Civic League and Board of Trade in Carrollton Pave Growth
In Carrollton 1911 citizens urge renewed activity by the Civic League and Board of Trade to unite efforts on railroads and schedules, promote a first class hotel, and advance civic ideals. The piece supports strict enforcement of prohibition and approval of Georgia law, urging no changes to local option and steadfast maintenance of prohibition across the state and county.
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Civic League
Board of Trade
Georgia
Carroll
Land Sale at Carrollton Court House on September Tuesday
Land for sale on the first Tuesday in September will sell to the highest bidder before the Court House door in Carrollton. The property includes 50 acres in original 8th District of Carroll County, 60 acres in lot 47, 25 acres in cultivation, with the balance in woods. D. S. Haynes.
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Court House
Carrollton
Carroll County
D. S. Haynes
Carrollton Praises Schools as New Year Opens
Town rails for educational support as public schools and the A. and M. school prepare to open for a new year. Faculty praised for first class performance and facilities, with parents urged to help. Carrollton calls schools its most valuable asset and hails A. and M. as the best in Georgia.
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A. and M
Carrollton
Georgia
Plowshare notes rainfall pleas and local happenings
Plowshare asks for rain as cotton shortens, reports many attended Union camp meeting and had a splendid time. Patients and community figures like Miss Addie Driver and Miss Flo Cunningham are ill. Dr. Lewis aids many. Miss Pearl Moore wed Mr. Thomas Wright at Union Camp Ground. neighbors wish them happiness.
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Union
Burt Kuglar
Flo Cunningham
Simonton's Mill
Lewis
Ezra Johnson
Dingler
Pearl Moore
Union Camp Ground
Thomas Wright
Shiloh
200 Acre Farm Near Carrollton For Sale
Timbered 200 acre tract three miles northwest of Carrollton near a church and school offers fine water and pasture. Sell in one parcel or split into smaller tracts. Terms 1 4 cash with balance in two or three years. tf Walter L Perry.
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Carrollton
Church
Walter L. Perry
The Fair Store Advertises Carrollton Goods
H Klotz announces staying in Carrollton and Carroll county praising the people. He invites shoppers to visit The Fair Store at 10 Alabama Street to view a full line of up-to-date goods and promises value for every cent.
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Carrollton
Carroll County
H. Klotz
Alabama Street
Land parcels for sale in Alabama counties
Several thousand acres of land offered on terms and in bodies to suit buyers. For good homes in Franklin Orion Colbert or Lawrence counties contact W. H. Key Russellville Alabama.
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Franklin, Orion
Colbert
Lawrence Counties
Alabama
W. H. Key
Russellville
Ala
Petition for Charter for Tanner Grocery Company in Carroll County
The petitioners request incorporation of the Tanner Grocery Company to operate a wholesale grocery business with candy manufacturing and related activities. The charter seeks authority to issue stock up to forty thousand dollars with expansion to one hundred thousand, buy and hold real estate, borrow and mortgaged assets, sue and be sued, and amend or wind up the corporation under Georgia law. The filing is certified by Clerk Wil F. Pomes of Carroll County Superior Court.
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Georgia
Cieroll County
Huperioe
Said County
Chasis M Tanner
Thomins J. Tonos
Sid County
Aloewa
Holdurk
S Aid Corporation
Feu General Wholesale
Kbuck Aid Pouty Ford
Tings Boumerited Mbove
Unid Corporation
Alock
Tine
Abey Alo
Nul Corporation
Eleoy Thue
Geos
Brown
Community News Briefs from Local Town
Hulett Miss Odessa Horsely is dangerously ill with appendicitis but friends hope for recovery. Rev. W. S. Hubbard aids the Mars Hill protracted meeting. Mrs. Birdsong and Jesse Broom wed Tuesday afternoon. Opal Fay Boyd spent last week in Carrollton. H. W. Sewell of Rome visited relatives. Mrs. Chance ill at daughter’s home. J. D. Sewell and wife of Carrollton were guests of G. B. Sewell. Eura Adderhold visiting relatives in Carrollton. Addie Landrum seriously ill. Eunice Boyd returned from Carrollton. Fannie Sewell closed her school at Cross Plains. Prof. C. F. Richards prep for Tuesday exhibition. A. O. Turner of Tampa spent Sunday with relatives. Kate McGarity and Hiram Cooper of Pleasant Hill visited here.
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W. S. Hubbard
Mars Hill
Birdsong
Jesse Broom
Opal Fay Boyd
Carrollton
H. W. Sewell
Rome
J. D. Sewell
G. B. Sewell
Eura Adderhold
Eunice Boyd
Fannie Sewell
Cross Plains
C. F. Richards
A. 0. Turner
Tampa
Fla
Kate McGarity
Hiram Cooper
Pleasant Hill
For Sale 150 Acres Outside City Limits
150 acres for sale outside the city limits. Available as a whole or in small tracts. Call at once. J I L Harris.
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J. Il Harris
Five room house for sale near square by L. A. Wood
A five room house offered for sale within two blocks of the square. Listed by L. A. Wood, location details and pricing not specified in the fragment.
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L. A. Wood
Fortune telling cards shaped fate of Murat and Bernadotte
The New York Mail recounts Mlle Lenormand the card reader who foretold Napoleonic figures future. Joachim Murat faced predictions of hanging or muskets before Calabria execution in 1816 while Bernadotte later rose to kingship in Sweden after a 1804 meeting.
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Joachim Murat
Naples
Menne
Wong
Lenomand
Napoleon Bonaparte
Josephine
Napples
Vernadotte
Sweden
Bonaparte
Napoleon III
Mlle
Lenormand
Joachim
Murat
Calabria
Bernadotte
Aida
Napoleon
Mile
New York Mail
The Wolf Spider Mother Carries Eggs To The Grave
In Harper's Weekly the wolf spider mother lays eggs and covers them with silk. She protects the eggs by carrying them, even sacrificing herself if needed. After hatching the young ride on her back until nearly full size before turning on and devouring her.
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Harper’s Weekly
Bismarck’s Regrets and the Price of Statecraft
After 1870 Bismarck lamented a life lacking happiness or love. A friend notes he created a great nation, but he replies that many are unhappy and that wars caused enormous loss. He says he must answer to God for the toll of his actions and sees little lasting pleasure from his deeds.
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Bismarck
The Sort of Job He Wanted
A man scans want ads in the New York Sun hoping for an easy, no effort job. He spots a canvassing post for a product that sells itself and muses that such a position would be ideal. He vows to investigate the listings someday.
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New York Sun
How to Preserve Coal Against Weather Losses
A 19th century tip notes coal kept outdoors for a month loses one third of heating quality. Storing a ton on the ground and another under a shed shows outdoor coal loses about 47 percent while sheltered coal loses 23 percent. A dry protected place is advised.
The Sciatic Nerve Pain and Its Relief Methods
A historical overview describes sciatic nerve inflammation causing intense leg and thigh pain. It covers causes, rest, splinting, cold and hot applications, poultices, mud packs, heat wraps, and alternating therapies to relieve symptoms.
Early guidance on youth pain relief and exercises
The passage advises gradual masses and careful exercise as pain eases and cautions that electricity therapy should be scientifically applied and used only under a physician's direction as noted in Youth's Companion.
The Evil Eye Still Holds Power Worldwide
The superstition of the evil eye remains widespread among varied peoples. It endures among savages and semisavages, in Europe, Russia, Austria, Italy, Bohemia, and beyond. Charm rituals persist to ward off the curse in many regions.
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Europe
Russia
Austria
Italy
Bohemaa
Africa
West Indies
New York
Mine chapel at Swansea colliery worships miners daily
A chapel at Myndd Men igdd colliery Swansea serves as one of the world’s remarkable places of worship. For over fifty years workers assemble each morning near the shaft bottom under a solitary Davy lamp hanging above the pulpit. The oldest miner is usually chosen to officiate.
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Myndd Menigdd
Swansea
Gratitude Story From Emerson Journals
A poignant Emerson Journals anecdote, cited by editor Dr Edward W Emerson, recalls a widow so poor she used an old door as a bed cover for herself and her children. A child asks what other children do without a door.
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Emerson
Edward W. Emerson
Looking For Trouble in a Fractured Family Joke
The brief dialogue shows a husband and wife debating limits of trouble as a six week old baby prompts worry about an arranged marriage, revealing family tensions and humor about in laws.
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Imby
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Carroll Free Press
Olagh Mather
Urorgin
Paul F. Brown, Enston Ann Praoralcror
Carrollton, Ga
Elas
Bes
Addie Driver
Jessie Merrell
Atlanta
Henry Robinson
John Ingram
Plowmore
Fitts Drug Store
Corner Square
Ing Drug and Jewelry Store
Northwest
Grorula
Owrroll
Meares
Sonertar Court
du Tereby
M Tanner Grocery Company
Hlwin
Wourt
Wil. F. Pomres
Superior Court
Carroll Couinty
Hulett
Odessa Horsely
Addie Landrum
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