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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
5
The Cubs Review notes cigar factories provide light and air, leather chairs, and hat etiquette while workers are entertained by serial stories and newspapers. Reading committees are funded by workers, pay ranges from 39 to 60 dollars weekly, and readers read three to four hours daily, with books decided by worker votes.
The electric fish of the Nile possess an electric organ that surrounds the body and lies in the skin. Microscopic view reveals about two million evenly formed little disky structures, illustrating a remarkable natural adaptation highlighted in Egyptiana.
A robber swings a sand bag at a citizen demanding money, but the man backs away only slightly and suspects ballast from an airship. The robber apologizes, admitting his old fashioned method confuses many.
Talmage compares wind to trouble and notes ships head in different directions due to how they set their sails. He argues that people respond to adversity by shaping their approach, steering toward heaven or rocks.
A concise note records a quaint riddle from a book published during Queen Elizabeth I's reign, noting its existence and antiquarian interest.
In a chat outside a financier's office, two friends discuss his dislike of the word goodbye. The man reportedly prefers phrases like good day or see you later, suggesting lingering painful associations with goodbye. The exchange reflects common unease with farewell terms.
The clock plant, native to Borneo, has three leaves arranged with a large forward leaf and two smaller base leaves. When sunlit, the leaves swing like a pendulum with the large leaf traveling full length every forty five minutes and the small leaves tracing the larger, resembling clock hands.
The tale recalls Lord Macaulay during Disraeli’s era as he faced sober English crowds and witty exchanges. After a 1847 defeat he ran again in 1852 and, amid a crowd, was struck by a dead cat. the quarrel ended with a quip about the insult and the intended target.
Cad is Carroll County will be sold August 1 1908 at the gin house near the late residence of J T Knott deceased to the highest bidder for cash. Personal property includes a complete gin ning outfit three gins four feeders lint flues and condenser double revolving steam press suction seed screw shafting pulleys belts and fixtures one 40 horsepower Nagle boiler one 35 horsepower Atlas engine and fixtures one R D Colecorn mill 42 inch rocks and fixtures with gear remnants of stock of goods including canned goods patent medicines hardware and tenant store fixtures S L Knotr administrator of the estate of J T Knott
Dr Shoops Restorative advertised to revive weak nerves boost appetite aid digestion strengthen kidneys and heart with quick action. The ad notes 48 hour improvement and lists Camp j Drug Co DeWitt's Little Early Risers by Hamrick's Pharmacy as sellers.
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