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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
3
Bradley Hyatt and Co. advertises a closing out sale with lower prices on clothing shoes hats furnishings dry goods millinery suits skirts cloaks and more. The ad promises dependable merchandise with refunds if unsatisfied and urges customers to inspect a wide range of items from collars and cuffs to hosiery and undergarments.
Selection of clippings notes Blackpool’s two sunsets from prom to tower view offering a rare day’s end sight. Also includes brief reflections on ancestors and the omnibuss metaphor, plus oddities from weather to a robin mating ruse observed by naturalists.
A surgeon urges parents to teach children to laugh loudly and often. He says a hearty laugh expands the chest and lifts spirits, benefiting both the child and listeners, and spreading merriment like a contagious, delightful harmony.
A London Tit-Bits item describes a teacher drawing a dash between birds and nest after a lesson on hyphens. A boy offers the joke answer that the hyphen is so “for the birds to roost on.”
W. D. Bass & Son advertise in Carrelston Georgia for quail collections this week and next, promising the best price ever heard and inviting local game bird suppliers to deliver.
A Dundee Advertiser item explains a domino trick that lets a spectator reveal the two numbers on a chosen domino. The performer asks for a calculation on the first number, then uses the final sum minus fourteen to recover the two digits of the domino.
The St James Gazette describes alpengluben the rosy glow on snowy peaks at sunset in clear high Alps weather. Dr Amsler attributes it to temperature changes affecting air's refractive power, with repeated waxing due to cold air rising after sunset and heat later rising from the ground.
The Escurial palace at Toledo built by Felipe I to commemorate victory over France at St Quentin is unique in the world. It was dedicated to San Lorenzo with architect Juan Baptista using a gridiron as inspiration. The structure features nearly 2,000 rooms and an ornate design with rows of buildings and a grand church.
An Exchange note describes Slanicu Romania as a former ocean now a vast underground salt city. It details 0,000 windows and doors 80 staircases 73 fountains 48 wine cellars aiding a vast workforce housed 400 feet underground. Salt production nears 100000 tons yearly with 200 years to exhaust reserves.
Town ads promote turkey sales from W D Basa Son and Harris Hardware Co in Carrollton G O. They tout Lynchburg plows concave self sharpening points and holiday toys. Karl Merrell dry cleaning and Jackson Griffin stores lure Xmas goods with clothing and gift items at A J Baskin Co and E J Kaylor offers.
Hexamethylene tetramine is cited as a urinary antiseptic and solvent. Medical authorities recognize it as an ingredient in Foley’s Kidney Remedy. The note urges use at first signs of irregularities to prevent serious illness.
A Claremont woman reports buying Foley’s Kidney Remedy about a year ago. She says it cured a long standing kidney trouble and highly recommends the medicine sold by Johnson Drug and CBS Drugstore.
Public notice from Carrollton Georgia outlines ordinances passed December 14 1909 forbidding charges beyond franchise limits and detailing penalties for unlit street lights. It includes provisions for writing contracts and a separate measure docking payments to the Carrollton Electric Company for lights not lit.
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