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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1911
Page
3
Weather brought the first rain in two weeks helping crops in Shady Grove as residents note ongoing work. Miss Annie Word, principal, opens the local school with no recorded scholars while families swap visits and plans, including Lamare Jackson renting his farm and moving to Carrollton.
In Memoriam notes the death of Robert L Harman, brother of L M Harmon, with lodge expressing condolences. The resolutions request recording in the lodge record, furnishing a copy to the family, and publication in county papers. Signed by J R Dozier W W Roop A D Turner.
A westbound train is stopped by masked bandits. Two California bound friends aboard exchange tense questions about losing money. One friend explains he pays a fifty dollar debt to his companion before the robbers, implying they are now even. It reads as a humorous caper from Lipincott's.
An anecdote from Georgia recounts Champ Clark observing an elderly couple. The man staggers while the woman berates him for alcohol use. The wife notes the husband is ninety, drank all his life, and jokes he might be a hundred if he had abstained.
A six-year-old daughter of a famous evangelistic preacher protects a downcast man at her father's house. The man asks to see the father in his study. The girl replies the father is not home and invites him in, saying the mother will tend him until he returns.
Local households report widespread illness as families visit relatives across several nearby towns. The notes list numerous gatherings including Horsley Brannan Hackney Herrin and Sticher families, with concern for Abe Sticher who remains ill.
Grizzly Gus notes eastern papers praise draws in fights while western bouts start with draw. The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes his puzzled view on regional boxing stories and how outcomes are reported differently.
A child Geraldine misleads a playmate on the sidewalk and then asks what a bee is after her grandmother explains the idea of being stung. The exchange highlights language gaps between generations in a playful vignette from the New York Press.
In this Harpers Weekly excerpt Dobbs, mocked as humorous, suffers a nervous breakdown after a riddle confuses him. Binks and Iggins discuss his condition, noting his inability to sleep until the riddle’s answer is found, while the satire references a chauffeur and a fur show.
A comic exchange features a man admitting he has read Romeo while mispronouncing or misquoting the title. The scene highlights a humorous moment as a literarily inclined woman questions his literacy and he improvised with a flatly wrong but clever reply.
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