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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1913
Page
2
The Gainesville Gainesville area notes report the legislature’s struggle over buzzards bedbugs and liquor laws. A grand jury foreman in Aiken County is shot and two men wounded. A Macon preacher suspect faces assault with attempted rape charges. Remarks on education Bible readings and tax proposals accompany calls for reform and more state revenue.
A column urges young women to prepare for wifehood through obedience, cooking, and housekeeping. It contrasts dedicated daughters with flirtatious youths and criticizes public costs of legislative speeches. It notes Athens moves the experiment station and Towns county tax reductions.
The forenoon rain did not dampen attendance at the fiddlers and singing convention with participants from Lumpkin and nearby counties, across Georgia, and as far as Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, Chicago, and Brooklyn. John Lingerfelt won the $10 fiddle prize. Emory Peck won $5 for second. Singing contest results: Mt. Vernon led by Emory Peck first, Yahoola led by J. A. Anderson second. Dr G R Glenn distributed prizes. Miss Drew Nunn died seven hours after a venomous bite in Commerce.
A hen died from hydrothorax in Macon after a police incident. A secretary’s pay dispute prompts calls for resignation. Dalton reports a sighting of a slit skirt with a woman aboard. Congress debates a ten million dollar appropriation to combat cotton field weevils in the south.
Lumpkin court records show Nancy Walden widow of T P Walden applied for 12 months support. Appraisers returned findings. citations issued for all interested to show cause on first Monday in August 1918 why support should not be allowed. HL B Sarre 2 Ordinary.
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