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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1886
Page
4
Farmers calculate profit from corn by labor and land use. A 13 bushel yield at 30 cents per bushel would net about $125 after 40 days of labor, while 59 days could yield $3.32 per day, with plowing and soil work consuming time. The note attributes hardship to drought and prices, urging selling stored produce to cope with hard times.
The article details Carrollton area growth with a population around 1 400 and notes extensive building including a Masonic Lodge and a 70 by 153 foot warehouse. It highlights dry county status, active schools discussion, fence versus stock law, and the community’s thrift, reading habits, and local newspapers. It also discusses taxation issues, underassessment cases, and calls for a fair assessment system to ensure equal tax burden across taxpayers.
A solitary horseman Captain Nigglesworth visits old Sam Saber at night after supper. Saber’s fireboy shares a tale of fishing a water moccasin and boyhood boast. A late-night rider on the old military road leads to reflections on signs and country travel.
A tarnished 19th century blurb recounts a fad snake tale popular in newspapers. It mentions a rumored new product from Bravviecy Recupator Co of Atlanta, Georgia, and jokes about a young woman embracing a serpent, noting readers’ familiarity with such sensational anecdotes and courting quirks of the era.
A traveler recounts eight days in Roopville Georgia visiting Mrs W W Braswell and meeting locals Reverend Wilson Craven Mr Lunt Worley and brother Vaan. The piece notes Roopville as a rising village with a notable winery and remarks on residents and the family of Mrs Mtorila Roup whose husband died three years earlier. The journey continues to Athens and Baldford before returning home, amid intense heat.
The September Southern Bivouac features Fontaine on the Bombardment of Fort Sumter and a collection of articles by Joel Benton William Shens ton Henry Cleveland Wood and others. It includes poems by J Fston Cooke William Hayne W G McAdan and a notable sketch on South Carolina Mourbor. Published in Louisville, Ky.
An old advertisement offers a ladies subscription titled Our Naw Book with a wood engraving and biography of the king, promising free outfit on receipt of four cents and 150 dollars monthly to agents for daily sales, plus inquiries for terms and details from Lewis Schiele & Co. Also promoted Bucklen’s Armen Salve, claiming cures for bruises, sores, rashes, and piles, with a 25 cent price and local sale through Hallum Hamrick & Co.
Reproduction of Landseer’s celebrated portrait with his two dogs appears in St Nicholas along with puzzles and a wide array of bright matter for girls and boys. The issue also features English Art and Artists by Clara Erskine Clement, updates on serials, and various illustrated tales, striving to entertain and inform young readers. The magazine previews chapters and continues serials, including Tugboats and wonders, with stories by Goilfrey and Preston and a true account of Lake George rescues.
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