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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
7
A sweeping tale recounts the 640 siege of Alexandria and Amron’s dispatch to Omar about burning the famed library. It notes Omar’s decree to destroy books deemed opposed to the Koran and laments the loss of ancient knowledge.
An industrial commission probes mills nationwide and focuses on a southwestern plant. At noon the whistle blows and workers vanish as if by magic. Asked if all drop tools, guide says only the orderly ones put away before the signal.
Historian George Bancroft recalled a joke about Levi Lincoln on a windy Massachusetts road. A carriage poured pennies toward geese as Lincoln, nearly blind, cried God bless you my children. The tale appears in Percy H. Epler's Master Minds at the Commonwealth's Heart.
Several notices announce permanent and temporary administrations and 12 months support requests in Carroll County. W D Hamrick and W F Couch estates are addressed with hearings set for the first Monday in July 1911. Public sale of Couch property will occur July 5, 1911, to satisfy debts and heirs’ distributions.
In Japan sealed bids govern property sales. No shouting occurs. the auctioneer lists items for sale and requests written bids on paper slips. Bids go into a box. once no further offers appear, the box is opened and the highest bid wins the property.
The article explains the blind spot where the optic nerve enters the retina and provides a demonstration using fists and thumbs to test the perception. It instructs closing one eye, focusing on a thumb, and noting the other thumb vanishing as the image falls on the blind spot.
An advertisement claims Conkeys Lice Powder kills lice outright not just scare or stun. It targets chicken lice affecting hens and profits, offering a 25 cent package with a guarantee.
A dense listing of professionals in Carrollton and nearby areas including lawyers Boydkin and Boydkin and firms like Adams and Jackson, physicians and surgeons Dr J M Hamrick and R D Jackson, dentists L Z Dorset, J Eb Cramer, R W Adamson, and others with office locations, phone numbers, and services across law, medicine, dentistry, watchmaking, and real estate.
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