Sunday School Attended as Rain Drenched Weekend Proceeds
Carroll Free Press notes fine weather today after heavy rain. Sunday school at the local place drew a good crowd with many inviting attendees. Multiple visits and family gatherings are recorded, including J B Williamson and family, Mrs Bettie Johnson, and Mr J A Hammond. An all day singing is planned for the second Sunday in June with baskets to bring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh
J. B. Williamson
Air
Urs
F. mM
Buchanlan
Willie Heard
Clem
This Place
W.C. Hammond
Wilse Harper
Ben Williamson
Granteville
Zack Williamson
Roopville Fishing Trip and Local News
Roopville residents W H Alexander and G F Roop started a fishing expedition on the Coosa River at Center Ala last Monday. The note celebrates their sport and the isolation of the trip. Other items report Louvorna Mill families fishing, H P Kerrell dislocating his left wrist, Roy Alexander visiting Glenlock, Grandma Dennys death and interment at Hopewell cemetery, Edde Denny recovering from wounds, Miss Smith of Whitesburg visiting Rev J D O Keefe’s family, and storm-destroyed Bonner and McKinley residence being repaired with local help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roopville
W. H. Alexander
G. F. Roop
Coosa
Center Ala
Brrds
Louvorna Mill
H. P. Kerrell
Roy Alexander
Glenlock
For Sale Yoke of Oxen Listed by L. C. Mandeville
An advertisement notes a yoke of oxen for sale with contact offered to L. C. Mandeville. The brief notice provides no additional terms or price details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Mandeville
Won't Slight A Good Friend
Mrs A L Alley of Beals Maine praises Dr King’s New Discovery after using ten bottles in her family and others. She claims it is the best medicine for coughs colds and lung trouble and notes immediate relief and surprise at its efficacy. Trial bottle free 50c and 1.00 guaranteed by Johnson Drug Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson Drug Company
Salem Singers Attend Indian Creek Gathering
Salem notes show several locals joining a Sunday singing at Indian Creek. Families including Monroe Black and Will Jackson call Roopville and Sackville home and visit relatives here. Mixed social visits occur as Mrs G C Stamps recovers and others spend Sunday with kin in Victory Bowden and nearby communities.
Safe on the Railway and Preferred to Be Prepared
A London Punch excerpt recalls a humorist in a railway carriage anxious about crashes and a cautious six year old facing discipline. The first vignette features a passenger frightened by every jolt while another passenger remains calm and predicts a scaffold death. The second vignette shows a child asking if a spanking will occur to avoid being surprised.
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Papa
London
A Scotch tenant’s prank and national nicknames
A tale from a Scotch nobleman’s dinner recounts a farmer secretly adding rum to milk while others drank aerated water. The incident ends with a surprised exclamation about the drink. The piece then lists cross national nicknames for English, Irish, Welsh, French, German, Dutch, and Swiss peoples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man Tammas
London
Sackville Social and Family Visitors Report
Sackville residents attended singing at Indian Creek on Sunday. Will Ivey and Edgar Striplin stayed with Wylie and Earl Story Wednesday night. W. M. Jackson’s family hosted relatives from Sackville over the weekend. Mauve Ivey vacationed in Carrollton last week. Mrs Scot Ingram of Cullman City visited her brother J. J. Digby. Grover Freeman and Harvey Tuggile of near Bowden were in Sackville Saturday night. Cora Smith visited Ollie Parker on Sunday. Ruth Ingram visits cousin Gladys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Will Ivey
Edgar Striplin
Wylie and
Earl Story
Roopville
Scot Ingram
Cullman City
J. J. Digby
Grover Freeman
Harvey Tuggile
Near Bowden
Sackville
Lead Shot and Rivers Dissolved in Motion
The piece recounts a Bristol plumber Watts who dreamed of molten lead forming globules rather than a silver plaque and later prospered from the omen. It notes global rainfall totals 29,000 cubic miles yearly, with 6,500 draining via rivers and 5,000,000,000 tons of dissolved solids transported to the sea annually, including 98,369,000 tons from the Mississippi past New Orleans.
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Watts
Bristol
London Chronicle
Mississippi
New Orleans
Minneapolis Tribune
What He Liked Best
An old farmer attends a village party at the doctor’s house where music is enjoyed by guests. The next morning a guest asks about the quartets, but the farmer recalls only the supper, saying the pork chops were the finest he ever ate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsey’s
A Pretty Vermont Home and Peruna Endorsements
Capt Hutchinson of Montpelier proclaims Peruna personal health aid allowing him to eat freely after long stomach distress. J W Pritchard of Columbia City credits Peruna with complete stomach cure for a year. Lewis Zim editor of St Augustine Meteor says Peruna revived his appetite and restored health after nervous strain and fatigue.
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Sam
Samual M. Hutchinson
Montpelier, VI
J. W. Pritchard
Columbia City
Ind
Hartman
Lewis Zim
St. Augustine
Dr Kings New Life Pills Claim Health Marvel
An ad touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as a superior laxative tonic and health builder. It claims to tone stomach liver and kidneys purify blood strengthen nerves cure constipation dyspepsia biliousness jaundice headache chills and malaria with Johnson Drug Co as supplier.
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Dr. King
Johnson Drug Co
Reverend Williamson Endorses Foley's Kidney Remedy
Letter from Rev I W Williamson of Huntington West Virginia states the remedy cured nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble. The advertisement claims Foley's Kidney Remedy restores health and strength to thousands of weak people, contains no harmful drugs, and is pleasant to take. Johnson Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. W. Williamson
Huntlington
W. Va
Foley
Johnson Drug Co
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Carroll Free Press
Carrollton
Georgia
Helly
Paul F. Brown
Kelly & Brown
Carroll County
Carrollton, Ga
Mre Ray
Mre
Bettie ‘Johnson
J. A. Hammond
S. W. Harper and
Willie Johnson
Berry Williamson
Mr. Williamson
W. D. Roberta
Laura Hammond
Grandma Dennys
Hopewell Cemetery
Elders Bagwell
Merrell
Edde Denny
Miss Smith
Whitesburg
J. D. O'Keefe
Bonner
McKinley
Salem
Indian Creek
Monroe Black Welder
Will Jackson
J. W. McWhorter
Parks Chandler
5. D. Nixon
Fannie Smith
Lenton Caldwell
Sunday
Annie Lee Stephenson
J. W. Blackwelder
Missis Joe
John Mcwhorter
Victory
G. C. Stamps
Mrs. Scott
J. W. Scott
Dag
John Butt
Sandy
Paddy
Taffy
England
John Crepaud
France
Jacques Bonhomme
Monsieur Prudhomme
Michel
Mynheer Clash
Nicholas
Switzer
Colin Tampon
Boston Post
Indian Creek Sunday
W. M. Jackson
Mauve Ivey
Cora Smith
Ollie Parker
Ruth Ingram
Gladys Digby
Garrell Mutual Fire Insure CO
Carroll Mutual Fire Insurance CO
E. W. Kramer
Sec
Carrollton, Georgia
Bass & Hood
Barron & Beddingfield
S. J. Boykin & Son
E. B. Broadnax
C.e.roop
A.kenead
H.N. Spence
Vermont
Capt. Hutchinson
Peruna
Captain Hutchinson
Montpelier, Ve
O. K
Oy Lemagl M
Hutchinson
Montpelier, VT
Tearry
Hpeemslplashing
Cash Store
Hdw. Co
L W. Williamson
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