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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
5
An artist criticizes women as unreliable sitters and prefers painting men. He explains women delay sessions, cancel often, and treat portrait sittings as favors, leading him to speed through women’s portraits and rely on other models when possible.
Mrs Morse tells her husband she can hammer nails like lightning though she downplays her skill. He agrees the carpenter was impressed and jokes that lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
An elderly man asks about a prospective son in law, praising a tobacco free, early to bed two month old boy as a model. The exchange mocks social expectations and generational contrasts in a brief humorous dialogue.
The editor’s response to two readers in a magazine correspondence column mixed up names. One man asked about teething babies and received a harsh cure, while the other asked about grasshoppers and was told to give them a warm bath and rub gums with boneset daily.
In France large households perform a monthly to quarterly major laundry with linen stored in closets and washed at a village lavoir. Four washerwomen labor under Mere Michou with supervision by Mme Hubert, producing white, smooth fabric, while city laundry lacks the yellowed look. The piece includes a humorous exchange about death and a tramp mock court from the London Express.
An assortment of curiosities and snippets. Notes on tortoise shells from India and Florida, plus fragmentary literary vignettes about a minister at a table with Mrs Porter's biscuits and Bragdon the composer dealing with a crying baby.
The teachers license test will be held June 19 and 20 at the Carrollton Public School building with prompt 8 30 a m start. State School Commissioner recommends adding Duttons School management to study alongside Roarks and Pages works. Dr Shoops Restorative touted as a quick energizer for spring fatigue, sold by Camp Drug Co.
Advertises DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as the original soothing healing remedy for piles sold at Hamtrick's Pharmacy with emphasis on its uniqueness and effectiveness.
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