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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1909
Page
6
A fragmented catalog lists numerous jewelry items and gift ideas including rings necklaces bracelets pins and vanity sets with various prices and descriptions. The faded OCR hints at charms neck chains lockets fobs and decorative items alongside display pieces and gift suggestions.
A local ad promotes a selection of gold umbrellas priced from 500 and up. It notes free engraving and available presentation boxes to enhance gift presentation.
A large and varied range offers sets and odd pieces for home use or as gifts to parents.
A display showcases genuine Libbey cut glass praised for lasting brilliance. The ad entices shoppers with ideas from the collection and emphasizes durable, ever-bright glassware that never wears out.
A local dealer touts a refined collection of plated and sterling items with price range from 300 up to 2500 and invites comparisons of goods or prices.
Store advertises nearly two cases of pins in all kinds sizes and prices. Customers encouraged to visit for any pin need and to wait while selection is made.
A brass founder reshapes a Gumbrinus statue into a Columbus likeness for a Central American city. Modifications include replacing a beer keg with a globe and rope, swapping a goblet for a globe, and renaming base to Cristoforo Colombo. The statue stands in the public square and is venerated.
The Youth's Companion markets 1910 volume with stories by Arthur Stanwood Pier C A Stephens Grace Richmond Charles Miner Thompson and Winifred Kirkland. New subscribers pay 1.75 and receive all 1909 issues remaining plus 52 issues of 1910 and a colored Venetian Calendar. Gifts include an extra calendar copy for the giver.
A brief note from R D Jackson offers ample funds for loans to farmers and promising prospects for strength in agriculture.
Mrs O Rhinevault of Vestal Center NY extols Electric Bitters as a miraculous health aid for women. The tonic is claimed to lift spirits, restore vigor, ease nervousness sleeplessness melancholy headaches backaches fainting and dizziness and to strengthen the weak and sickly. Sold at Johnson Drug Co for 56 cents.
Legal notices from Carroll County Georgia outline an estate sale by order of the court of ordinary. The sale of the Sarah J. Stamps estate land lot description covers 7 acres in the 15th district with portions of land in Henry Gow and DeKalb counties. Terms include one third cash and two equal installments with 8 percent interest. administrator to provide deed upon payment.
Public notices show multiple executors and administrators seeking leave to sell estate land in Carroll County Georgia. Applications list hearing dates on the first Mondays in January 1909 and 1910 with sheriff warrants and parcels including hundreds of acres, cotton, and livestock, all to satisfy debts and distributions.
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