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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1917
Page
6
Local notices list numerous Sunday and weekend visits among Williamson and Johnson families in Union. Names include Lovie Books, Pearlie Tummond, Ruth Musick, Bela Johnson, Mae Johnson, Annie Johnson, and Beulah Shoemake. Spent time with relatives at multiple homes. traveling guests from Carrollton and Lowell mentioned.
Mr Taumi Casby has been ill but is able to go out. Mr and Mrs R L Key spent Ban day afternoon with Mr and Mrs Walter Strickland. Miss Lillie Davis stayed with her sister Mrs Whit Phillips at Union last week. Miss Fannie Roberds is real pies of thin writing. Mr and Mrs Hi L Davis and children visited Mr and Mrs W C Duncan at Union on Sunday. John Bracknel's children, with typhoid fever, are better. Albert Crawford's daughter Katie is sick with typhoid fever. Missee Alzada Doator and Ovie Parker visited Misses Lilis and Callie Davis on 1st Wednesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs FM Davis and daughters Misses Lilia, Callie and Wreath visited Mr J W Webb and family on Sunday. Mrs J P Coleman visited last Thursday with Mrs FP Davis.
A broad terrace 16 to 20 feet wide and 18 to 24 inches high allows cultivation and machinery passage without hindrance. Wide terraces improve land use and often host the best corn and cotton, while leaching worsens on porous subsoils. Prevent leaching by timing nitrogen fertilizer and using cover crops in winter and summer.
A London report cites German casualties since the war’s start at about 2 million killed or disabled, plus 500,000 prisoners. Estimates put Germany’s available force on fronts between 10 and 32 million, with population growth adding 740,000 soldiers yearly, arguing against underestimating Germany and noting deep prep for forthcoming conflict.
For sale 208 acres of land including 90 acres in cultivation with 3 houses and a good timbered branch in a bottom area, located 4 miles south of Tyus Ga. Also 63 acres within 3 to 4 miles from Lowell Ga and 115 acres on Roopville Road. Apply to Sjuleowte Leon Hood.
Georgia seeks 400 physicians for medical reserve corps to support troops. Dr L Sage Mardin urges immediate applications with 91 already received. Examinations offered at Fort MePherson Fort Oglethorpe Fort Screven and Port Moultrie, with rank and pay details for officers and privates. If short, conscription age may rise. over 31 urged to apply.
An article warns of lightning dangers and offers precautionary measures for outdoor storms. It lists rules to reduce risk, such as avoiding fences hedges ponds isolated trees crowds and standing in open fields. It notes high casualty figures but emphasizes most storms do not cause harm and urges calm adherence to safety guidance.
A Georgia Children’s Home Society appeal invites Georgians with no children to adopt a homeless child for permanent care or trial. Donors can support the effort with contributions sent to the Atlanta office, with funds used locally to aid needy children who could become future citizens and defenders. Legal blanks for sale at the Free Press office.
For a malarial condition with chills fever and fatigue take Foley's King of Malaria Chill Tonic. It blends quinine with tonic properties to purify energize and increase appetite. Bold by Red Cross Drug Store Carrollton Ga.
Georgia youth Warnie Maxwell writes from Laredo Texas in July 1917 about enlisting in Company H 87th Infantry stationed on the Mexican border. He describes city life, river scenery, Army provisions and sanitation, YMCA amenities, nightly entertainments, drills and target practice, freedom to visit town, swimming in the Rio Grande, and anticipation of trench service as he awaits a baseball game with Company H.
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