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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1927
Page
4
A housewife in Irvington instructs a new maid using a fireless cooker analogy. The maid, entrusted with timing, returns too soon claiming she cannot tell time on some days. The confession underscores how anyone can misjudge time during illness or stress.
An odd dialogue captures a couple debating mutton as they flirt. He declares affection to Jamb, she counters with a plan to return home as he mutters a previous remark. The scene blends romance with an unusual food fixation.
Popular Srechonics Magazine notes Maori barbers in New Zealand demonstrate ancient flint shaving for a motion picture. Two sharp flint blades were used for each razor. The mock shave was an ordeal rather than a pleasure, tracing origins to Stone Age practices long shared by diverse peoples. The British Museum holds flint specimens linked to Roman and Classical eras.
A traveling man returning from a journey through Alabama and Florida notes passing Bayou Labartre Crudup Godo iacoda Loachapoka Notasulga Ope Tika Sylacauga Weeguska Woe tumpka Alachua Apopka San Gallie Micanopy Palatka Umatilla Zolfo.
Saskatoon doctor H G Cameron announces cardaissin a heart stimulant derived from cow adrenal glands. The chemical reportedly prolongs life by accelerating the heart despite anoxemia and may help in cardiac failure from pneumonia. It could counteract chloroform poisoning and reduce surgical risk.
Miss Cynthia A Pintler of White Lake New York revived her grandfather Peter Pintler’s London made 1771 watch after 100 years idle. The heirloom, once out of order, was cleaned repaired and placed in a bank for safekeeping.
Mrs. Rachel Vincent, 76, living at the Home of the Aged in Des Moines Iowa, rekindles piano interest from childhood. She bought an organ and is taking music lessons after a 60 year lapse showing renewed leisure in later life.
Fire Chief Henry A. Whitney of Brattleboro Vermont led a bucket brigades and crews to draw water from a deep ravine to feed a motor fire pump and save the burning house of Cyrus Andrews and his family after hydrants and brook could not be reached.
Four thousand eight hundred copies of a farm account book prepared and distributed by the University of Wisconsin were used under teacher supervision by seventh and eighth graders in rural schools and in Smith-Hughes high schools to keep records of their home farms, according to the United States Department bulletin.
On Moster Island off Norway’s southwest coast the ancient church, built about 1100, marks 900 years of Christian worship, dating from the first mass after contact with France and England, and remains in active use today.
Path finder Magazine reports large numbers of Mahom etans from Malay states and the Dutch East Indies prepare to sail for Mecca. The limited ships cannot carry all, and one line raises fare by 50 dollars to curb demand for passage.
A business quip reworks a billing department label from a Fireside piece, saying the department that handles billing and collecting should be called the billing and coping department. The remark lampoons diplomatic caution in debt collection.
A Scottish scientist, Wilfred Marshall of the University of Aberdeen, reports that santonin, derived from wormwood, induces yellow vision in an elderly color tester. Doses of half a gram or more trigger yellow perception within half an hour, strongest when moving from dark to light, with fading greenish tint in daylight and deep yellow under artificial lighting. The mechanism remains undetermined.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a couple pressing toward marriage as a father asserts plans, revealing conflict over familial consent and the expected union.
The text lists Europe as divided into 32 states including Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Poland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Russia, Belgium, and others. It notes prewar counts of 25 states and mentions Montenegro as part of Yugoslavia, with references to the free city of Danzig.
Popular Mechanics describes drivers testing driving skill and auto flexibility on a multi story Paris ramp course. The curved ramps at high speed showcase how small cars compare to larger models in performance and handling.
The city of London retains a privilege dating to 1354 that allows its maces and swords to be carried upright during ceremonies, unlike other corporations. The maces stand upright as an emblem of sovereignty and the swords are typically borne in the same manner, similar to the state sword before the king.
In Laguna Beach California the John F McLaughlin family fed sea gulls daily. Each dawn at seven o’clock a large gull dropped a fresh one and three fourths pound fish at their feet as a breakfast offering. The fish was promptly cooked for the family’s meal.
An aerial bicycle using a cigar shaped hydrogen balloon carries an aluminum bicycle frame with handlebars and pedals that drive a forward propeller. The device, showcased in England, aims to combine flight with familiar cycling mechanics.
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