Mt Zion Helloes Seasonal Through School News
Mt Zion reports flourishing school conditions with John W May of Virginia as principal. Boarding students return under matron R H Robb as girls industrial home improves and many girls enroll. A Christmas music recital closes term. several locals and visitors spent holidays in Mt Zion and nearby towns.
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Mt. Zion
John W May
Virginia
R. H. Robb
Mr. Grover
Myrtle Earnest
Harvey
Artie Entrekin
Daphne Morris
Athens
Tenn
New Farm Hardware and Shoes Arrive at Carrollton Store
Carrollton Hardware Co receives a shipment of stalk cutters and cultivators. Weems Baskin Shoes and a new line of children’s footwear available at half to several dollars. Holt Drug Co offers Headley’s chocolates at 25c a pound, 50c elsewhere. Deer Stalk Cutter promoted to save litter and improve land.
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Carrollton Hardware Co
Headley
Holt Drug Co
Frigid Remembrances of Highland Child Life
The article quotes Lady Ritchie's Black Stick Papers describing 1806 Highland and early nineteenth century Scottish childhood. It contrasts vile cold upbringing with fashion for harsh training, detailing ice baths, freezing mornings, shared meals, and the disciplined use of harps and pianos as the day begins.
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Lady Ritchie
Blackstick Papers
Scotland
Martyr
Drop dumplings contrasted with cornmeal version in North Carolina note
A Washington Post reader from North Carolina explains two kinds of drop dumplings. One uses cornmeal and ham liquor, cooked in a fat hen broth, while the other uses wheat flour, cooked in ham liquor. The piece details ingredients and methods for the cornmeal version and places both among autumn dishes, with a light regional quip.
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Ener
North Carolina
Pence
Washington Post
Neighbors share odd tale of Carolsons and Deesons
In a market chat Mrs. Calloway hears neighbors the Carolsons moved in with the Deesons. A tale unfolds of neighborly intrusion and petty mischief as Mrs. Deeson recalls taking pansies, milk, and clothes. The two women exchange jests about neighborly duty and propriety.
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Carolsons
If Any Girl Turns From Duty A Boy Should Wait
A quip attributed to Bill Arp warns young men to beware unfaithful women and to judge by actions not words. The passage cautions that a girl delaying chores signals unreliable character, urging patience for a genuine partner and asserting moral order in homes.
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Bill Arp
Mule Breeding: Weighing Bone as Cardinal Point in Jacks
An expert says the mule sire must be a large jack from the American Jack Stock Studbook, standing 15.2 to 16 hands and weighing 1100 to 1200 pounds. Weight and bone determine quality. mares by light stallions yield sugar or cotton mules, while draft mares produce heavier, in demand mules for city work. Poor mares produce inferior stock. strong brood mares are essential for Southern mule supply.
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South
Penny Stamps Request Passes For Center Stamp
A mild faced man asks about stamp varieties and the clerk offers all stamped values from halfpenny upward. He requests penny stamps and the clerk shows a twenty shillings sheet of penny perforated stamps. The customer selects the center penny stamp and asks to take it.
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Ees
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John W. Ray
Chattanooga University
Ophie Morris
Mrs. Robertson
Mrs
Earnest
Malone
Anniston
Ala
Carey Earnest
Messrs
Roy Power
Walter Perkins
Mary Entrekin
Cliff Morris
H. M. Earnest
W. A. Garrett
Carrollton
Weems O, Baskin
Mr. Carolson
Law CN
Free Press
Carrollton, GA
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