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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1917
Page
4
A scattered mix of public notices, local notes, and advertisements from the Free Press and Georgia papers. References include road funds for 1918, a Soldiers' home trusteeship, eugenics bill talk, a farm loan effort in Bibb County, Dougherty County bag shipments, livestock efforts against weevils, and various humorous or editorial asides plus local business ads.
McDuff Virginia resident Mrs. J B Whittaker credits Thedford's Black-Draught with preventing sickness in her family. She notes its vegetable formula aids digestion and relieves indigestion, colic, headache, and nausea, praising its long-time use and the availability of the remedy from pharmacists for 25 cents.
A verse filled piece recounts a Demonstration Agent visiting a farm to teach corn and pea vine hay, hog feed, and soil improvement while warning that boll weevils will “git you if you don’t watch out.” It blends rural satire with farm woes and outlines planned guidance on cultivation, silos, seeds, and pest control.
The Georgia Sunday School Association Atlanta reports enthusiastic preparations for the third annual Georgia Go-To Sunday School Day on February 6 1917 Governor N E Harris urges all Georgians to attend Sunday School joining in a Christian citizenship movement. The effort aims to boost attendance fuel membership and unite denominations in promoting Bible study and character.
A preserved court speech is hailed as outstanding eloquence captured by a stenographer. Mon. Viewlette A. Hall is praised for solicitor general speeches, likened to Prentiss, with a climactic ascent of eloquence. Meriwether’s son J Rend er Tell is noted for powerful criminal prosecutions and famed rhetoric.
The United States Department of Agriculture will showcase a complete miniature packing house at the Southeastern Land Show in Atlanta in February. The model demonstrates all steps from slaughter to shipment and argues for regional plants to reduce losses, boost livestock markets, and enable local fertilizer production.
Mr C K Henderson Jr entertained the officers of the Presbyterian church at his Maple Street home Saturday evening. Guests included Rev John 2B, Gor Jon, T W Dimmock, A A Simonton, I Mandeville, George Hear, S Holderness, Joe Aycock and John Newell.
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