A One Legged Man in a Foot Race Editorial Power
A Madison editorial compares a non advertising business man to a one legged runner, praising Madison merchants for heavy investments in printer's ink. The article, reprinted from the Madisonian via The Commerce News, notes local lecture activity and Atlanta’s upcoming Associated Advertising Clubs meeting, extolling sustained ad spending as proof of town progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shannon
Commerce News
Madigan
Georgia
Bacon
Townamen
Lasia
Gio
Madison
Madisonian
Wiamond
Wammand Tharmacy
Baron Offora
Nimuelf
The
Something Short Wifey Ab Brevities Bathing Suit Exchange
A playful exchange features a wife seeking words for a new bathing suit and a husband suggesting abbreviations as a humorous shorthand. The light moment highlights couple banter over fashion.
No workers
Three daughters were mentioned as the speaker’s offspring in a terse remark about family. The quote suggests a row or anecdote involving the daughters and a complaint about hired help or duties. No other names or places are provided in the readable text.
Crying Need of Monroe Calls for Public Playground
A fragmented editorial argues play is essential for child development and urges Carrollton to build supervised public playgrounds. It highlights school playground investments and questions plans to entertain adults while children lack safe play spaces. The piece stresses play as vital to healthy growth and community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Carrollton
Carrelton
Walton
Jers
Bath
Slats Diary Chronicles Quiet Week In A Rural Family
Ross Farquist notes a string of small domestic events from a family: a failed car ride, a tire bust, a preacher at church on Sunday, school letting out next Thursday, and a tin show for a bride with gifts of diaphans and pie pans. The diary style records everyday chores and curio details in plainspoken narration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chirch
Lissen
Sun
Georgia Opposes Hydro Electric Power Commission Amendment
Editorial from Carroll County Times warns against a proposed constitutional amendment creating a Hydro Electric Power Commission with state debt authority to acquire operate and maintain public utilities. The piece recalls 1877 Georgia constitutional origins and argues for fiscal restraint and protection from taxation, citing wartime and postwar lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hydro Electric Power Commission
Clonoral Assembly Miny
Hydro Electric Power Commission of Georgia
General Assembly
Georgia
Namen
Robt
Poon
Ta Stato
Atlanta
Nfe
Next War and Isolation Debate in America
A speaker warns that a 495 mile ion dollars spending plan equals nearly five dollars per person and could spark global naval arms races. He argues Wilson era isolation failed and fears America losing friends as nations begin cooperative efforts behind closed doors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Germany
G. A. Hall
United States
Wilson
Europe
Shaken Out After Rough Road Ride
A tense car ride ends with a squeaking floor and a dropped item as occupants react to a rough road. The back seat passengers are jostled while one mishears a sound described as a possible hairpin. No serious injuries reported.
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the Carroll Free Press Summit
C. A. Meees
Ross Farquist
Ben
Gillem
the Times
Carroll County
Calhoun Times
Goodrich
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
Akron, Ohio
Villa Rica Cotton Oil Company
Barrow Hardware Company
Roop Hardware Company
L. A. Jackson
Villa Rica, Ga
Bowdon, Ga
Carrollton, Ga
Lowell, Ga
Eagle“Mikado
EAGLE
Mikado Eagle Pencil Company
New York
Roger B. Meeks
Depot Street
Depot ST
Coal and Coke
Mandeville Mills Oil Mill Division
Goodrich Tire
A, Tures
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