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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1911
Page
5
An advertisement markets Wilsons Freckle Cream claiming to remove freckles and tan. It promises a cream giving a creamy skin glow and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Available through druggists or by mailing 50 cents along with the druggist’s name to The Wilson Freckle Cream Co. Charleston, S. C.
A diner at a local club calls a waiter to reveal a hook and eye in the salad. The waiter responds with broad timing and repeats a playful mispronunciation of Cleveland Plato Neather.
A Living Church note describes marriage by capture among Seminoles. After parental consent the suitor leaves a feast offering and must win his bride in a fair race at a festival such as the July corn dance. The ceremony is simple with the groom joining his bride’s family for life. The Seminoles, about 500 strong, live in the Everglades trading skins to whites.
A historical note outlines hand knitting in Elizabethan times and William Lee s invention of the knitting frame in 1589. It traces the frame to France s Rouen factory, its American introduction after the Revolution, and a 1832 Cohoes New York factory. An unrelated anecdote describes Olaf Larson’s fall and escape from an elevator shaft in a mill.
On January 10 1789 thirteen men hauled a wagon with a ton of coal from Toughborough Leicester shire to London. A cellar clerk paid 1 guinea, and the Prince of Wales sent 20 guineas and pot of beer for each man. The 111 mile journey took eleven days with no relief.
A southern town judge sentences a man named Rastus to two months in the work house for stealing a chicken. The defendant protests that two months for one hen is excessive and argues sentencing should match the number of chickens stolen.
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