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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1915
Page
3
An advertising text touts 8 8 8 as the greatest blood purifier, claiming it heals all blood disorders by stimulating tissue nutrition and detoxifying poisons. It emphasizes a botanical formula with no minerals, urges readers to write The Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta for advice, and warns against counterfeits.
Bremen society column reports visiting relatives in town including Alvin and Joe Smith from Tennessee and families of Coleman and King. John H. Parker dies at home on Buchanan street after a brief illness. he served in the Confederate army and had four marriages. Funeral held at home with Rev Barrow Dr Gibson and Rev Norton officiating. burial in city cemetery on Saturday afternoon.
Mr John Broom and family from Carrollton visited his daughter Mrs Sam James on Sunday. Miss Edith Richards returned from A and M summer school. Dr Strickland from Whitesburg opens dental work here arriving June 14. A debate at Hulett featured a US war against Germany with strong speakers. Old Carrollton all day singing on June 27 invites baskets for dinner. Rev Stallings of Carrollton preached at Macedonia with large crowd.
R. D. Jackson advertises unlimited money to honest farmers in Carroll and Haralson counties on favorable terms, promising help to build or improve farms. The notice emphasizes easy access to funding for productive landowners.
Community notes report improving residents J W Hudson and H L Sample and others traveling to Birmingham and Cedartown. Attendees include Ethel Carter Bertha Lovghorn and M E Adams at Raymond singing. visits by Rev Roop at Pleasant View. July first Sunday singing planned at Smyrna. numerous social visits and a store move by Adams brothers near a burned site.
Miss Ozelle Camp hosted an ice cream festival on the lawn Saturday night drawing a welcoming crowd. Many residents, including Uncle Peter Brown and Dr. G W Burnett, faced illness this week with Mrs. W L Cansler and two children also sick. Relatives and travelers such as Miss Pennie Durrett and Professors Shackelford moved through town as local families visited kin and prepared for upcoming duties.
A poem praising the Oregon hen as a voter's ally in the suffrage and temperance fight. It mocks drunkards and bigoted men while urging women to vote, support Prohibition, and improve national morals. The verses celebrate female political influence from coast to coast and call for continued action until Prohibition and equality prevail.
The Free Press urges readers to advertise in its pages and shows it pays, whether five line locals or wanted ads for sale rent or trade. It emphasizes that more printing lowers costs and invites patrons to send work to the Job Printing Department.
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