05 May 1876
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Newspaper
Carrollton Carroll County Times
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1876
Page
1
A devotional excerpt speaks of enduring love that blossoms into celestial life, contrasting earthly pain with faith in Christ. It urges perseverance through sin and temptation, trusting Jesus to bear the cross and provide guidance, while acknowledging divine plan despite worldly trials.
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls a Delaware Indian tale of the first great tipple on New York Island. A ship’s crew shared liquor with chiefs, leading to drunken celebration and the island’s name meaning place of burdracks. The narrative attributes mythic origins to early colonial contact and reports royal visitors Dom Pedro and his Empress with description from The New York Times.
A Stockton Emerald correspondent shares a home remedy claiming to prevent or cure smallpox and scarlet fever. The formula uses zinc sulfate one grain, sal ammoniac one grain, water four ounces, with a dose hourly. The note asserts success in hundreds of cases and urges physicians to adopt it to avoid pest houses.
The fragment presents Jos Billings discussing honesty, aging, politics, work ethic, and the bias of self-interest. It critiques nominal religiosity, the arrogance of elites, and the ease of finding fault in others while measuring character through practical conduct and nominations.
A nervous mother pleads to allow her boy Johnny to be a little boy and play without restraint. He laments the loudness around him and asks mothers to let their sons enjoy a carefree childhood before life brings toil and sorrow. The piece emphasizes sunshine in childhood and fond memories of happy days.
A collection of humorous vignettes and quick quips from a bygone era. A minister’s calming joke about phantasy unigora eases fear. A Wilming ton lawyer’s costs reveal a failed suit and a farmer’s reaction. A Justice Potter tale ends with a comic widowed matchmaking misadventure. The piece closes with a Calhoun prophecy and Conkling’s dubious fate rumor, via the Detroit Free Press.
A young man tells Prosecuting Attorney he wants a warrant for an assault by a saloon keeper. He describes being stood on his head and elevated, with phrases about chalking it and boosting him, while the officer seeks a warrant for assault and battery based on the odd testimony.
An aged advertisement extols Simmons Liver Regulator as a remedy for liver torpor and related ailments. Endorsed by multiple names, it claims long use, broad reach, and patient praise across Tennessee, Missouri, Minnesota, Colorado, and beyond.
On the first Tuesday in May 1876 before the courthouse door in Carrollton Carroll County Georgia the sheriff will sell various properties. These include one hundred acres in the southeast corner of lot number 154 in the Eleventh district. the town lot and house in Whitesburg on Main Street. parcel No 219 where the defendant now lives in the Eleventh district. the south half of lot No 232 in the Eleventh district. 30 acres of lot No 374 in the First district. the south half of lot No 298 in the Eleventh district. Taxes and court orders cited against multiple defendants. Property pointed out by attorney.
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