Farmer set to pay 406 per pound for fryers
A notice states the buyer will pay 406 per pound for fryer meat starting next Monday June 28. The offer applies to all fryer produce delivered during the week and specifies a fixed price per pound.
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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1920
Page
8
A notice states the buyer will pay 406 per pound for fryer meat starting next Monday June 28. The offer applies to all fryer produce delivered during the week and specifies a fixed price per pound.
Thornton Market Carrollton advertises good calves over six weeks old. Contact Rome area listing with phone 81 15jutie for pricing and details. Calves advertised likely ready for sale at farm market.
In memory of Little Merrell born November 24 1911 died December 26 1919. He was the son of Mr and Mrs W T word and survived by his parents a brother and a sister and many friends. The notice notes a grave but peaceful departure and a family mourning his loss.
A flurry of short notes lists residents and visitors: Mrs. Jim Smith, Rev. Dinl, Mr. Louis Teaton, Miss Tosinswell, and many others spent time in Atlanta or nearby towns this week. Several are away for visits in Newnan, Hoganeville, Bowdon, Athens, Rome, and Birmingham with weddings, illnesses, and new births noted among community happenings.
An article warns rats inflict massive annual losses on farmers and crops, carry disease, and threaten human life from cradle to grave. It notes rats destroy poultry and attack vulnerable people, acting as forerunners of famine and pestilence across ships and dwellings.
A moralessay links the phrase The wages of sin is death to a murder case and the Rosenthal killing in New York. It argues sinners pay in full with no evasion, citing crime’s recurring columns and the inexorable divine penalty for vice.
A Kansas tenant farmer moves to a town seeking higher wages and better prospects, only to face high rents and crowded living conditions. The piece argues such shifts reflect widespread unrest, threaten national welfare, and hinder returning to normal price levels. It notes families face limited schooling and rising living costs as urban life draws rural workers away.
This piece frames an inner community role as a test of citizenship and self interest. It urges residents to invest effort and responsibility, asserting that civic engagement boosts business health happiness and city prosperity while warning against mere surface support.
The fragment notes a picture ad and a sly line about value and control. It mentions Prescott-Gay dollar worth 50 cents when upended and 100 cents when saved, hinting at a promotional or economic joke within a local newspaper context.
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