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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1886
Page
4
A Georgia farmer, Truitt, details his soil building with compost and cotton seed acid, switching to narrower rows to boost yield. His prize five acres produced 15 bales last year and a potential net of about 1450 dollars, with a possible 250 prize and total near 1890 including tenants.
A farmer named Truitt envisions rapid cotton production on seventy five acres and plans to expand over five years. He advocates heavy fertilization and a four month growth cycle, with late May planting possible, and promotes crop rotation alternating corn oats cotton to boost yields across the region.
A fragment from a bygone era contrasts slow rural life with early industry and travel. It notes lack of sewing machines, the canvas wagon era, and the dawn of telegraphy, then shifts to ads praising Hood's Sarsaparilla for blood disorders, followed by a Valley Falls editor’s confidences and a large eucalyptus tree sighting. The text blends nostalgic reminiscence with period advertisements and local anecdotes.
The State supports a university level education for all qualified youths in Georgia, with tuition paid by the state and endowment funds. It notes the ease of self-support for students, the attractiveness of Athens as a location, and calls for wider awareness of the institution's advantages to attract students statewide.
Most Excellent, A. J. Atkins of Julive Knoxvile Tenn writes to praise Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption as all that is promised. He testifies it cures coughs colds bronchitis asthma croup and throat chest and lung ailments with trial bottles free at Tramrick Cos Drug Store. Large size $1.00.
The maimed Confederate veteran case notes a judge Blandford who refuses pension draws though entitled to 60 every three years. Alberton Leader criticizes carp culture in the county as a broad gauge fraud with fish costs and profit only for pond stock suppliers. Bill Arp, a Georgia figure, recounts his family roots and Gwinnett birthplace with a Savannah schooling anecdote.
The ad urges braces for low spirits poor appetite headaches and nervousness without stimulants or bitters. It promotes Electric Bitters as an alterative to purify blood restore liver and kidney function and renew vitality, sold for a small price at Ballum Hamrick & Co.
An early 20th century ad promotes Dress Reform for ladies with a book titled Dress Aerons For Lapres. It offers free pants on receipt of stamps, calls for lady agents for Madame Dean's spinal surge, promises commissions of 150 dollars monthly, and details a $3 outfit sample from Lewes Bohie & Co at 80 Broadway New York.
A fragmentary quotation exhorts readers to honor martyrs and the duty they owe to truth. It laments self indulgence and casts memory as a lamp and oil sustaining action over idle sentiment.
Sam Jones visited the Wab A train station at noon, dined at Durand's, then bought two ponies from Watson the dyeman at Red and Cox's livery on Pryor street. The pair, a dapple grey mare and blond colt, are described as gentle, fast, and well matched in appearance. Jones paid 00 for the ponies, which will be shipped to Cartersville this morning per the Atlanta Constitution.
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