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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1920
Page
4
The Carroll Free Press marks its 1920 start with reflections on memories built from 34 years of weekly reporting. It urges readers to grow subscriptions by adding 1000 new names, praising community ties and the value of local news in shaping a hopeful year.
The passage urges readers to turn homeward in all pursuits from rest to consolation, fun, and self-improvement. It extols using home life to model reform, improve family relations, and demonstrate virtue before society.
A short essay admonishes readers about gossip in every neighborhood. It condemns gossip as a mean habit spread by shallow minds and urges turning away from hearsay. The piece notes religion and education fail to curb it and warns money often flows away, leaving people uneasy without it.
A brisk reminiscence on Christmas shopping and gifts. The narrator recounts racing through crowds for solitaire purchases, feeling the sting of expenses, and opening boxes from friends while pondering what was given and received. A stray act of giving to a poor child brings unexpected warmth and a sense of the season’s return.
A reader argues that Congress fails to act because citizens never voice their needs. Voters send reps and then stay silent, letting others push their agendas. If districts wrote occasional letters detailing needs and positions, representatives would have to respond rather than pass the buck.
A fragment collage of humorous quotes about knocker and knees mixes with a Cedartown Stanrad note and a 1920 special farewell. The piece references old year end sentiments, egg price speculation, and a riddle about Sampson’s honesty.
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