Local visits and arrivals noted around Bowdon area
Bowdon residents Visited relatives in Carrollton Saturday and Sunday. J D Muldrew and family visiting his Rock Mills Alabama parents. S P Steed and Mrs L P Archer and children visiting E E Steed in Atlanta. Rural carrier team to attend National Association gathering in Atlanta next week. Local reporters and townsfolk activities include a Free Press man in Bowdon and a Stogner visitor. A Texas man aids the oil mill with gunnery work. Local men Louvorn and Wilson install machinery for window sashes doors and blinds. Billie Hanson of Ranburn Alabama injured hand and not reported improving. Rev Amis to end appointment here this month. Rev Louvorn to cover rest of year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Spence
Carrollton
J. D. Muldrew
Rock Mills
Ala
Mr. Taylor
Texas
Mr. Jackson
Centralhatchee
Billie Hanson
Ranburn
Cow Stolen in Carrollton Case Seeks Reward
A black six year old cow with crumpled horns and white belly, about 650 to 700 pounds, yielding two gallons of milk daily, is reported stolen on September 16 1907. The finder may claim a liberal reward by reporting to the Carrollton sheriff. Signed John P Westbrooks on September 23 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrollton
John P. Westbrooks
Lost package of order books found near Carrollton and Lowell
A package of order books, last week between Carrollton and Lowell, has been found. Finder should return it to The Free Press and will receive a liberal reward. Signed F. M. Vickery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrollton
Lowell
Free Press of
F. M. Vickery
Farm for Sale Near Railroad in Temple Georgia
For Sale well improved farm of about 150 acres lying near railroad between Villa Rica and Temple. A bargain. Call or write for particulars. H. M. Smith Temple Ga R I 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villa Rica
Temple
H. M. Smith
Temple, Ga
Southern Business College Telegraphy Course Rates
Bookkeeping Course three dollars per month. Shorthand Course three dollars per month. Telegraph Course unlimited scholarship thirty dollars. Write Southern Business College and School of Telegraphy Newnan Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Business College and School of Telegraphy
Newnan
Western Insurance Company of Georgia charter request
Notice to Carrollton residents of Georgia seeks acts to form a mutual cooperative life accident and health insurer named The Western Insurance Company of Georgia. Petitioners C M Tanner J R Adamson P C Jack James Beall and R W Adamson claim no capital stock and plan mutual assessments with principal office in Carrollton. Sworn October 2, 1907 before H L Rowe notary public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Carroll County
Philip Cook
C. M. Tanner
J. R. Adamson
P. C. Jack
James Beall
R. W. Adamson
Carrollton
Mutual Cooperative Industrial Life Accident and Health Insurance Company
Western Insurance Company OF
Carrol Free Press
C M Tanner JR Adamson
Jack James Beall
R W Adamson
Executor's Sale of Land in Carroll County Georgia 1907
By will of Enoch Phillips executors L S Phillips and J J McGuire announce a sale at the courthouse door in Carroll County Georgia on the first Tuesday in November 1907 between legal hours. Property is Lot No 31 in the gth District containing 202 1 2 acres with timbered land and farm buildings near good schools and a public road. Terms one half cash and eight percent interest on deferred payments. Oct 2 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enoch Phillips
Court House
Carroll County
Georgia
Gth
Said
L.S. Phillips
J. J.mcguire
Tax Rate and Levy for Carroll County 1907
Carroll County Ordinary orders a 1907 tax levy for county purposes. Rates include court 1.0 per thousand, jail 1.0, bridges 2.0, roads 2.0, paupers 0.6, jurors 0.2, public buildings 0.6, inquests 0.1 per thousand. Total levy 7.5 per thousand of digest property value. J. H. Barron, Ordinary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Court of Ordinary
J. H. Barron
Carroll Co
Uses For Keronens In Household Cleaning
A Suburban Life column promotes kerosene as a versatile cleaner. It suggests using kerosene on rags to clean wash basins and iron sinks, rubbing greasy hands or clothes, and mixing kerosene with soap to create an emulsion for dirty fabrics. The piece also notes a method for cleaning clothes by boiling a kerosene soap emulsion with water and caring for hard shoes softened by water exposure.
Evolution of the word lumber in historic headlines
The London Chronicle traces the etymology of lumber from a possible Lombard room meaning pawnshop. It notes seventeenth and eighteenth century usage like a pawnshop and explains phrases such as in lumber and lumbered. A second item is a humorous exchange about seven pounds and a bonnet from London Tit-Bits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Chronicle
Jeil
Lombard Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carroll Free Press
Ehbterd
P. Kelly
Paul F. Brown
Kelly & Brown
Carrollton, Ga
S. P. Steed
Mrs. L. P. Archer and
E. E. Steed
Atlanta
M. L. Moore
W. 8. Rowell
P. C. Morris
Paul Brown
Free Press Force
Bowdon
J. T. Abercrombie of
Stogner
F. J. Amis
R. M. Louvorn
Messrs
Louvorn and
Wilson
Rodolfo
H. L. Rowe
Rowe
N. P
Mount Zion Seminary
Mt. Zion, Ga
South
J. L. Robb, A. B
Mount Zion
Hubby
Pennyworth
Dove
London
J. W. Barrow
Bowdon, GA
R. H. Fletcher
D. A. Zachary
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