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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1910
Page
7
The ringed bread from Siberia is praised as one of the world’s most substantial breads. It is made without salt or yeast, steamed then lightly baked, and used by engineers for soup, tea, and even as a portable candle or boiler. It also serves as makeshift quoits and a counting aid for rubles and kopecks.
A local employment bureau manager recalls sending a capable young man to a large contractor for a job. The man returned disappointed after whistling tunes like Auld Lang Syne The Suwanee River and The Hot Time. The contractor said the whistling showed slow thinking and unsuitable fit.
A 19th century note explains proving polarization by passing a strong current through a human body from end to end with hands in two basins, and measuring reversal with a galvanometer. It then cites curious prayers and ministerial anecdotes about unfamiliar phrases during long services. London.
The Progressive Farmer urges white tenant farmers to buy land now and build a large class of prosperous white small farmers as the backbone of the South. It argues plantation owners hinder progress and warns against a growing black landholding and urban drift. It calls for white land ownership, fewer mills, and welcoming white Northern Western farmers to balance population and avoid racial shift.
An amused one-armed man at a noonday lunch quietly uses his remaining hand while a rural observer studies his empty sleeve. After a tense moment the observer finally remarks about the missing arm, and the man theatrically checks his sleeve and exclaims with surprise.
A 560 cent bottle is reported found near a year old baby in an unspecified location. No injuries or further details are provided.
For sale by all druggists, send 10c name of paper and ad for our Savings Book and Child's Sketch. Each bank contains Good Luck Penny. Scott & Bowne, 409 Pearl Street, New York.
Washington reports a count showing rural carriers in New York state collect an average of 115 one cent coins weekly per route. The note urges patrons to prepay and fit coin receptacles, explaining loose coins cause winter hardship, mail delays, and potential carriers' losses. Signed P Y DeGraw Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen.
Miss Minnie Ward will open her school at Shady Grove on Monday morning. The notice lists local residents visiting relatives and hosting guests including J L Jackson, Myrtle and Mattie Smith, Alonza Horton, Sallie Robinson, Hewlett Hendrix, Maggie and Burnie Peek, Hamilton Smith, Luther Word and wife, Marvin Hendrix family, Mildred Hendrix, Clifford Grizzard, and references a singing event at 2:30 on the second Sunday.
Christmas holidays pass as Stripling's Chapel friends pledge renewed purpose for the new year. Local notes mention Newton Walker and Alabama kin visiting, Prof F M Hardman from Bre spent time with Frank Morrin, and a December 22 marriage between Mangram Neil and Glenn North with best wishes from friends.
An editorial urges readers to choose wholesome reading over crime and sensationalism. It promotes The Youth's Companion prospectus urging families to subscribe for clean patriotic periodicals and highlights the value of virtuous literature for youth.
Mia O'Rhinevault of Vestal Center NY extols Electric Bitters as a divine gift to women. The tonic supposedly cures nervousness sleeplessness melancholy headaches backache fainting and dizziness while boosting vigor and health, urging readers of Johnsen Drug Co to try them.
Sadness marks Nov 7 as the day of Martin Blair’s death at a blessed age after years of illness. A Christian, he served 25 years in the church and left many friends and relatives to mourn. The notice urges readers toward faith and readiness for judgment.
A visitor arrives at a somber scene, requesting credit for nine dollars and a quarter. The narrator agrees to continue the paper, praising its past quality and hoping for improved future efforts.
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