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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
9
Sherif J. D. Williams notes a hog weighing 734 pounds as a standout at the farm show crowd cheers the massive animal. The letter lauds the hog and questions if any larger example exists, while reflecting on regional hog-raising pride and enterprise.
In the Cordele Sentinel reflection, a speculative system misfired predicting the war’s end on a specific past date. The forecast sparked brief amusement before the event occurred and the authors abandoned further predictions.
Odd fragment from the Mavon Telegraph mentions a hot water and a Nickie bowl of soup for fifteen vents. The text hints at a tailed promotional note for a restraint and a casual meal. No clear event or names beyond the improvised items are readable.
An OCR fragment portrays social strain with lines about meatless days, wheatless meals, heatless home, and a single speaker lamenting shortages. The text shifts to a clubroom scene and ends with antipathy toward a distant exchange, suggesting wartime rationing and economic pressure.
Commerce News notes two brothers who argued over subscription payment timing with one refusing after years of reading and the other after being cut off. Five neighboring papers raise subscriptions to 1.50 from January 1, citing no profit at the new rate. A Farmer & Merchants Bank corn contest, directed by W M Sasser, awarded Marion Holcomb for ten cars weighing sixteen pounds.
Friends mourn the death of Mrs. James J. Lambert at age about sixty five at the family home six miles south of Carrollton on the Franklin road. She died Sunday night after only a few hours illness. Funeral services were held at Oak Grove Baptist Church. She was a beloved member with many relatives and neighbors offering sympathy to the husband and children.
Obituary for W G Morris recounts birth in Dough County Georgia on October 23 1897 and death October 26 1917 at Mt Zion Missionary Baptist Church Dough County. It notes faithful church membership at Mt Zion and marriage to Minnie Bartlett, leaves wife three children and extended family. The piece closes with prayers and resolutions of sympathy and faith in God.
Readable fragments mention The County Papers and The Doug las Sentinel for publication with references to Ti J T Mouseworth W HL Jonca KE G Eidsov Committee. No clear event or outcome.
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