Local Social Notes From Whitesburg Adults and Visitors
Whitesburg social activity includes J. H. Lipscomb at Carrollton singing, R. E. L. Jones on a Atlanta trip, Ed Stevens family visiting Carrollton, Earnest Bailey and Lord Duncan in Atlanta, Miss Mattie Jones returning from Carrollton, Mrs. M. D. Watkins and Lizzie visiting Col. Edgar Watkins in Atlanta, Mrs. Richard Parks visiting Lowell, Miss Mary Watkins hosting Nell Johnson of Douglasville, Corene Holloway returning to Grantville, Judge M. D. Watkins on a business trip to Newnan.
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Whitesburg
J. H. Lipscomb
Carrollton
R. E. L. Jones
Atlanta
Ed Stevens
Mattie Jones
M. D. Watkins
Lizzie
Col
Edgar Watkins
Mary Watkins
Nell Johnson
Douglasville
Mary Lipscomb
Mary Kate Tinney
Dara Duncan
Lizzie Stevens
Clyde
Ruth Almon
Corene Holloway
Grantville
Maggie Holmes Opens School With Thirty Seven Students
Mrs Maggie Holmes started her school at this place last Monday with thirty seven pupils. Our Sunday School is dull but expected to flourish soon. Miss Lula Garrett and Miss Lee Robinson stayed Saturday night in Carrollton. Miss Minnie Buckelew visited Bowdon friends then. Mr J W Smith and his son Tom passed through our ville Monday. Community sickness improves. Several attended singing at Carrollton Sunday. Best wishes to the Free Press and readers.
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Maggie Holmes
Lula Garrett
Lee Robinson
Carrollton
J. W. Smith
Tom
Our Ville
The
Free Press
Singing school closes after 125 pupils enroll
Kansas note records that a singing school under Willie Williams ended Saturday with 125 pupils enrolled. Mentioned travels include H B King moving to Carrollton Tuesday and visits by Oscar McGuire and wife from Waco. Mrs. Fannie Haynes stayed with Mrs. J. B. McGuire as M. W. Teague and wife called on J. B. King.
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Willie Williams
Oscar McGuire
Waco
Fannie Haynes
J. B. McGuire
M. W. Teague
J. B. King
Veneered furniture evolves with stronger bases and better joins
Fifty year old veneers rested on a single wood core, prone to warping and cracking. Modern veneering uses thicker sheets on built up three to five ply bases with cross layered grain and impervious cements, improving strength, durability, and material efficiency while enabling varied matching patterns.
Australia’s Cave Wonders in Narracoo to South Australia
The Narracoo caves in southeastern South Australia feature the big cave with a glow of stalactites and stalagmites. A second chamber showcases intricate lime drippings and trellis work forming delicate scrolls. Western Australia also has vast cave systems rivaling other states.
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Narracoote
South Australia
Western Australia
New South Wales
Queensland
Uses For Kerosene From Suburban Life
Kerosene oil helps loosen dirt in many ways. A few drops on a rag cleans wash basins and iron sinks. rub hands with kerosene before soap to remove grease. kerosene and soap remove wagon grease from clothes. To clean dirty cloths, emulsify with soap and water, boil, then wash. Also softens waterlogged children’s shoes.
Don't Cry Go Eat
A bachelor girl recalls the advice of a former sweetheart who told her not to cry as long as she has a good lunch. She describes crying over fish during a quarrel and how the man ordered more fish while scolding her.
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Frances
Fragmentary reminiscence hints at personal loss and comfort
A fragment recalls a speaker noting an absent man and choosing food as solace. The quote suggests unresolved grief and a coping gesture of eating when sadness arises, with a New York press source cited.
The Curious Etymology of Lumber and Lombard Lore
The London Chronicle notes lumber gained new dignity by crossing the ocean and shedding the lumber room stigma. It traces older senses to Lombard room where a banker kept pledges and to pawnshops, with phrases like in the lumber and lumbered describing imprisonment in Lombard Street.
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London Chronicle
Lombard Street
Only a Trifle in Tit Bits
A comic exchange between a hypochondriacal husband and his wife from London Tit Bits, where he laments losing seven pounds at a railway weighing machine and she jokes about a bonnet while he clarifies the pun about seven pounds of flesh.
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Pennyworth
Hubby
London
Paris Cabby's Ruse and Ivory Carving Restoration
Paris cabbies allegedly exploit traffic blocks to inflate fares by moving the wheels back and forth. Ivory carvings discolored by exposure can be bleached white under glass with sun rays, dust removed, and careful brushing or pumice used during bleaching.
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Paris
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Carroll Free Press
Georgia
Kelly
Paul F. Brown
BROWN
Carroll County
Earnest
Ludy Bailey
Lord Duncan
Richard Parks
Lowell
Newnan
Minnie Buckelew
Bowdon
Kansas
H_B King
Foel
Simcly
Australia's Cave
New York
China
Elgin Watcher
M. C. Kiser CO
Newnan Street
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