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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1911
Page
6
The London Chronicle notes Italian anti smuggling laws are severe. A peasant with a pound of contraband tobacco faces two years in prison and heavy fines. Customs officers may shoot those who refuse to halt at the frontier, with several lives lost each year. Yet smugglers persist due to high profits.
A discussion on plowing and subsoiling advises fall work for deep tillage as the soil crumbles best then. It notes spring or summer plowing risks, the need for more team force, and that disking before plowings aids hard ground. The Progressive Farmer is cited, plus an unrelated notice about The Confederate Veteran journal and a request for notices.
A historical snippet discusses the German adage on dental health, stressing preventive care to avoid toothache. It outlines cleaning cavities with absorbent cotton and treating with oil of cloves and a weak carbolic solution as a traditional approach.
A Progressive Farmer reader, Mrs F L Stevene, recommends pressing acid or dry baking soda or table salt into a hollow to curb tooth pain instantly. She notes oil of cloves or carbolic acid should be drained to avoid mouth blistering, with hot applications for living nerves and cold for dead nerves to prevent ulceration.
Community cooperation is urged to start a road improvement movement using the drag or steel drag at 25 cents. In Northampton County North Carolina pay by the hour for dragging after rains has yielded excellent results, with similar success in Catawba County. A note from R L Shuford expresses hope to drag all roads after rains within a year, providing smooth drying roads. The piece urges township or county efforts and plans for using the drag to improve roads, plus local notices and social snippets.
The Southern Railway highlights its Southeast focus with educational exhibits across fairs and state shows. A major display is planned for November in New York City, backed by substantial publicity funds and a broad series of informational booklets and pamphlets aimed at homeseekers and manufacturers.
There will be held at the public school building in Carrollton Ga on Saturday December 16 an examination for license to teach in the public schools in this county By order of the Board of Education J S Travis County Superintendent of Schools
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