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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1920
Page
2
Hastings' Seeds offers a free 1920 seed catalog with 500000 mail customers. Order by postal card. catalog promises South adapted varieties, high quality, and lower prices.
A public reflection notes widespread calm despite strikes and shortages. It praises American patience, rejects violent leadership, and asserts faith in workers, employers, and leaders to resolve crises without upheaval.
The piece celebrates winter evenings as cozy times for families with children to gather by the fire, read, and enjoy magazines. It notes the mental and social benefits for adults, and calls for gratitude while acknowledging hardship for others. It also mentions boll weevil control through cold weather near zero to help cotton crops.
Dear Free Press celebrates growing popularity and premiums for agents. The letter notes more correspondents, moves of Clyde Johnson and Eason, fishing leaders Winnie McLeod and Elmina Stampa, and sheriff Wiley Garrett’s patrols. James W. B. urges upholding law and opposing outlawry nationwide.
A cryptic note discusses corrections by men who think before they talk and remarks that wind keeps hats racing ahead. The text also questions the relevance of printed envelopes in modern times and hints at a broader concern with orderly communication.
An editorial warns that greed and rapid profiteering threaten American honor and rights after World War I. It predicts a grim future if government inaction continues and urges decisive action to restore law, order, and civic virtue. The piece invokes editors across the country pressed against corporate greed.
A satirical note on judgment based on reading habits. A crowd notices two young women with magazines Browning and Snappy Stories, challenging assumptions about intellect and taste. The piece mocks overreaching claims by dieticians and professors about reading defining character. It ends with the punchline you never can tell.
The Cullman correspondent reports real winter weather since Christmas and notes cotton remains to be picked. The writer mentions enjoying a new home, reconnecting with old neighbors, and invites more correspondence to The Free Press from Carroll County readers.
J J Flynt of Griffin and Hiram Gardner of Eatonton plan the February 6 meeting at the Kimball house in Atlanta to set Georgia’s date for national convention representation. The Feb 6 session will limit discussion to San Francisco delegates with broad hopes for an April statewide action. Flynt urges counties to align their primaries with the state plan to avoid double costs and campaigns.
Reports say northern camps face influenza outbreaks but Camp Gordon Camp Jesup and Fort McPherson show no influenza patients. Military camps in Illinois and Love Field Texas trigger extra precautions to prevent cases.
A period editorial urges using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at first signs of croup to protect a child. It argues no heroic deed is needed just keep the bottle nearby and act promptly for relief.
Warning that catarrh can progress to lung involvement and consumption. Claims local sprays and inhalers are ineffective, asserts SS. SS. medicine targets blood to remove germs, and offers free medical advice from a Medical Director at 47 Swift Laboratory Atlanta Ca.
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