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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1918
Page
4
The piece blends light social notes with wartime commentary. It contrasts patriotic dress codes with soldiers in trenches and notes Pershing praising American mothers while remarking on college graduates shaping campaigns and governance.
A collection of patriotic quips from several newspapers praising war bonds stamps and civilian support. The lines frame Allied cause through vivid metaphors: ships, fighters, flies, and lamps targeting the Kaiser. The final note sarcastically approves the Sun’s inscription about enemy presence.
Urges immediate support for the Fourth Liberty Loan. Warns against false belief the war is nearly over and uses a streetcar metaphor to stress continued effort and urgency. Encourages persistent saving now to fund eventual victory and postwar peace.
The decree says work or fight and applies beyond the selective draft to every life in America. Public sentiment must ensure labor and productive toil, not empty gifts, to arm the nation. Bar the sluggard and demand that all, rich or poor, join in essential wartime effort.
The United States Navy shows high efficiency by safely landing troops in France despite German submarine risk. The editorial urges citizens to support war savings stamps and Liberty bonds, proposing reinvesting bond interest into war savings to ease personal impact while aiding the government.
W. C. Wright of Washington, D. C. announces his bid for Representative from the Korth Congressional District of Georgia to serve in the Sixtieth Congress. He emphasizes adherence to Democratic principles, support for the President, and a pledge to pursue constitutional reform and construction legislation if returned. He plans to visit constituents when Congress is not in session.
Tam a candidate for State Senator from the 37th District seeks support ahead of the September 11 primary. Shirley Boyerin endorses the campaign and urges voters to back the candidate in the contest.
Miss Lizzie Wynn of Concord died Monday morning from pneumonia after a recent operation in an Atlanta hospital. Friends and relatives from Carrollton attended the Concord church funeral Tuesday, with Rev. C. T. Ivey leading services before burial.
We express gratitude to friends and neighbors for sympathy and aid during the illness and death of our husband and father Mr W Muse who passed away Thursday evening May 27. May God’s riches and blessings rest on you in our prayers from Mrs W Muse and children.
A bicycle was stolen Friday June 28 from in front of Eldred Baas storeroom. The object shows three spokes broken on each wheel and a gray coat of paint over yellow. A steel ring on the front wheel is split and the rear wheel shows a split area in the rim. The bicycle had no balls in the big sprocket where pedals pass. AURORN WILLIAMS, At Eldred Brisa.
J R Lawhorne will be in Carrolltown on Saturday July to buy mules aged four to eight years. He will inspect at JM Johnsons Stables weighing between 50 and 1300 pounds. Local buyers may meet him there for offers.
The piece notes Vienna bread’s demand in Austria as Allied logistics strain wheat supplies and skimmed funds require tighter American budgets. It taxes a bold household figure who married six soldiers for allotments, jokes she could be Wall Street, and mentions the Senate reviving Woman Suffrage amid shifting wartime concerns. It adds a caution about American craft not carrying explosives onboard.
The Southern States Life Assurance Co. ranks among the Souths most responsible and successful businessmen. It boasts an unblemished record with insurance departments since inception, paying claims promptly, placing loans diligently, and managing policies with liberal and capable service.
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