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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1910
Page
4
The piece promotes conservation of resources with a political aside on Pinchot Ballinger and mentions Georgia’s treasury, plus a note of pleasure in citizens planting shade trees for health and beauty.
Citizens question depot accommodations and conveniences urging action by railroad authorities or the mayor to press for upgrades. The note highlights public spirited residents pushing for better station facilities.
The piece urges farmers to rely on home raised supplies as prices stay high. It presents a practical view that self sufficiency mitigates market pressures and keeps the farmer's profits steady.
The boycott gains force across communities and the target man keeps a low profile at home, using his smoke house and granary as cover to avoid attention while the movement widens its impact.
Delegates from around the world will attend the World’s sixth Sunday School Convention in Washington DC next May 24. The event features addresses by top Sunday School workers and missionaries and promises notable benefits for attendees.
A reader argues that smaller towns have public libraries and asks why Carrollton cannot have one. A private library with a growing collection has served locals well and adds new books periodically, urging expansion and open access to all.
A call to merchants to personal ad creation and consistent advertising. The piece argues busy owners still must find time to craft ads or cede market share to competitors who advertise systematically. It emphasizes ongoing ad effort benefits old and new businesses alike.
The Georgia Day act requires State and County School Officials to direct schools to hold Georgians themed exercises on February 12. Since Feb 12 falls on a Saturday this year, State Commissioner designates Friday February 11 as Georgia Day. Public schools in Carroll County are ordered to observe with appropriate exercises.
Bethesda reports the local school thriving under W F Hinesly with forty nine pupils enrolled. Jim McIntosh and family visited T H Powell and family Sunday, and Miss Emmie Farmer and Miss Ruth Houston of Bowdon are ill with fever. best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Mrs Laura Hammond spent Tuesday with Mrs J Ham Mond. Grover Johnson was in Carrollton Tuesday. Misses Pearl and Viola Ham mond spent Wednesday with Mrs Laura Hammond. J A Hammond and W C Hammond made a business trip to Carrollton Monday. Sou Johnson was in our ville one day last week. W A Johnson spent Monday afternoon with Dive Johnson. Let us hear from Drivers Crossing again.
A Chicago newspaper man recalls a bitter winter morning incident with his wife about worn ear coverings and a fear of being invited inside. Another vignette follows of a brisk cyclist asking a passerby for Shakespeare's house, only to be told Shakespeare is dead.
A tale from Harper's Weekly recalls a young German prince who answered nine times twelve as seventy two. The tutor, newly appointed, realizes the former tutor was not highly capable and admits the misjudgment with royal restraint.
A young husband explains he must leave for three days for business after their honeymoon. The wife asks, and he replies he will travel on the accommodation train rather than the express to soften the pangs of parting.
The piece compares a minerallike substance and vegetable traits, noting fibrous and crystalline properties and variable courage. It cites a French war anecdote about soldiers who showed bravery in battle yet cowardice after dinner and at a theater fire alarm years later.
A respected Pennsylvania citizen endures a tedious evening as his daughter performs a lengthy musical recital for a guest. An observer quips that some songs are beyond hope, while the father rants that his daughter spends too much time trying to kill them. The tale, recounted in cheeky fashion, echoes witty parliamentary misadventures.
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