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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
4
Nice tract of land consisting of 200 acres with woodland and a good dwelling house. Tiles south of Tyus. For particulars apply to G. W. Hollaway Carrollton Ga.
The treasury secret service warns of a counterfeit five dollar note circulating widely. Described as a near photographic platinum print, it imitates the genuine in color and design but sits on bleached paper with altered ink and a deceptive back. The note, marked D117,278,266, has appeared in New England.
Notice to pensioners states pension money is ready to be paid. Readers are urged to come before the holidays and collect funds. Signed respectfully by J H Barron.
R Lee Sharpe's Modern Printing Plant now occupies the entire second floor of the opera house with 5 000 feet of floor space after outgrowing quarters in the Roop building.
Banks will be closed Friday December 25 and Saturday December 26. Institutions affected include First National Bank Carrollton Bank and Citizens Bank. Customers urged to plan ahead for transactions and mortgage payments.
In a London Fan note a young wife Belinda saves a stale loaf for bread pudding. She lists a memorandum of items from her husband: eggs raisins lemon extract cinnamon and sugar. The exchange shows thrift and inventive reuse of scraps in daily life.
A curator’s note describes a growing set of tongue twisters and notes a collection of over 2000 examples. It also recounts the history of clocks from medieval to modern accuracy, highlighting pendulums and isochronism discovered by Galileo and later innovations that improved timekeeping.
Huntsville July 7 Abingdon cotton mills, idle for months, resume work and hire four hundred workers. Other mills expected to start by month’s end as demand for cotton goods rises.
The estate of 34000 left by George B. Nutt benefits Pittsburg and Allegheny’s poor children. His will directs lifetime use by his wife then equal division among his children, with remaining funds to fund gifts and playthings for poor children if all die before her, aiming for broad distribution.
A brief note recounts a German legend linking Eve’s apple to the tree’s leaves turning into needles and then transforming to an evergreen. It describes how the tree embodies a blessing at Christ Child’s coming and becomes a symbol of love and gifts at Christmas.
A brief家庭 style exchange shows Bobby and Mamma arranging a small gift for Papa. Bobby contributes four dollars, Mamma adds funds, and Vi adds a dime, illustrating a family saving plan reported by the Brooklyn Eagle.
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