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Newspaper
Sandersville Herald
Location
Sandersville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
4
Mr. Swan, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Shombers, and other visitors frequent the city. Bedgood & Burns advertises Christmas goods and candy as Santa Claus headquarters. The Herald notes sleet, holiday shopping, and plans for a busier, advertised local paper with office move to Pringle Building and growing town prosperity.
Miss Kate Slade, Rid dleville high school teacher, spent the weekend with Miss Clark at Sun Hill. Mrs J R Alford of Dublin visited Sandersville and will rejoin her husband, The Herald’s new manager, in January. The item laments a recent fire and notes the printing office must recover.
President Andrews Col Hamilton McWhorter and Superintendent White toured the Augusta Southern Railroad area and heard that Fern Crest Dairy is the largest and best dairy farm in the country. Andrews had previously visited and was impressed by the farm's size and interest from visitors from afar.
For several days freight and warehouse activity has increased as cotton moves toward markets. Newspaper ads and Santa Claus displays boost Christmas preparations, while families eagerly await St. Nicholas, suggesting a larger late crop shipment than earlier.
For sale a residence of W. H. Prince on Church Street. Address listing from Sanderville Investment Co. and G. H. Howard as manager. Asking price 2500 dollars cash for the property.
Local shop urges customers to place early orders for miner meat, baking supplies, huts, raisins, fruits, domestic cheese, and spaghetti to secure holiday stock and ensure timely pickup.
A Pearson's article explains saxhorns as the modern brass band mainstays, from soprano to contrabass, highlighting the euphonium and the eight foot tall model. It details the safety of bending seamless tubes by internal lead support and subsequent removal by heat.
An authority on philology notes how tonal changes alter meaning of syllables in Annamitic speech. The example shows ba with different accents meaning lady ancestor favorite of a prince waste fruit box on the ears and even number three, forming a playful sentence about three ladies striking the prince’s favorite.
A Richmond woman employs Miff Cole who jokes of going to the cemetery for his uncle's funeral. Miff explains he will not walk but ride in a carriage. after a long wait he returns with a somber report that the deceased is not yet dead, leaving his mistress awaiting details.
The piece explains how moisture and rain cause stone decay by penetrating its structure and reacting with its constituents. It notes that acids in urban air accelerate deterioration and that measures preventing water ingress are most likely to slow decay.
Domestic records of Mistress Nell Gwyn show sedan chair hire costs with 4 shillings for chairing to multiple ladies, and 11 shillings 6 pence for yesterday’s service with eleven hours of waiting. Paid 18 October 1675, London Chronicle.
A London Post note on golf clubs shows over twenty different putter types used by players in a fortnight of games. The observation highlights vast variety in equipment as players seek different lies and distances.
A Washington Star quote shows Senator Sorgum replying to a constituent about honesty in politics. He asserts that he will be truthful only as far as he avoids revealing everything he believes.
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