27 Dec 1917
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Newspaper
Cedartown Standard
Location
Cedartown, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
1
A Cedartown resident recounts a severe kidney illness and the relief found after taking Deans Kidney Pills. He describes pain, swelling, and steady wear before using the product, noting improved health and disappearance of symptoms after the remedy.
Legal notice within Polk County seeking dismissal of administration for Gearutin Molk County. Deadline stated for creditors and next of kin to appear. court actions and references to guardianship and estate settlements.
A fragmented collection reports on wool fiber quality and cotton concerns, plus local letters and holiday greetings. It lists residents returning from Camp Wheeler and family updates, with notes on a public medical claim and a 1956 oath witnessed by a notary public.
Prof J Rast of Brute College of Agriculture warns that Indian cotton fibers are coarse oily and brittle, unsuitable for textile use. He suggests growing cotton only as ornamental shrub and cautions that commercial cultivation for textiles will fail.
The Georgia Breeders Association Georgian Dairy and Livestock Association and the State Horticultural Society plan winter meetings at the State College of Agriculture in Athens on January 14 16 and 18 following the ten day Short Course. Speakers include Howard C Arnold Columbia South Carolina on farm loan associations and benefits for Georgia farmers G F Warren Cornell University on farm management and C C Newman South Carolina Northculturist on orchard management. National speakers from Washington expected though names not yet confirmed.
A historical note outlines a dry curing recipe with salt sugar and Raltpeter, to be applied in three rubbings over successive days. Meat is packed in barrels or boxes with transfers between receptacles, then cured ten days before smoking, with cool moist conditions ideal per Dr Wyne Burson of the State College of Agriculture.
Wray area residents enjoy a Christmas tree at the McKibbens home notables visit Cedartown and Fullwood areas. A large crowd attends plays and Sunday school events. several locals travel between Lima Branch Wellington and Aragon. a wedding unites Corinne Sanders and A T Fuller on the 25th. New Year issue highlights Woman's Home Companion features and club activities for fundraising and fashion tips.
A wartime appeal calls for broad local help with gardens around Cedartown to supply soldiers. It urges many plantings and ready stores of food clothing and ammunition as residents are urged to unite and act.
New Harmony items report Miss Lassia Blankenship and others leaving for visits in Ragland Alabama and vicinity. Drug ads tout Foley’s Honey and Tar under wartime pricing. Administrator’s and public notices include real estate sales in Rockmart and Polk County, and a divorce disability removal filing in Cedartown.
Public notices in Polk County Georgia announce administrator's sale of 40 acre lots 322 892 and 634 and other parcels in the 2d District 4th Section with terms cash or half cash and balance by Nov 15 1918. Also legal notices of libel for divorce Mabel Thomas v Carl Thomas and an executrix sale of parcels Nos 312 81 2 10 acres of 387 with debts distribution to heirs in Cedartown.
The notice announces a public sale on the first Tuesday in January at the courthouse in Odartown Georgia to satisfy a debt of 1200 dollars secured by a deed to land in Vols county. The sale is conducted by the grantor’s attorney and may include the conveyance of title to the highest bidder with immediate possession to the buyer.
Notices announce administrator and trustee sales of Polk County lands in Canferaville and the 21st district. Properties include land lots 780 711 and 11 312 12 with 40 acres each, tied to wills and security deeds. Auctions set for January 1918 and December 1917, with highest bids for cash and title conveyed.
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