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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1911
Page
2
A Paris fair story recounts the famed bass singer Lablache strolling when a bear escaped from the menagerie. The crowd fled as the beast approached, but Lablache, unmoved, roared so powerfully the bear halted and fled.
A Philadelphia Times anecdote reports a grandfather offering money to his grandson to reveal his thoughts. The boy asks for the money and responds that he is thinking of earning money without working, prompting the unclever punch line.
City Court of Carrollton announces postponement of civil jury business from June to September Term 1911. Jurors for the second week of June are excused. Criminal business will begin Monday June 5, 1911. Judge James Beall notes no civil jury before September Term.
Statistics from the Commonwealth show about 1.5 million cows milked daily in Australia. New South Wales and Victoria together exceed 1 million cows in milk, Queensland about 250,000, followed by South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia. Roughly 500,000 cows are dry, bringing the total dairy herd to around 2,000,000. The herd has grown rapidly from 1,327,418 in 1901, increasing by over 700,000 in ten years.
The Georgia Summer School for Teachers announces June 29 to August 2 at the State University Athens. Noted lecturers include Dr Henry G Williams of Ohio and Dr Lincoln Hully of Stetson University. The program offers extensive courses. railroads provide favorable reduced rates. counties may send nearly the entire teaching corps.
Cheney's Expectorant promptly lures coughs lagrippe and colds with a price of 5c a bottle at all drug stores.
In Coweta and Carroll counties readers advocate replacing the Moore’s Ferry route with a shorter Whitesburg to Newnan road. Convicts work on the current road, a bridge at the new ferry is desired, and cost savings of about 1000 are cited by officials favoring the lower site.
Reading from an ipment or old in land Farmer column, practical advice on building simple chick brooders from a store box, using a board shed to keep rain out, and a cellar screen front. Advocates clean, nutritious feeds and grit, plus confinement tips for safety from vermin and storms, stressing contentment for healthy growth.
The Cordele Rambler notes a claimed shift in immigration away from the U S toward Canada and Latin America. It argues the current influx may exceed assimilation capacity if it continues at about a million per year, risking the loss of Americanism.
The letter argues that higher cotton prices and growing farm and manufactured outputs will enable Southern railroads to float bonds for extension projects. It calls for more enterprise from Southern rail companies to push through expansion plans.
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