Opportunities at the Agricultural College Promoted
Official Carroll County organ urges local and long distance readers to use the Agricultural College offerings. A colloquial anecdote about a mule and a buzz wagon is noted as a cultural aside.
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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1909
Page
4
Dog Tax Move Sparks Debate in Henry County
An exchange notes a proposal by Representative Brown to levy an annual 2.50 tax on dogs over three months old. The plan aims to fund local needs, but critics warn it could reduce canine ownership and shift costs to residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Henry County
Jury Reminds Macon County of Local Justice Quip
The Macon County Citizen recalls a justice of the peace remark during a McClendon case. As the lawyer argued vigorously, the official quipped that he had already “flung the case agin you” in a playful regional jab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClendon
Macon County
Justice of the Peace
Kernel
Three painters drink whiskey then clean frames
A country house painters' crew persuades the mistress to supply whiskey by offering to clean frames. They drink the quart, wash frames with water, and the owner praises the result, noting the whiskey was used to wash Fido last Sunday.
Stove Wood Availability Advertised by Henry Williamson
Call 307 for good stove wood offered by Henry Williamson. Contact details provided for buyers seeking reliable firewood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry William On
Oak Grove School House Social Notes
The farmers near completion of harvest and several residents attend singing at Center Point. Oud dates show Miss Ola Capes, Vera Mote, Virgil Mote, Miss Annie Parrish, Miss Ella Hamrick, and Edgar Mote visiting or staying with relatives around Bowdon Carrollton and Saddle Stone. Miss Vassie Mote is improving while Jimmie Harris of Alabama visits relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ola Capes
Vera Mote
Virgil Mote
Bowdon
Annie Parrish
Ella Hamrick
Vassie Mote
Homer McCleroy
Edgar Henry
Carrollton
Ellia Hamrick
Auntie Parrish
D. W W. Hamrick
J. D. Saddleston
Jimmie Harris
Alabama
Mt Zion News Roundup of Weddings Illness and Visits
Mt Zion notes a return from Boaz Alabama where Miss Artie Boxtrekin attended the Normal. Miss Constance Bracknell is seriously ill this week. LaFayette Johnson returned from Pine Grove for his father Capt W G Johnsons birthday. Walter Perkins is very sick at his fathers home. Miss Emma McDonald teaching music visited Bowdon. Miss Ola Albright and Wes Entrekin went to Bowdon Sunday. Messrs Reeves and Bradshaw from Carrollton visited Mt Zion Friday. Reeves may teach a singing school in August. Next Saturday and Sunday brings the Sacred Harp event at Mt Zion with a protracted meeting at the Methodist church beginning Sunday night. Mrs Frank Wier has returned to Macon. Miss Mayme Martin accompanied her. A surprise Sunday married Albert Reed and Miss Filia Huff near Waco. Reed known as an upright man. Mrs W A Morris visited her sick daughter Mrs W A Garrett this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Bracknell
LaFayette Johnson
W. G. Johnson
Pine Grove
Walter Perkins
Emma McDonald
Bowdon
Ola Albright
Wes” Entrekin
Mr. Reeves
Mr. Bradshaw
Carrollton
Mt. Zion
W. W. Albright
Reeves
Methodist Church
Frank Wier
Macon
Mayme Martin
Albert Reed
Filia Huff
Waco
Huff
Zion
Reed
Food of the Ancients and a Peer's Execution Note
The article discusses ancient beliefs on foods like beans cabbage onions and lean meats with heroic claims about their effects. It then notes the 1760 execution of Lawrence Shirley fourth Earl Ferrers, the last English peer hanged for murder, describing his journey to Tyburn and the use of the new drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hippocrates
Erasistratus
Apicius
Alexander the Great
Garrie
Galen
Greece
Rome
Chaance
Antony
Cleopatra
Laurence Shirley
Earl of Ferrers
Westminster Hall
Tyburn
London
Double Springs Community Notes From Mt Present Area
Misses Ola and Pattie Cash visited their uncle Jann Cash. Henry Davis and wife spent Sunday with Lee Taylor. Andrew Helton passed through our ville Sunday. Mrs Lou Helton visited Mrs Tom Dourgh erty. Mrs Fannie Duncan and son Oscar passed through last week. Miss Eula Duncan stayed Saturday with Miss Lillie Davin. E J Cash mother ill. Bob Morgan praises arrival of a fine girl. George McCarty and John Cook passed through. Lonnie Long and Eva Harper attended Cross Plains singing. Many boys at Cross Plains singing, some drank. Some girls warned to avoid improper church conduct. Union preaching next Sunday at 3 by Rev F C Payne. Will Thompson and wife and Laura passed through. Death of Bud Holder’s baby at home. body buried in Ephesus cemetery. Lee Taylor’s baby ill. Rhoda Martin to open school at Union Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ola
Pattie Cash
Jann Cash
Henry Davis
Lee Taylor
Fannie Duncan
Oscar
Eula Duncan
Lillie Davin
Bob Morgan
George McCarty
John Cook
Ville
Lonnie Long
Eva Harper
Cross Plains
Union
F.C. Payne
Will Thompson
Laura
Our Ville
Bud Holder
Ephesus
Rhoda Martin
Grasshoppers in Western Australia Husbands Do Domestic Duty
A Boston Herald note explains that in Western Australia domestic servants are scarce and wives often perform their own chores. Husbands left at home are jokingly called grasshoppers, a masculine counterpart to grass widow, reflecting local household roles and absence of servants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Australia
Antipodes
Boston Herald
Women in Korea and marriage customs described
The passage notes brides in Korea appearing at weddings with pale faces and red lips, eyelids sealed to blind sight. It claims Korean women endure hard work yet are generally treated well, with pretty names meaning plum or treasure, but after marriage are named as a wife until bearing a son, then as the mother of that son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Soandso
Refining the Torture in Germain Prison
A warden orders harsher punishment for a troublesome convict named Huber. The keeper notes the prisoner already endures two fast days. The warden replies to give him a cookbook to read as a cruel joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germain
Huber
A Night Rider's Raid Referred to as Rest Robbers
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a safe remedy for colds headaches constipation malaria and other ailments. It claims the pills cleanse the system without distress or inconvenience and are sold for 25 cents at Johnson Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Johnson Drug Co
Summer School Rates and Enrollment Rules
Beginning July 12 Mrs E B Meadows will take pupils at rates of three one hour lessons per week for one dollar per month in classes of five per study. No class larger than five and no after classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Meadows
For Sale Bull Terriers Pedigreed Stock
Advertises Bull Terriers as pedigreed stock described as dead game and suitable as watchdogs or companions. Burnett Kennels based in Knoxville Tennessee invites correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnett Kennels
Knoxville Tenn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carroll Free Press
Enford
Georgia
Carroll County
Agricultural College
Oak Grove
Center Point
Edgar Mote
W. D. Lee
Artie Boxtrekin
Boaz
Ala
W. A. Morris
W. A. Garrett
Mt. Present
Andrew Helton
Lou Helton
Tom Dourgherty
E. J. Cash
Drisists
Carrollton Auto Company
L. C. Mandeville, Jr
Alabama Street
Ford
Maxwell
Buick
C. B. Harris
Carrollton Furniture and Undertaking Company
N. A. Horton
Carrollton Marble Works
Carrollton, GA
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