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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1920
Page
5
We are now booking orders for April and May delivery at $2.50 per thousand for 10,000 pounds and $2.25 per thousand for smaller lots. Delivery guaranteed. Cash with order. Cobtonpim & Sona, 37 South Broad Street, Atlanta, Ga.
A partial OCR shows names and amounts associated with multiple districts B F D and R F D across Villages like Bowdon Villa Rica Roopville Waco Whitesburg and Winston with individual entries for Miss Georgie Williams Miss Bonnie Morris Miss Jessie Strickland and Mrs Annabel Boyd among others and various monetary figures.
The notice thanks friends for kindness during illness and asks help if the writers are ever in need again. It also reports a lost Walther watch with details and a reward lead to return to F. M. Brock or the Free Press office. A sale notice for a peanut and popcorn roasting machine by A. B. Ansley on Rome Street is included.
Listings show a 1918 Chalmers Six, a new Ford Touring with starter, a 1919 Touring with starter, an 1918 Ford Touring with a new body, and a 1918 Ford Touring. Seller is Roger B. Meeks, Roma Strodt.
The Goshen settlement reports flu cases but several families show improvement. Notable mentions include Dorough and Peyton families improving, Mrs. Dean gravely ill, and visitors and guests from Atlanta. Local residents attended Friday voting despite rain.
Roopville area residents share visits with Mississippi Dora Yates and Mrs Bell Yates. A buggy overturn near Mrs Huff caused minor injuries and broken eggs. Heavy rains and wind damaged Mr I D Jackson’s shed while Littleton Howard spent time with his parents. Glenloch election Friday proceeds with low turnout and Mrs Jackson near Rockdale at her bedside in pneumonia.
Mrs. F Nixon aged 29 died at Rockmart on Saturday night March 6 from pneumonia following influenza. Survived by husband three male children and several brothers and sisters. Funeral was in Concord Cemetery after family brought body to Carrollton area. Family had moved to Rockmart about two years ago.
Atlanta society women urge modest dress when helping the poor preferring humility over outward luxury. They note working men’s wives accept aid when given in the right spirit, not as a display from those arriving in limousines.
Advert reads a shampoo claims to avoid hair whitening and to use natural blends of coconut oil and palm oil. It promises a pure saponification process, rich lather, and quick cleansing removing dirt and dandruff while leaving hair soft and fluffy. Available at drug stores.
Decatur County adopts the Ellis health law, bringing the state to seventeen counties with a full time health commissioner. The county board of health will elect a health officer in the coming days.
A shampoo from a blend of cocoanut and palm oils is presented as superior. Shuco Shampoo combines these oils, is perfectly saponified, and suspended in a pure solution. It promises rich lather, thorough cleansing, and easy rinse without damage to hair or scalp. Available at drug stores.
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