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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1917
Page
1
The piece warns of looming food shortages as farmers leave fields for higher paying factory work. It urges full use of all land and community gardening to prevent hunger while soldiers march. It ends with a personal plea for simple living and lasting memory.
The writer argues country schools are poor makeshift facilities and that neglecting rural students harms their life prospects. They urge responsibility for primary education for all youth, noting not everyone needs college but learning is essential for bright minds and good characters.
A Springfield wholesale merchant Henry T. Perkins displays a large outside wall prayer listing lessons on time honesty and conscience. The 100 by 80 foot mural calls for living rightly earning honestly and avoiding tainted money while seeking self awareness.
The article contrasts prosperity for farmers with hardship for wage earners in cities as war price rises threaten living standards. It urges farmers to grow food and wage earners to plant vegetables, noting ongoing war risks and potential price inflation. It also notes film industry growth and large film exports, with the British as major buyers.
A bricklayer drops a brick into the street and discovers it hits a pedestrian. The man who was struck insists the brick hit him, prompting the bricklayer to advise that honesty pays. The anecdote ends with the moral: always own up and tell the truth.
The narrator recalls a man who once lived in the hometown now in the city seeking repayment of a ten-spot after twenty years. The brief encounter is framed as touching yet the visitor never forgets the past and ignores the present, calling the loan a repayment motivator.
The bishop of London predicts Canada will rise to a population of 100 000 000 after the war. He cites wartime shifts with women filling shop and linen draper roles as proof that many men will seek a male life postwar. He envisions men crossing the sea to the still uncolonized dominion and vows Canada will become that nation.
A humorous Youngstown Telegram item recalls a shopyard scene where a man was hit by an automobile. The punchline notes the crowd's fear of death after seeing a cherry pie smashed under his arm, implying the pie caused mistaken casualty reports.
The figure is described as speaking nightly at various events without formal ties to any party. He narrates generic messages, leaving audiences to infer political meaning.
A compiled directory lists city government figures including Mayor W. H. Jones and T. H. Wimpy, aldermen G Hl Moor G W Camp C B Wray A B Keith J McGee GW Vaughn, trustees, county officers such as Representative Craig R. Arnold, Clerk W B Townsend, Tax Collector J M Davis, and coroner Alfred Grizzle, with county education leaders W T Dowdy chairman and H F Higgins superintendent of county schools.
The notice promotes a Georgia college with total annual expenses of 125 to 175 dollars covering board lodging books fuel and more. It highlights climate mountain location obedience order regularity self dependence, a strong military department and cadet band under U.S. Army supervision, and full A B and B courses plus agriculture mining engineering commercial science. Boys reside in dormitories under officer control and contact Dr. G R Glenn, president, for details.
The Mountain Inn announces it is now open for transient guests and the traveling public. It bills itself as the finest resort in North Georgia with fine meals, electric lights, running water, and 80 acres of parkland shaded and cool. Proprietor Craig R. Arnold promotes amenities for visitors.
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