Local notices and society updates from Carrollton area
Miss Cleo Almand visits Elberton with Miss Nell Alman while Miss Minnie Smith stays in Atlanta. Numerous social items report church bazaars, visits, and returns, plus shopping notes from Brown Chandler and J. R. Holt Drug Co. The Free Press promotes subscriptions, local bakeries, toys, dolls, and a December ballot count for a popularity contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleo Almand
Nell Alman
Elberton
J. R. Holt Drug Co
Accomplished Monkey Suspect Identified at Bronx Zoo
Police in New York traced a string of pocketpicking reports at the Bronx Zoological Garden to a monkey owned by Jake, who later sold the animal to a trainer. The monkey would lure spectators close, reaching into coats for items, matching the described theft pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bronx Zoological Gardens
Duke
Jake
Sinen
Wis
Eui
Arpera Weekly
Self Made Man Shows Library By The Foot
A successful man with a methodical index system displays his library organized by Travel Art Poetry Science. A notable volume titled Alice In Wonderland draws attention with gold back lettering as the friend notes the owner’s orderly, self made approach. The tale and quotes about Duruy and Pasteur add a reflective anecdote on education and science.
Shaving Customs From Ancient Egypt And Curious Fat Minds
The text blends ancient beard shaving customs in Egypt with a parade of humorous notes about famous figures and a child’s question about chickens. It links biblical references to shaving practices, then veers into caricatures of personalities and a light anecdote about a boy’s curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Joseph
Robert
Philadelphia
Spoke Too Soon You See said the little man on the train
A Metropolitan Magazine fragment features a dyed beard man claiming vegetarianism after biting an apple bought from a train boy. A stranger replies about the worm in the apple, concluding the man may simply be trying to appear vegetarian. The exchange unfolds in a light, humorous tone aboard a train.
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Metropolitan Magazine
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Ladies of the Presbyterian Church
Fitts’ Drug Store
Exie Ham
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Tom Jones
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T. B. Slade
Charlie Lyle
Domino Club
J. A. Aycock
Newnan
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J.C. Bass
Carrollton
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Marie Morgan
Cookeville
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Borden Wheeler
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Miss Morgan
Clearwater
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Reese Adamson
Washington, D. C
Judge Adamson
Panama
Turner
Ten Cent
Paul Jack
Rome
George Cheney
Ina McMichael
Parociar
Jackson, A
Buford Boykin
Vesta Robinson
Bowdon
Robert Fitts
H. G. Garrett
J.D. Smith
Dixie Street
Roy Coleman
Cedartown
Ae JR. Holt Drug Co
S. J. Boykin
G. W. Burson, Jr
Mr. J L. Vaughn
Evelyn Brown
Brown & Chandler's
Willis Brown
Jimmie Jones
Mr. Hicks Chandler
Journal
J. M. Hughes
Augusta
J. C. Russell
Nunnally
Floy Shelar
Marie Bradley
H. B. Adams
Nashville, Tenn
Ella Griffin
Temple
Murdoch Thomasson
Animas Present
George Lee Hamrick
A. P. Travis
Otho Brantley
Bainbridge
E. ¥. Hearn
Annie Mae Perdue
Jamie Bledsoe
Sendia
Corner Square
Depot St
Carrollton, GA
Whittemores
Grey Sox
Sea Island
Bradley, Hyatt & Co
Duruy
Pasteur
Victor Duruy
Napoleon III
Institute de Frances
Irance
Pall Mal Goyette
Subauribe
Napoleon
Dr. Johnson
Boswell
Balzac
Rossini
Yemeyer
Jileas Janin
Lablache
Loyd H. Griffin
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