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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1919
Page
4
The editorial urges immediate establishment of a statewide public health organization in Georgia. It argues counties must adopt the Health Law to combat typhoid, malaria, hookworm, and other contagious diseases, enabling school inspections and venereal law enforcement, with two successive grand juries urged to adopt the measure.
A editorial criticizes patent medicines spending and urges readers to seek physicians. It warns these nostrums do not cure real diseases and may delay proper treatment. The Georgia State Board of Health advises stopping all patent medicines and emphasizes prevention, sanitation, and professional medical advice.
The speaker laments that during the great war one third of the state's young men were found unfit for military service. He urges citizens to awaken to public health problems revealed by the draft boards and to address the issues facing future work.
The Georgia State Board of Health urges concerted action against venereal disease noting 2 408 syphilis and gonorrhea cases in two months. They report 2 904 other communicable diseases in the same period, with influenza exceeding six thousand, urging public effort in the health warfare.
Following a Camp Gordon case, State Board of Health test results show anthrax spores in additional brushes bought in open market. Dr. Abercrombie warns the public that cheap brushes pose ongoing danger. Also notes on a picture transmitting set and mechanics of its operation in Popular Mechanics.
The passage outlines an ancient method where leaves are placed in a wicker basket above a water caldron. Steam passes through the leaves and camphor vapor condenses on the cool underside of a basin, forming camphor.
O. D. Blount of Tarrytown Georgia writes that at seventy five he felt worn and tired with thin blood and poor appetite. After taking three bottles of Ziron he reports improved eating sleeping and overall strength and recommends it with a money back guarantee.
The National Brick Manufacturers and the U S government report on tests of forty six piers and four supplementary piers with cross section 30 by 80 inches and height 10 feet or five feet. Transverse compression and absorption tests used bricks from four eastern districts with three mortars and three bond grades. The study titled The Strength of Brick Piers is ready for distribution and requests should be sent to the bureau of standards.
Desmond enters the drive and seeks Miss Flossie in the drawing room cautious about asking a trivial favor. He stammeringly asks if she knows whether he left his matches there last night, indicating an awkward social moment.
Pat drives cattle through a country town with a collie. The dog bolts into a butcher shop and steals a leg of mutton. The butcher asks if the dog is Pat's. Pat replies that the dog was his once, but now appears to be doing for himself.
George Coban recounted a tale at the Players' Club about elevating the stage. He quoted a fur clad actor who boasted of a long run in Ibsen's Master Builder with a humorous bullfrog mining backdrop.
Georgia Lumpkin County will auction on the first Tuesday in June 1919 at the courthouse door. The sale includes Lot 1054 in the first district forty acres more or less and undivided interests in lots 220 and 230 in the sixth district all in Lumpkin County. Proceeds go to satisfy 1918 taxes to the state and county. owners unknown. February 25, 1910. Sheriff William Davis.
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