Wedding of Lillian Hearn and Clarence Nichols in Temple
Miss Lillian Hearn and Mr. Clarence Nichols both of Carrollton were married Sunday afternoon in Temple by Rev. John Brice of the Temple Methodist Church. The couple returned Sunday evening and reside with Mr Nichols parents. The Free Press wishes them happiness.
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Carrollton
Temple
Lillian Hearn
Clarence Nichols
John Brice
Temple Methodist Church
Gretna Green
Miss Carrie Bishop Weds Prof. J F Spier at Marietta
At the Bishop home on Lawrence street Tuesday morning Rev. T J Christian united Miss Carrie Bishop and Prof J F Spier in marriage. The bride, a Marietta beauty, becomes wife of the Cartersville public schools superintendent. The couple departed for Cartersville Thursday amid greetings from friends.
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W. B. Bishop
Lawrence Street
Carrie Bishop
F. Spier
T.J. Christian
Cartersville
Marietta
Prof. Spier
Carteraville
Courier
Opinion on L and M paint from G D Glass Letter
Carrollton Ga March 31 1908 letter from G D Glass replies to Fitzhugh Lee on L and M paint. Glass recalls painting Whitesburg Ga house for Prof W H Andrews with L and M Color Crab 24 years earlier and says the coating looked fine until repainted recently. He asserts L and M paint has no superior in spreading lasting and color permanency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. D. Glass
Baskin Baskin Offers Umbrellas Fans and More at Carrollton
Baskin Baskin advertises umbrellas parasols fans and accessories in white black and color with bargains on hats gloves and ribbons. Stewart Fleming and Carrollton Hardware Co push straw hats and Vudor shades while local families, including Mrs H B Adams and Miss Rogers, adjust travel plans due to illness and a family visit to Nashville and a A M school superintendent's relative.
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H. B. Adams
Ren
Miss Rogers
Nashville
Adams
Monroe
Covington
Carrollton
Godowns of Japan Safety Warehouses Save Often Burned Goods
The New York Sun explains Tokyo and Yokohama godowns as iron plated storehouses used to protect households from frequent city fires. Residents store furniture porcelain kimonos jewelry and valuables in these fireproof safes when districts blaze. The godowns shield belongings during festivities then households return to normal as flames subside.
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Sakuro-san
Tokyo
Yokohama
New York Sun
A Practical Rotation in Rural Talk
In a humorous exchange a modern agricultural graduate explains crop rotation to Uncle Ezra. The farmer outlines using a field for Elizabeth's education, funding a boot trade, then plans a city trip and building a concrete smokehouse, with the youngest son slated to farm next.
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Modern Agricultural College
Ezra
Elizabeth
Henry Absalom
Shires
Puck
Oak Forest Rebounds After Pine Clearcut Theorized
A naturalist notes trees may live long if undisturbed by harsh conditions. Oaks sprout as pines are cleared, with acorns sprouting in pine woods. Hatchling saplings face deer and moose foraging, delaying growth until sunlight returns after pines are felled.
Everything Grows In Transvaal Plants Flourish Freely
The piece extols rapid growth in Transvaal climates with tuberose and roses thriving in open air. Pretoria features prolific rose hedges and pink blooms most of the year. Swaziland wild orchids number at least twenty kinds and can be coaxed into remarkable specimens with care and warmth.
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Transvaal
Pretoria
Swaziland
Mystery of Reading Bread Messages Revealed
Dr. Robertson Nicoll recounts in the British Weekly how Reading townspeople faced eerie bread inscriptions. A baker stole ancient tombstones and built them into his oven, printing inscriptions on loaves. A terrified elderly woman died after finding a grisly omen on her crust.
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Robertson Nicoll
Reading
Berkshire
St. Giles' Church
Birds as Ventriloquists In Nature’s Hidden Sounds
Birds produce calls without opening their bills. Pigeons often coo without a visible bill movement as sounds form in the throat and chest and reach the air by resonance. Similar ventriloquial abilities appear in other birds, including cuckoos snipes and even the nightingale.
An Ugly Toad and Its Striking Features Explored
A description of a Surinam toad notes its particularly ugly appearance with a flat triangular head a very short neck and a stout body. Eyes are small olive tinted and speckled with red reflecting its odd parental instincts.
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Surinam
Amos Cummings and the must story that saved news space
The New York Sun editor Amos Cummings risked killing advertisements to publish essential news after a late copy with must was brought in. Charles A. Dana supported prioritizing news, leading to stockholder backing and even press improvements enabling last minute page additions. The tale ends with a note on animal reproduction in a separate passage.
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Amos Cummings
New York Sun
Cummings
Sun
Charles A. Dana
Dana
Mr. Dana
Amos
Meteorite exhibit recalls ancient Chinese meteor lore
A 44 B C meteor mentioned in Chinese literature is linked to the oldest known meteorite now on display at Bosisheim Alsace Germany. The 1492 fall roared above peasants, burying itself in the earth. the 2600 kilogram specimen remains in a parish church today.
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Bosisheim
Alsace
Germany
Saving and Paving Epigram Permits Salary Wages Satire
Professor Charles Zueblin of the University of Chicago warns against excessive paving habits and parades a quip about a recruitment ad. A Seminary Avenue youth replies with a comic sarcasm offering to sacrifice for a premium of $300, mocking job terms and attire. The Washington Star reports the exchange.
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Charles Zueblin
University of Chicago
League of Political Education
New York
Balary
Seminary Avenue
Apa
Washington Star
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Hearn-Nichols
Bishop Spier
Baskin & Baskin
C. M. Tanner
Stewart & Fleming
Vudor
Wisconsin
Carrollton Hard‘Ware Co
Tha Franchite-Torow Ge
Atlanta, Ge
Godowns OF
Japan
Schloss
Carrollton, GA
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