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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1920
Page
1
Popular Mechanics explains how storms develop from white cloud patches to thunderheads. It compares air currents and moisture to lightning, rainfall, and the difference between thunderstorms and tornadoes, noting the three stages of thunderstorm development.
A senator cites military paymasters behind payroll troubles while a sergeant questions a private over his name on the payroll blank, illustrating tensions in resolving long delayed payments.
The dialogue cites Glimmerby on poverty and labor as blessings extending life and questions whether worry aids longevity. An anecdote from Lady Astor recounts a London canvassing tale with an anti suffragist grocer, Mr Boggs, who questions women signing petitions.
A Pittsburgh laboratory has installed a refined apparatus to collect purify and tube radium emanation from a radium salt. The new system replaces liquid air with chemical purification methods deemed more reliable reducing the danger of large scale radium use in hospitals and clinics.
A Sydney rubber manufacturer equips its commercial travelers with an airplane the first of three. Miss Dorothy Perdriaus rode with the flight pilot Lieut. J. A. Sutler. The Australia imports 85 million worth of rubber goods annually. aerial deliveries are expected to capture a larger share of this business.
The piece catalogs U S labor department findings on fall hazards across industries from high places to level surfaces. It lists common fatal and nonfatal fall scenarios, ladders as the riskiest, and examples of injuries from horseplay and accidental trips.
Forbes Magazine quotes Henry Frick detailing his secret to success. He credits relentless effort, devotion to business, and perseverance, noting a six year stretch with no vacation while leading the Carnegie Steel Company. He emphasizes courage, tenacity, and staying calm as keys to achievement.
A New York Times report notes French cases where four prominent Bordeaux citizens face an assault charge backed by a defense citing cruel enchantments and magical acts. The imagined sorcery involves torturing a waxen doll to inflict pain, reflecting aristocratic lore and necromancy trials.
A knot tying contest among a boy scout troop ends with a drowning boy scenario. Team 1’s leader retrieves a suffering member, while Team 2’s leader repeatedly fails to reach the target. A small boy at the far end sighs that the rescuer is gone for the third time and suggests using the pul motor.
At the Workingmen's Institute a sharp debate erupts over whether women should hold high appointments. A young firebrand mocks a woman as treasury secretary while an older man retorts that a $5 short Friday night pay would teach him a lesson.
A Western town mayor’s nephew visits and learns from his uncle that the mayor spends his day reading rather than working, prompting the boy to remark that Uncle Nat does not work he just sits and reads.
A door visitor about a job is questioned by a wary woman who learns he is single and temperate. The column urges parents to mold better citizens and advocates health certificates for prospective grooms to prevent venereal disease.
Rev. F. W. Macdonald recalls a heated overheard debate between two Scottish cattle drovers from the Free Church of Scotland and the United Presbyterians. The exchange descends from church disparagement to personal insults with a quip about ancestry, concluding that their fathers and mothers may have been thieves and witches, but not U P's.
In a light moment the equal rights advocate quips about her husband’s boasting. An audience member counters with a remark noting he is a man of few words, prompting a humorous exchange.
A narrator recalls years of annoyance with a county clerk in Iowa who, after a long absence, discovers the clerk left town to marry the narrator’s good customer. The proprietor reveals he married her, prompting the narrator to flee and vow never to return, leaving only one bright memory of never apologizing.
A man and a woman pause before a gallery exhibit as she smiles at a marriage proposal. He reads the label, the card reads sold, and the moment becomes a witty comment on art and love.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt describes a negro rookie challenged by an officer during sentry duty. The officer emphasizes singing out when halting a man and tests the cadence by prompting a second approach. The recruit taps his feet and sings a rhythmic response as he halts the officer at eighty feet.
American officers arriving for the army tennis championship in Cannes were asked to report to Colonel Johnson. One competitor replied he was a tennis player only by orders, showing cautious humor as the event began.
A Birmingham Age Herald item notes Eloise visiting a so called bankers colony in prison as welfare work. It suggests refined society members mingle with hardened criminals and anticipate reentry to high society after confinement.
A startled young man asks if the approaching footsteps are his father. The girl reassures him that Papa is late and the clock on the mantel hints at an impending, discreet encounter on the sofa.
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