Local News Items Reflect Visits and Health
Local notes list residents and visitors including J D Sewell in Newnan, E M Bass returning from Atlanta, Harry Jarrett and George Tumlin of Atlanta visiting, Mae Beck in Bowdon, Tom Rawls ill with lagrippe, Homer Roop in town, George Gray at an Atlanta poultry show, Mae Puckett in Bremen, Evelyn Brown in Birmingham, Lucile Shelnutt visiting her aunt in Anniston, and Rev Robert DeBelle of Atlanta to conduct Episcopal services next Sunday at 11 a.m.
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Robert F. DeBelle
Atlanta
Episcopal Church
Local notices and social updates fill Carrollton pages
Sunday and Monday visits by Mr P R Cefalu in Atlanta noted. Miss Marie Spence visiting with Mrs G D Glass. S P Coulson and E A Teenie spent Wednesday in Atlanta. Mrs J H McClellan to host Ladies Domino Club at Lee’s Domino party. Smart Set Sewing Club met with Mrs E G Kramer. Empire Pressing Co advertised. Prayer meeting Jan 24 1912 at Dr L J Brock’s home. Subscription savings offer for Constitution Journal or Georgian. Political talk echoed with “early bird” proverb. Mr Joe Russell of Atlanta spent a few days with friends. Miss Georgia Kilgore from Annis-. F M Camp visiting Miss Vivian Dempsey. Fitts Drug Store. Cleaning and pressing services promoted. Mr and Mrs John Jackson visited Barnesville. Mr S J Causey hosted dinner last Saturday. Mrs J B Astin in Newnan with ill mother Sewell. Mr and Mrs Perry Lima returned from Tennessee. Misses Lucy and Marie Perdue in Atlanta. Mrs John Newell and Miss Christine Fitts in Atlanta. Y W A at First Baptist reports pleasant meeting. next on 27th. Rev A A Pittman and Polk county family moved to Carrollton. Ralph Smith nearly injured by gasoline explosion while thawing pipe. Mr and Mrs William J Fielder from Cedartown moved to Newnan. at Mrs Frank Bass’s home. Mr Fielder to partner with J O Newell in law. P R Cefalu expanding Vaudette. seating up, hand-painted walls, front remodel. G W Fleming of Stewart Fleming traveling Tennessee and Kentucky to buy stock. one car of young mules shipped. more horses to be shipped later.
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First Baptist Church
F. M. Camp
Lnst
A. A. Pittman
Polk County
Carrollton
Shaw
West Avenue
Ralph Smith
J. D. Smith
G. W. Fleming
Stewart & Fleming
Tennessee
Kentucky
Fro% Proof cabbage plants at Matthew's
Go to ZF Matthew's for cabbage plants. Epworth League met Sunday evening with a Walter Baskin led program. Regular business meeting delayed due to bad weather. new officers elected. Miss Susie Tanner to lead next meeting. Harris Hardware to build a large storehouse on Alabama street and move stock from Kramer’s warehouse. stock offered at reduced prices.
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ZF. Matthew's
Epworth League
Walter Baskin
Susie Tanner
Harris Hardware Co
Alabama Street
Kramer
Notice to Subscribers of Gainesboro Telephone & Telegraph Company
The company announces a January 1 1912 change to collect bills at its office with mailing of bills by the 4th. Bills are due on or before the 10th, with disconnection for nonpayment after that date. Subscribers are urged to pay promptly and to contact the manager with questions.
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Gainesboro
Gawkesport Telegraph Company thanks patrons for cooperation
A formal note from Gawwespore Telegraph Company general manager LK Smith expresses thanks for patron cooperation in enforcing service rules. It credits local staff for ongoing efforts to improve service and invites further suggestions for better operation and customer satisfaction in the new year.
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Gawwespore TeLerHons & Telegraph Company
LK. Smith
Georgia Should Create Lieutenant Governor Office Says Gazette
The Darien Gazette argues Georgia could avoid political turmoil by creating a lieutenant governor post. It notes two gubernatorial elections in a year are costly and cites the resignation of Governor Smith as evidence for the need. Also mentions proposed amendments and public rest from politics. The Columbus Enquirer-Sun reports Mr and Mrs Hugh Ward and Mr and Mrs G W Burnett attending the burial of Linsey Holland.
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Darien Gazette
Georgia
the Gazette
Smith
Senate
Columbus Enquirer-Sun
When Lightning Strikes a Tree Explodes Itself Open
A historical account describes a tree struck by lightning as not burning or splitting but the bolt filling damp hollows and moisture turns to steam. The rapid internal pressure causes an explosive rupture, ripping the trunk as the bolt propagates through interstices under the bark.
Bad Case of Grip Prompts Greenville Man to Heal
W H Housley of Greenville Tennessee recalls a severe five year old cold that developed la grippe with tonasilitia and sore throat. After failed treatments a doctor recommended tonalis removal but he refused. He attributes improvement to Peruna after one bottle and continued with two dozen bottles, leading toward recovery.
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W. H. Housley
Greenville
Tennessee
The Maid of Athens A Real Character Not Mere Fancy
The Maid of Athens or Thereen Mapri is described as not a mere poetic figure but a real person. Her beauty lay in her eyes and she married Englishman Black, then British consul at Athens. She outlived him and died in 1875 at eighty, noted as a tall old lady whose features inspired reverence.
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Athens
Terd Byron
Mapri
Black
Ady
The Theatrical Boarding House Joke Exchange
Comedian boarder and stern landlady exchange quips about naming a coffee house after the boarder due to cold weather and cloudy skies. The joking dialogue appears in a Chicago news excerpt.
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Boarder
Stern
Comedian Boarder
Stern Landlady
Chicago
Man Overcomes Stammering With Speech Therapy Triumph
A man with a severe stammer visits a specialist and after ten hard lessons learns to say distinctly a famous tongue twister. Friends congratulate him on the splendid achievement as he returns to normal conversation in casual life.
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Peter Piper
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Loeal
J. D. Sewell
Newnen
E. M. Bass
The
Empire
Harry Jarrett
Mae Beck
Bowdon
George Tumlin
Tom Rawls
Lagrippe
Homer Roop
George Gray
Mies Mae Puckett
Bremen
Empire Pressing Co
Evelyn Brown
Birmingham
Lucile Shelnutt
Anniston, Ala
G. D. Mer- Tel
P. R. Cefalu
Miss Marie Spence
G. D. Glass
Messrs
S. P. Coulson
E A. Teenie
J. H. McClellan
Ladies Domino Club
Smart Set Sewing Club
E. G. Kra Mer
L. J. Brock
South Street
Free Press Office
Constitution
Journal
Joe Russell
Georgia Kilgore
Annis
Vivian
Fitts Drug Dempsey
John Jackson Vis
Barnes
Ville
Bank Building
S. J. Causey
J. B. Astin
Newnan
Mrs
Perry Lima
Lucy
Marie Perdue
John Newell
Christine Fitts
A. J. Baskin Company
Ladies Home Journal
Royal Society
Carrollton, Ga
AS Baskin Co
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Bagshin Ca
Temple, GA
Harris Hardware Company
Hugh Ward
G. W. Burnett
Holland's Mills
Peruna
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