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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1911
Page
4
The article urges backing local trades over outsiders. It argues against quick profit promoters and promotes buying from home merchants to sustain schools churches and public institutions, noting citizen spending benefits local prosperity and community welfare.
The article argues that merchants should patronize and support the local newspaper, just as the paper supports the town. It states the home paper does more for a town than mail order houses and calls for businessmen to unite with the local press to boost mutual interests.
In a reflective note the editors defend withholding certain items to spare individuals harm. They argue discretion prevents sensational gossip and misery while still aiming to print news that helps and encourages readers on life’s rugged path.
A dated prank explains how to gain entry to a print shop this time of year. Advise to alarm the devil at the door, state name and address and arrears for the paper, then present a two dollar bill as the editor’s receipt. The editor allegedly acknowledges with “you bet” and a neighborhood update.
A local exchange urges residents to adopt the motto I buy at home. It lists reasons to support home merchants, including keeping money in town, backing taxes and schools, aiding local jobs, and relying on familiar, trusted neighbors during hard times.
A meditation on seeds and wind illustrating how faults, like weeds, spread from one life to others through influence. It warns that personal failings affect more than the individual and urges care in nurturing character to prevent broader trouble beyond one’s own garden.
Shiloh residents Mr. M. D. Williamson and family spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Buchanan. Mrs. Sallie Williamson and daughter Cora Lee visited Mrs. Mittie Hammon. William Johnson and two daughters visited Mrs. S. A. Johnson. Mrs. Laura Hammond and children, returning from Grantville and Newnan, have gone home.
They were Mr and Miss Dancer described as the era's most infamous misers. After death their hidden wealth totaled £20,000 with £2,500 found under a dunghill, £500 in an old coat nailed to a stable manger, £600 in notes in an old teapot, £2,000 secreted in the chimney, and several jugs of coins stored in the stable loft.
A Gil Blas writer notes French thrift at a Paris area restaurant. A diner complains a half chicken, and the proprietor replies that the other half will be prepared only when someone else orders it, quipping the waiter would not kill half a chicken just for him.
A Scottish farmer on market days kept a hen in a trap. When he stopped, he placed a nostling on the horse and the hen picked up whatever dropped from the bag, ensuring nothing went to waste. He trained the hen through a traveling companion’s ride.
Special train from Carrollton to Savannah and Tybee leaves July 20 and returns by July 31 1911. Tickets sold July 26 with return on any regular Savannah line train. Hotels at Tybee include New Tybee Ocean View and Sea Breeze with reasonable rates. berth reservations via agents Chears or Brien.
A Strand Magazine essay explores a recurring Wall Street myth about so called hoodoos. It describes a man with multiple failed positions yet no clear fault, who is shunned by firms until he clings to new, unsuspecting colleagues. The piece frames hoodoo as a superstition among investors and brokers.
The sun lies about 92,000,900 miles from Earth and is 1,000 miles in diameter larger than the Earth’s. It outshines the Earth 11,750 times in area and 328,800 times in volume, with sunspots visible on its surface. The sun shrinks as it cools and is expected to become cold and dead in 5 to 7 million years.
A courtroom exchange cited from Scottish Life and Humor features a witness declaring a man is gone and dead. The judge questions the remark while a solemn reply notes the man’s absence and death. The anecdote illustrates court caution in handling uncertain statements.
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