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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1911
Page
3
A pastor questions a long lived church pillar about her unwavering vigor. The old lady, smiling beneath age and memory, replies briefly that her sustenance comes from vitamins.
F L Griffin offers a bargain sale of a Columbia graphophone with original price 50.00 and $20 000 worth of records in fine shape. This item appears in a local notice or classified sale listing.
William D. Upshaw editor of the Golden Age returns from Alabama after taking a leading role in the prohibition struggle. He says supporters of prohibition and clean government view the victory as real despite saloon interests’ temporary triumph. He notes Georgia crime drop and asks against whiskey revival under local option. Also includes rental ad for store room on Newnan Street and Carrollton Bank notice.
The writer recalls Carrollton’s early streets and shops from 1863 to 1873, listing merchants and buildings along the square. He describes locations such as A. J. Baskin’s frame dwelling, a doctors’ row, Merrells’ offices, grocery bars, the old courthouse, a burned block, and the first brick house on Rome Street, noting voter turnout and postwar changes.
A competitive examination for the Clerk Carrier post in the Carrollton Georgia Post Office will be held September 13 1911 at 9 A M Applications must be on the prescribed form obtainable from the local representative Postmaster Carrollton Post Office or the undersigned Applications must reach the secretary Civil Service Board Atlanta Ga Geo S Donnell before 4 30 P M September 8 1911 Fill out blanks promptly for corrections Also notices of farm sales near Moultrie Quitman and Boston Georgia typing ad and other details follow.
Dr Lavender remains cautiously open to the corn theory of pellagra while not accepting it as proven. Dr C Ha vender, in charge at the Marine Hospital, is setting up a government laboratory in Savannah to study pellagra with patients available for treatment. An assistant is conducting field work across the south and reporting to Savannah. once ready, limited patient treatment at the hospital will begin.
Mr Sillicus confronts his wife about paying ten dollars upfront for groceries from a stranger. She claims to have the receipt as proof, while he accuses the arrangement of being a swindle. The exchange centers on lost money and the missing goods.
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