arduous routine work on farms pushes young people away. Labor saving devices like milking machines and tractors make farm life seem modern, reducing drudgery. Farmers who invest in such equipment hope to attract and retain the younger generation by presenting a modern, efficient farm.
To the voters of Carrollton this notice announces re election for mayor and councilmen subject to the primary. The Free Press offers want ads and legal blanks for sale.
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