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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
6
A collection of brief marginal anecdotes contrasts enduring principled stances with expediency in politics, notes on sermon writing, and a reflection on life expectancy. It cites a Chicago Tribune quip about a five cent cigar as a symbol of civilization and cites a Philadelphia Ledger exchange on sermon exordium and peroration.
A London Mail quotation depicts a grocer chiding a new boy named James who admits he picked dead flies from dried currants in the back room. The grocer recalls the boy's father saying he was born for the grocery trade and jokes he should study for the ministry.
The tale recalls Tommy, a heavy sleeper who refuses to rise before ten. His mother tempts with a gold purse tale, but Tommy retorts with the fate of the boy who woke earlier and lost it, wryly noting misfortune comes to those who rise too soon.
An Irishman Pat and an American compare nations. The American boasts America is the richest today. Pat retorts Ireland will soon be richest, asking how as the capital is always Dublin.
The New York World recounts Pacific storms that battered Tillamook rock lighthouse, with 150-foot waves washing over the lantern and keepers braving the danger through the night. It notes similar feats at Eddystone and Flayo de Brechot and confirms waves can reach 150 feet above sea level. Carrollton musical culture is rising with teachers, journals, and recommended readings to energize public interest in music studies.
A southerner hears a commotion in his chicken house and confronts the darkness with a revolver. A distant whimper reveals the frightful truth that only the chickens are present, insisting no humans are there. The anecdote from Everybodys Magazine presents a humorously clipped rural scene.
The article explains that the word salary comes from salt money paid to Roman soldiers. Salt, Latin sal, formed salari um for money received as pay. This etymology also underpins the phrase not worth his salt.
Preventics tablets claim four advantages over other cold remedies: no quinine or harsh components, nearly instant relief, pleasant candy taste, and a large 48 tablet box for 25 cents. Also suitable for feverish children. Sold by Camp Drug Co.
An advertisement urges taking Foley's Honey and Tar at onset of cold symptoms to expel the cold from the system and claims it cures stubborn coughs and colds and prevents pneumonia.
Advertisement states perfected arrangements for cheap farm loans with prompt supply. Contact Mr. D McPherson at his Newnan Street office near the Free Press office for terms and funding.
Leo F. Zelinski of Buffalo New York reports he used Bucklen Amica Salve once daily for two days to cure a persistent cold sore. The product heals all sores and is sold under guarantee at W E Johnson’s drug store for 25 cents.
A humorous safe taming claim promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a remedy avoiding dangerous procedures. The copy asserts the pills ease constipation headaches biliousness and malaria and are sold for 2 sc at W E Johnson’s drug store.
Coughs tight or distressing are helped by Dr Shoop's Cough Remedy praised for rapid relief. The medicine is free from opium and other stupefying drugs, made from harmless mountain shrub leaves, and is safe for young children. Camp Drug Co. sells it.
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