Freckle Cream Promises Clear Skin For Girls
A testimonial letter praises Wilson's Freckle Cream claiming removal of facial freckles after using two jars. The sender, Mrs. Lou Boyd, reports full fading plus smoother skin and asks others to try the product with a refund offered if results fail. The note states the cream is safe, affordable, and available at druggists with payment in cash or stamps.
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Lou Boyd
Grugeist
Witgon
Charleston
Lablache and the Gear Stage A Bear Menace
An amusing tale from a French fair tells how La adhe, famed bass singer, walked calmly amid a bear escape. The beast charged to within feet, but La released a powerful roar suggesting a defense, and the bear retreated in alarm.
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Lablache
Laadhe
Turnjana
Grandfather Uses Offer to Elicit Hidden Thoughts
In Philadelphia a grandfather confronts his grandson asking what he is thinking in an attempt to trigger a reaction. The exchange centers on a promise of money in return for revealing thoughts.
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South Philela
Jay
Jon
Cordova Heirs Gift Long Memorial Church in Mineral Estate Plan
The heirs of Captain and Mrs. B. M. Long donate 5000 dollars to the Methodist Episcopal Church South to build the Long Memorial Church on the hilltop lot in Cordova. The estate division also funds town improvements including a new reservoir and waterworks, a new jail, and other projects benefiting the area.
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B. M. Long
Methodist Episcopal Church
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Long Memorial Church
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J.0.long
FE. W. Long
Francis Long
Carrier Garner
Ida L. Miller
Lou L. Stewart
Ada L. Holderness
Zou Long
Gay L. Lacy
Screen Advice From Carrollton Hardware Co
The Carrollton Hardware Co advises installing a screen on the back veranda to keep out flies and preserve shade, noting the screen wire is available for immediate use.
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Carrollton Hardware Co
Dumas Responds To Envious Comment On Ribbon Color
An elder Dumas, newly made a commandant, cites a fable about sour grapes to deflect a friend's quip that the cordon color is poor. He smiles and clarifies the color reflects the sour grapes rather than his age or status.
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Dumas
D.E
Public Offices For Sale In England In George TI Era
The London Telegraph notes that during the reign of George II in England one could buy government posts. A £500 berth in the victualing office offered payoffs and bribes for contracts, while MPs could sell frankingLetters rights for £300 a year.
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England
George TI
London Telegraph
Faith in Their Well-Doing Guides Youth
A speaker urges elders to show trust in young people to shape virtuous conduct. Examples include a distant young man influenced by a trusted warning and a fifteen year old girl buoyed by a friend’s belief, leading to steady character and improved prospects.
Gainesville producers ship large weekly poultry and eggs
Money in Poultry and Eggs notes 8 340 dozen eggs 100 080 eggs and 3 000 chickens shipped by Singleton Grigg from Gainesville. The piece argues local production could replace west coast imports, boostingGeorgia wealth as shipments support nationwide markets.
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Messrs
Singleton & Grigg
Gainesville
Georgia
Notice to Apply for Local Bill in Georgia Assembly
Notice is given of intent to apply to the Georgia General Assembly in 1911 for a local bill. The act would amend a 1897 city court law for Carrollton, Carroll County, by changing the judge salary from 1000 to 1500 dollars per year.
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General Assembly
State of
Georgia
Carrollton
Caarroll
Thistle and rape fight in fields as farms seek control
London Standard notes a curious agricultural clash between two British plants. Thistles invade fields and ruin crops, but planting rape among them supposedly annihilates the thistle, offering a counterintuitive weed control method.
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London Standard
Diner at Club Sparks Odd Salad Dressings Exchange
A diner at a local club calls the writer to a table, joking about a hook and eye in the salad. The waiter replies with broad humor, using phonetic dialect. The scene captures a quirky, light moment in the Cleveland Plain dealer excerpt.
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Fe Duosi
Cleveland Plain
Veddas of Ceylon describe cave living and shared food
A Chicago News account details Veddas habits in Sri Lanka. Men meet travelers at cave sites on hunting grounds with smaller caves privately owned. Families sleep and store goods in own cave areas while communal caves house shared food and communal property. Women and children are fed first in scarcity.
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Ceylon
Chicago News
Evarts Remarks on the Western Reserve in Cabinet Talk
In early Hayes administration days Secretary Evarts jokes with John Sherman after the president admits making a handful of informal appointments. Evarts quips that he has never seen Ohio's western reserve, highlighting a light cabinet moment from that era.
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Hayes
Evarts
State Department
John Sherman
Western Reserve
Ohio
Better Way A Worldly Woman Questions Marriage
A Washington Star quote features a worldly young woman suggesting it may be wiser to register at an employment agency than marry a poor man. She notes the need to manage household details and finances if marriage occurs.
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Washington Star
Magnate shipwreck tale and shell hoard shock readers
A Pittsburgh Post item recalls an American magnate marooned in the South Pacific for two years among natives. Upon rescue he had amassed about 3,000,000 clam shells as a remarkable souvenir and fortune.
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South Pacific
Pittsburg
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