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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1919
Page
1
In Aden, electric current is scarce and the punkah system, operated by coolies pulling ropes, provides relief from intense heat. Single or multiple punkah wallas work eight to nine hours daily, earning about $8.50 monthly, with three needed during peak hot seasons to run day and night.
The first woman physician in the United States, Elizabeth Blackwell, earned her M D at Geneva New York about a century ago. Born in Bristol England she faced hostility in Geneva but pursued medicine in Europe and at New York hospitals before opening a women and children's infirmary and organizing a women’s medical college.
The London Chronicle reports playing cards pressed into wartime service. Soldiers on the front wear cloth badges showing clubs spades hearts and diamonds to identify regiments, with other badges removed before going over the top.
A brief editorial note from the Bogton Transcript remarks that hydrocephalus or water on the brain is rarely caused by lack of curiosity or thirst for learning. It emphasizes medical rather than moral explanations.
The remark suggests that concealing secrets can be as risky as revealing them and that openness or eloquence can offer strategic benefits. It emphasizes caution in handling information and the potential value of transparent communication.
In Leavenworth's New Era, the question is asked how three distinct inmate classifications persist within a single environment. The editor challenges the view that environment determines behavior, highlighting observed social stratification inside the prison.
Advice on securing ink bottles and small jars for travel. Tape should be applied along the neck across the cork and down the opposite side. Celluloid and ivory containers can be taped similarly to prevent leaks.
A writer advised a man earning $15 weekly that marriage is feasible if he saves a fund. The idea is that a man who can build a sufficient savings from a small salary has little to fear from marriage or other challenges.
Addison argues authors have an advantage over great masters by multiplying originals and making copies to any number, preserving value equal to the originals. The passage emphasizes the power to replicate and scale creative works.
A nostalgic aside on hospitality comparing generous hospitality to pouring clotted cream on peaches. The passage reflects a social custom where hospitality is valued as a normal routine, praising the virtue with a religiously tinged blessing.
A Pennsylvania inventor patents a combined mailbox and milk-bottle folder that freely opens for inserting contents but locks against theft once items are inside. The device aims to secure mail and bottles until retrieved by the owner.
In a New Orleans States blurb a department store ad proclaims Girls wanted for men's neckwear. The item hints at gendered labor ads while a humorous critique notes a man would be uncomfortable wearing a girl around his neck.
The almost philosopher remarks it is fine to pay as you go but warns that paying 25 cents streetcar fare to travel there and back likely deters attendance.
A new motor driven dishwasher keeps dishes stationary in wire baskets reducing breakage as water is forced around them.
An Maine inventor develops leg bags that attach to a swimmer for propulsion. The device opens with the kick and folds on the return, simulating webbed feet.
A new device prevents a cow from tail switching during milking. The patent describes a clamp fixed to a steel spring that wraps around one leg to restrain the tail.
A fragment quotes an Idaho statesman comparing remorse to a wooden leg that aids a man on his path while reminding him of what could have been, reflecting a cautious view of regret.
A survey of beliefs links sneezing to intelligence in Scotland, bargaining honesty in Flanders, and luck in China and Japan. Scots say sneezing proves wit, Flemings tie a sneeze to truth in bargains, New Year sneezing signals bad luck in China, and Japanese lore assigns meanings to one two or three sneezes.
Statistics from Italy show 865 shocks strong enough to be noticed during the 12 night hours, suggesting a real difference in quake frequency between day and night not just perceptual. The data counters claims that nocturnal quakes are only more noticeable due to quiet night conditions.
The thimble likely originated with the inventive Nurnberg artisans in the fourteenth century. It became a corporate body only in 1534, after a century of Nurnberg merchants selling thimbles at major fairs in Leipzig, Namburg, and Lubeck.
Kapok fiber from the silk cotton tree Eriodendron an fractuosum is abundant in tropical countries and especially Java. It is imported in large quantities into the United States and used to fill mattresses pillows cushions and life preservers as well as for upholstery.
A California man testifies in a divorce suit that during courtship his wife met him in a kitchen apron implying domestic tastes. After marriage he discovers she cannot boil an egg and she offers him the choice of boarding or leaving.
Tom Thumb Charles Sherwood Stratton born in Bridgeport Conn in 1888. He toured with P T Barnum, later married Lavinia Warren in 1863. He stood about two feet tall at first, reached 40 inches, and died in Middleborough Mass in 1383.
The coast forests of southern and Southeastern Alaska are part of Tongass and Chugach national forests comprising over 96,000,000 acres. Sitka spruce average about 20 percent and western hemlock about 75 percent of the forest composition.
A paradoxical quip notes that when a young lady says a suitor is after her heart and the father says he is after the suitor, no argument can follow. The remark contrasts romance with parental approval in a witty exchange.
A note recalls how Doctor Johnson, while composing a poem, would slide a finger along the page counting verses to gauge progress. The description likens him to a paragrapher, creating a vivid image in the St Louis Globe Democrat.
The quote notes that true sincerity is rare and genuine openness of heart. It argues many display only calculated behavior to gain trust rather than heartfelt honesty.
Aurora Illinois became the first city in the world to have its streets lit by electricity, with the new illumination installed there in 1881.
The text lists signers by colony totals for the Continental Congress. New Hampshire had three, Massachusetts five, Rhode Island two, Connecticut four, New York four, New Jersey five, Delaware three, Pennsylvania nine, Maryland four, Virginia seven, North Carolina three, South Carolina four, and Georgia three.
The border surrounding Scotland's arms in the British coat of arms symbolizes preservation. A legend says Charlemagne gave the border to Achalus, king of the Stots, as a pledge that French lilies defend the Scottish lion, with the fleur-de-lis forming the border's design.
A Scientific American issue from September 8 1860 reveals a statistician's projection for New York City population rising to 5 257 493 by 1905, a figure closely aligning with the census of that era.
An unusual Eskimo kayak drew attention near Provincetown Massachusetts. Explorer Donald KB MacMillan paddled the skin covered frame craft, a double paddle handled decked small vessel noted for safety in skilled hands.
Vanny Tern, among a small group of brilliant women reporters of the last century, stood out as a unique figure. Though married and widowed before attempting to write, she became a widely popular author with her first book selling about 132,000 copies, a near-record for the era.
The rattlesnake rattle forms from a single tail scale and the last caudal vertebra. A skin layer covers the vertebral bone, beginning the rattling mechanism in young rattlesnakes.
A tender vignette depicts a young wife crying that she has not had a new hat in three months as she sits in her husband's easy chair. The scene contrasts domestic strain with quiet sorrow in a single intimate moment.
A lone resident of Skiddaw England complains that with no overseer to prepare a voters list and no church or public building to publish one the law cannot be followed. The small village has only a single inhabitant and no voting facilities.
A quotation by William Allen Knight noting that gloom and low mood mark struggles in individuals and nations, framing cheerfulness as a remedy amid incompetence and delayed victory. The line contrasts personal and national resilience with hardship and defeat.
Chorus Lady Mazie Middleton claims she earns easy money mornings posing as a head and neck model for a sculptor. Show Girl Buff alo Express notes humorously that some sculptors specialize in gargoyles.
The text notes Candlemas on February 2 as the groundhog weather forecast date and Old Candlemas on February 14 now tied to St. Valentine s Day. It contrasts historic holiday dates with modern observances.
An inventor files a patent for a bottle with a neck on one side designed so contents cannot be poured out accidentally. The device requires careful manipulation to dispense, aiming to reduce poison mistakes.
A discussion of how birds aid crop welfare by controlling pests notes there is no universal rule for usefulness. The United States Department of Agriculture bulletin 6380 surveys more than fifty farm birds and lists species such as the bluebird robin titmouse wren brown thrasher catbird swallow towhee sparrow house finch grackle and others.
A Pennsylvania man explains a tethering device allowing a cow to roam widely yet stay secure. A 20 to 80 foot pole pivots at one end with an iron ring. a light wheel supports the pole and a halter chain keeps the animal from tangling.
A letter from Roy Schultz in France describes a humorous moment as colored troops relieved a white division during gas shell attacks. A German prisoner reportedly said the more gas poured on the Yanks, the blacker they turn and the harder they fight.
A Bedford area geography lesson features shale and limestone with a teacher explaining stone uses. Student Fred humorously answers with whet stones, grindstones and tombstones, reflecting a light local humor from the Indianapolis News.
A brief domestic guidance notes the housewife's primary duty to ensure every household member is properly nourished, framing feeding as essential family responsibility.
A concise moral suggests safety and humility trump the risks that accompany arrogance. The line contrasts a modest stance with danger tied to pride and status.
A brief note describes a girl roomer who remains constantly busy with washing a batch of finery, reflecting domestic labor and daily tasks highlighted in the Kansas City Journal.
Three bridges span the Suez Canal at Kantara completing a link between Egypt and Palestine by railroad and road. This development facilitates quicker movement and trade between the two regions, signaling a significant transportation milestone.
A compact aphorism noting that chance is meaningless without cause and that nothing exists without a reason. The line reflects Voltaire's synthesis of determinism and skepticism in a pithy moral reflection.
A Toledo News-Bee piece honors horses mules and dogs that served in war. It lauds their patience bravery and faithfulness noting caisson and gun carriers and supply trains while proposing a memorial shaft listing the 42 311 animal dead.
A former weather bureau chief and a Smithsonian researcher claim a new scientific finding allows forecasting storms up to two weeks in advance. They report rifts in the upper solar atmosphere alter heat radiated to Earth and that these heat rifts can persist for months, correlating with terrestrial disturbances.
A downtown typewriter shop window features a six foot clock with a full sized typewriter as its pendulum. The swinging apparatus attracts attention as the clock keeps precise time, suggesting the typewriter works as both display and functional element.
Experts explore electric power growth across Great Britain as the government may engage. Plans envisage exploiting vast mineral deposits to generate power on a grand scale and to conserve coal. The proposal outlines dividing the nation into large power distribution regions.
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