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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1886
Page
3
Local merchant advertises fresh groceries produce cider lemonade ice water ground meal and free delivery within corporate limits. Also promotes delivery of ten thousand pounds of feed horses and fee and coal from Grate and Blacksmith.
Local ads advertise W J Stewart and partners selling shoes with a warranty, children and ladies styles, and a range of groceries including cabbage corn bananas lemons apples and crackers. Other dealers boast fresh stock and free delivery within the city, with low prices and guaranteed value.
Local column covers weather, church notices, and social events. Reports talk of a heavy rain, bridge and rail updates, farm economy notes, ideas on farming value, a Beall’s ford picnic, a grand Masonic Institute social with six hundred attendees, and obituaries including Judge Williams Gilley. Also mentions travels to Savannah and Macon, Mercer University impressions, and community improvements.
county page recounts visits by local clergy and families, measles easing, a gruesome find of a newborn skeleton near a spring, and a temperance debate among voters. social visits include Fr Gilbert, Rev Kelley, and Mrs Smith. a community inquest was discussed but not held. next issues cover a May 29 picnic and gubernatorial candidate talk for Bacon vs Gordon.
Local column recalls farmers growing poorer, notes praise for Bacon and Captain J. B. Martin for a patent on a new gate. Mentions Gordon for Governor, a strawberry garden with high earnings, a large brood of chicks, and a brass band inauguration thought. Describes rain delaying harvest and thin wheat fields amid uncertain weather. Oak Ridge correspondent signs off anonymously.
Tork reports a large Friday crowd at a picnic near Hixons bridge with fishing swinging singing and baseball. Rain hit around two o clock spoiling the return trip. Most enjoyed the day despite the downpour. Discussion favored Gordon in county politics with veterans confident of victory. News also notes cattle disease near Villa Rica and local painting work by Billie Nemrick. J J Yelvin and daughter Lucls visited Cedar Town relatives.
Pleasant Grove residents report Uncle Willis Moore and Bliss Jennie Brook of Coweta county home after visits. Rev T G Layton of Heard county preached at Pleasant Grove on the second Sunday and the Saturday before, drawing large attentive congregations. The community holds two weekly prayer meetings and urges brethren to stay faithful in wood work.
A reader reports a three foot chicken snake found in the heart of a two foot diameter post oak near Black Jack mountain after the tree died four years earlier. The story raises questions on how long the snake had lived inside and what it fed on. Nearby, a wagon accident injured Mrs. Lott and Mrs. Smith, with Mrs. Lott in critical condition. A large Abilene singing event featured church music and a lineup of performers. Wheat and oats harvests begin, with wheat looking poor for biscuits. News notes include hunting trips in the Ninth district and a light-hearted tease about Bro. Bruin facing wildlife. Free Press promotional offer closes.
Savannah, Griffin and North Alabama BR time table appears to list era timetable items for eastern routes. The fragment mentions Savannah and Griffin entities and a time table, suggesting a railroad schedule note or publication segment.
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