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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1913
Page
7
Notice announces the takeover of the Johnson & Trimble insurance business at Bowdon Georgia. The new operator offers to write all lines of insurance with safe reliable companies and states no connection with any local agent.
Advertises steady work and good wages in cotton mill. Calls for three good families to apply to J A Mandeville at Mandeville Mills in Carrollton Georgia.
A new playground plan at Chautauqua New York will bring a model play area with grass fields a stream ravine and shaded trees. Dr Jay W Seaver leads the School of Physical Education with Prof Alpha Brumage Miss Bessie L Park and Dr A H Sharpe guiding a normal course in Playground Management.
Chautauqua New York ranks with Niagara Falls and Atlantic City as a premier eastern tourist point offering both recreation and education. The article notes four trunk lines serving nearby towns with through trains from Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati, stopovers allowed at Chattaqua Lake, and summer low fare tickets including round trips and thirty day returns from major cities.
An old sensational ad promotes Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil claiming it cures sores and related ailments with quick relief. The copy emphasizes its reliability and price at 25 cents, noting broad efficacy across unspecified conditions.
A list of lectures and sermons announces speakers from Morgan of London and Prof. Graham Taylor of Chicago Commons on social gospel themes. August dates include August 19 20 21 22 and 23 with topics on church attitudes to social evils and Labrador mission reports.
Two kinds of manufacturers exist the honest who make the best goods and advertise them openly and invite accountability and the dishonest who produce inferior articles and claim they are “just as good.” The latter seeks higher profits by deception to win new customers daily.
The quote reflects how a man’s nature advertises his character to others and how personal restraint shapes truth and trust. It notes that when self-rule fails we risk false relations with others and misalignment in manners and work.
D F Pearce as trustee warns all persons indebted to J C Bass or J C Bass & Company to settle debts immediately or face bankruptcy court action. Readers are urged to pay promptly to avoid further legal proceedings.
Directory lists services and groups including morning and evening worship Sunday School at 9 140 a m Gideon Band Willing Workers and Prayer Meeting schedules Youth and Missionary Society Young Woman's Auxiliary and Ladies groups. Official roles include J C Bass chair Deacons Humber Cheney clerk B L Garrett treasurer H C Lovvorn collector C R Mullins director George Lee Hamrick organist and other church officers with notes on publicity and reporting duties.
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