Gaines boro Telephone Company meeting urges bond issue
General annual meeting of Gaines boro Telephone Company Georgia Division will be held May 26 1909 at 10 a m in Carrollton Ga. Topics include issuing six percent first mortgage bonds up to $1000000 secured by a mortgage on all property and franchises, bond disposition, company policy, and election of directors. Stockholders urged to attend or send proxy. E M Bass secretary Carrollton Ga May 10 1909.
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Gainesboro Telephone Company
Georgia
Georgia Division
Carrollton
E. M. Bass
Striplings Chapel Prayer and Social Notes
Rev. J. W. Gober filled his regular appointment at Striplings Chapel on weekend. Hamp Hogan and Miss Bell of Clem attended preaching. Mrs Moore, recently ill with pneumonia, is improving. Lannie and Dara Yates visited Miss Cramer. Prof. Hardman and Gordon Morris joined the Glenlock singing. Young folks enjoyed a musical at Prof. Earnests. Charlie Walker and family from Garralston visited L. B. Walker. Mrs Singleton Walker remains on the sick list.
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Hamp Hogan
Miss Bell of
Clem
Prof. Hardman
Gordon Morris
Glenlock
Harmony at Home as George Harmon Weds Pearl Blackwelder
Sunday nuptials unite George Harmon and Pearl Blackwelder at Rev. T A Bonner’s home with best wishes for a long life. Salem and Bowden residents, including J W McWhorter Abner Harman J Brazil and families, spent time with friends and relatives across the weekend.
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Salem
J. W. McWhorter
Victory
George Harmon
Miss Pearl Blackwelder
T. A. Bonner
Letters of Administration for Jorya Gara County
A fragmented notice outlines letters of administration for Jorya Gara County. The readable fragments mention individuals and officials, with references to appointing an administrator and related legal steps, but many details are obscured in the OCR.
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Jorya
Gara
Mowiki
ATARI
Beeson Ie
W. J. Mel Gad Orsay
Print Slips and Typewriter Troubles Highlight Copy Errors
A Washington Star excerpt recalls how commonplace typos in newspapers arise from keyboard slips and unreadable handwriting. It notes the mockery of misread comma placement, cites a Scotch minister’s parish error, and mentions famed writers Carlyle Balzac Hugo Byron and Sydney Smith as notoriously hard to read.
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London
Iain
Carlyle
Balzic
Victor Hugo
Byron
Sydney Smith
Washington Star
Napoleon’s humorous meeting with the one armed soldier
An old soldier tells Napoleon he lost one arm at Austerlitz and would have been rewarded with different honors if both arms were gone. The punchline ends with the soldier severing his remaining arm, prompting a swift, darkly comic twist.
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Rm Fost
Napoleon
Austerlitz
One Way Hoe Gould Help
An eastern college graduate applied for work in a Michigan lumber camp. He was told to operate one end of a crosscut saw while an old lumberman managed the other. After two days the young man tired. the older worker halted the saw and warned him to keep his feet off the ground.
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Eastern College
Michigan Luni
Sonny
Chicken Fritters From Circle Magazine Method
A recipe for chicken fritters instructs to mix flour with melted butter and warm water, salt, then add stiffly beaten egg white. Combine minced chicken with salt paprika parsley and onion, add white sauce, form balls, dip in batter, fry in hot fat, drain, arrange on napkin and garnish with lemon and parsley.
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Circle Magazine
The Patient and Doctor Caper tale from a misty page
In a quirky panel a patient pleads for hot water to mix with whisky while a physician prescribes the drink with a caveat. The patient asks how to obtain hot water as his wife restricts it, and the doctor offers a cryptic reply about managing the situation.
An Apology Due and Forthcoming in a Letter Note
A quirky tale from the London Telegraph describes a lovelorn youth who had a friend write a letter to his sweetheart. The prose lacked tenderness, so an apology was added noting the writer’s restraint and the guy's fear of being considered unromantic.
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London Telegraph
The Generous Scat at King's Cross Station
An Edinburgh tourist arrived at King's Cross with his wife and daughter and a large quantity of luggage. A porter took about 15 minutes to move it to a cab outside. Afterward the traveler teased the porter with a joke about offering a pinch of snuff.
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Edinburgh
King’s Cross Station
London
Earnest Willie's Debating Challenge to Tom Watson
The Rome Tribune Herald notes Earnest Willie Upshaw sent a debate challenge to Tom Watson on foreign missions just before his wedding. The paper suggests Watson should decline, arguing the groom elect has enough to learn at home and should focus on home missions in his first year of marriage.
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Willie Upshaw
Tom Watson
Tom
Willie
Rome Tribune Herald
Villa Rica District SS Association May Convention at Center Point
The Spring Convention of the Villa Rica District S. S. Association No. 1 will be held at Center Point on the fifth Sunday in May. All superintendents are urged to have their schools fully represented and every SS worker is invited to attend and take part in the exercises. Executive Committee.
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Villa Rica
S. S. Association No. 1
Center Point
Hulett District
S. S. Association
Wayside School
3. S
S.S
Spring Convention of Hulett District S S Association
The Spring Convention of the Hulett District S S Association No 2 will be at Wayside School House on the fifth Sunday in May at 3. S. Superintendents request full representation from the district and every S S worker is ally invited to attend.
A Fair Exchange Hat Trick Story
A Harper's Weekly anecdote describes a renowned physician known for shabby attire who finds a new silk hat at a gathering. Home, he shows it proudly, only for another doctor to claim it later. The second doctor reveals the swap was to swap hats since rain would ruin one hat, leaving the other intact.
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Harper’s Weekly
Why Paperhangers Keep Their Name in History
The term paperhanger arises from Arras in France where tapestries known as Arras were used as wall coverings. The workers who hung those textiles were called hangers, and when wallpaper replaced tapestries the name stuck for the men who install paper.
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Arras
France
Use For Brains Barber’s Remark Stirs Debate On Intellectual Value
A quotation from John Bright recalls a barber’s claim that a large head houses a large brain, arguing the mind’s value. The anecdote highlights belief in intellect as a key asset, reflecting Victorian views on mental capacity and usefulness.
The Rapacious Eel and Its Marvellous Journey
An account describes young eels migrating from sea to rivers, forming battalions up to six inches and eighteen months old, and evading predators. It notes eel predation on fish eggs and fry, their strength and vitality, and a tale of an eel coiling around a passing bream during landing.
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London Outlook
Elvers
King’s
The Mother's Problem of Raising Strong Healthy Girls
A historical notice recounts mothers seeking aid for frail daughters, praising Peruna as a remedy. Letters to Dr. Hartman from Mrs Schopfer and others describe dramatic improvements in children and describe ongoing medical debates, presenting Peruna as delivering lasting relief amid conflicting medical theories.
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Hoya
Ladat
Shadaha
Schopfer
Prescott Avu
Dr. Hartman
Peruna Boes
The Ship Named Helen and the Missing H
A legal tale from the London Spectator recalls Hs dropped by Sir Frederick Thesiger and H. Sergeant Channell during a ship case. The judge asks the court to settle the name of the vessel, and Thesiger quips the ship was christened Helen but lost its h in the channel.
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Channell
Frederick Thesiger
Ellen
Helen
Thesiger
Channel
London Spectator
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Carroll Free Press
Enlerd
Cerrollton
P. Kelly
Paul F. Brown
Kelly & Brown
Carroll County
Striplings
J. W. Gober
Lannie and
Dara Yates
Miss Cramer
Prof. Earnests
Fayette Walker
Lowell
Charlie Walker
Garralston
L. B. Walker's
Singleton Walker
Abner Harman
John Brazil
Lonnie Yates
Miss Dora
Oak Grove
Tom Miles
J.W. Willingham
Charlie Blackwelder
Bowden
RP. Nixon
S. D. Nixon
Joe Holcombe
Charlie Yates
Carrollton, GA
Earnest Willie
John Bright
Learry
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