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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1912
Page
4
Spartanburg South Carolina senator Benjamin R Tillman known as Pitchfork Ren has published a sentimental appeal to the people of the state to return him to office. His term expires March 2 1918 and he says he wants to serve despite illness and fatigue.
Boston reports the case of Clarensa V T Richeson who poisoned Avis Linnell after an engagement to a wealthy woman. Richeson has confessed and faces execution by electricity in the week beginning May 29. His lawyers urge Governor Foss to send a clemency petition to the executive council.
A historical advertisement claims Dr Shoop Magic Ointment provides quick relief for ailments. The copy emphasizes rapid action and broad effectiveness, urging readers to try the salve for noticeable results.
The ad touts Draughon Training as a path to better employment and bigger earnings. It claims over 150000 have completed the program in 22 years and invites readers to request a catalogue from Draughon's Practical Business College in Atlanta Jacksonville or Nashville.
Public notices include a Ladies health ad from Lydia E. Pinkham offering confidential correspondence for women with private illnesses and a free 80 page Text Book by mail. Also Georgia Carroll County sale notice lists mineral interests and equipment for Reid Mountain Mining Co. with sheriff sale details and an estate land sale leave to sell.
Georgia Carroll County notices announce J R Pettigrew and Ryles Adamson appointed for permanent administration on T R L Pettigrew and John W Brooks estates. Discharges requested for B F Gladney and John Couch. Dates set for hearings in June 1912 and May 1912. Applications for 12 months support for Emma Garrett and Eulah Spake estates noted with appraisers' returns. Emergency orders and ordinary W J Millican overseeing.
In Hiltonia Georgia a man suffering kidney trouble and back pain reports full relief after using Foley Kidney Pills. He praises the remedy and recommends it to others, noting he bought the pills at Johnson Drug Co.
Mrs. J. H Bourland of San Saba Texas writes after twenty three years of chronic catarrh and severe bodily distress she found relief from persevering use of Peruiny. Within three days her bowel derangement eased and after five bottles she was entirely cured and recommends the remedy to others with similar afflictions.
Maryland’s 16 national convention votes will back Theodore Roosevelt and Speaker Champ Clark. State convention results show Roosevelt ahead overall, with Clark favored by delegates elected from counties. Baltimore city helped tilt the delegation to the Roosevelt-Clark ticket despite statewide preference divisions.
George a negro accused of shooting Mrs. Thomas Dee and her son at the Dee plantation six miles south of Columbus. Citizens captured him and hanged him to a tree as they left the commissary. Mrs. Dee and her son were struck by small shots and pellets.
Report from the field says 600 rebels were killed and 800 fled toward Cuatro Cienegas after a clash with 4 Federal troops under Colonel Pablo Gonzales near Quatro Clenegas and Mancloya. The Titanic tragedy yields sixteen more victims from exposure recovered by the Minta.
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