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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1920
Page
1
The London Lancet summarizes Mammarion findings after fifty years of study. Gravitation may be counterbalanced by other forces, humans possess an invisible power, and levitation of tables can occur with joined wills or even without contact. Questions may be answered by knocks forming a code. He does not explain the force, only affirms its existence.
A four year old girl in Fermanshah was found feigning illness to elicit charity from passersby, aided by a younger brother. An ambulance took the girl to the hospital but doctors found no actual illness, revealing a trained beggar scam.
The American Forestry Association notes jack in the pulpit thrives in moist shaded yard corners. It is related to the cultivated calla and bears purple and white blossoms. The true flowers lie deep at the base of the central spadix and can be fertile or sterile.
The Birmingham Age Herald notes a local drug store as a cultural center where townspeople read for free. Bill Grigsby’s drug store serves as a gathering spot, with readers taking magazines or newspapers from a nearby newsstand when they want to buy.
The United States Bureau of Standards tests substitutes for jute burlap used in bags. It develops fabrics from paper and cotton in several grades and subjects bags of sand and dirt to sun and rain, with periodic inspections and drop tests to evaluate seams and strength.
A manufacturer boasts of having 3,000 contented workers on the payroll. A listener exclaims in disbelief, marveling at the number and the idea of so many content workers in the world.
Captain Thomas Dallas Yorke, 94, father to the duchess of Portland, remains active with the hounds. He has hunted this season and, during a run, his horse cleared a hedge while he kept his balance. His hat fell, and he quipped that the horse got away a bit.
Last year proved highly profitable for Philippine tobacco interests with a 4 000 000 peso increase in cigar production value. A large share of the increase flowed to the United States, while sizable exports went to China and Europe.
A Saliger Ship Salvage Corp burrowing machine showed its ability to navigate earth like a submarine. Directed remotely, it drags lifting cables under sunken ships and may aid recovery of vessels sunk by German submarines. Inventor is A R Saliger, president of the firm.
The American Forestry Magazine reports carrier pigeons were used to relay messages from firefighters at the front to headquarters during severe West fires. Tests on a limited scale show potential for larger use. Birds flown as far as 60 miles in a day and 140 to 200 miles in two to three hours.
A witty remark plays on gender dominance, suggesting a woman’s silence may stem from stupidity. The quip cites a singular, provocative condition to justify a woman not speaking freely.
A large dairy uses a 900 gallon glass lined steel vacuum tank on a five ton truck to haul milk from a rural collection station to an evaporating and canning factory ten miles away. The system keeps milk cool even in hot weather according to Popular Mechanics.
Dialogue from the Buffalo Express shows Enpeck and Mrs. Enpeck debating a plan in the switchmen’s affair. Enpeck considers volunteering to fire a locomotive while Mrs. Enpeck chides him about an earlier failed attempt to incite him to fire the cook.
M Terey director of the Hungarian National Art Museum says the beard on the Jordens’ Adam and Eve was added in the last century and removed in restoration. The canvas shows Adam at the apple and Eve listening to the serpent in Helenian splendor. The piece, once owned by Karaosonyi County, was trusted to a Red Guard leader and later sold to the museum for 3,000,000 crowns.
Pomona California library staff and supporters staged a skit titled All in the Day's Work to show the library's wide usefulness. City council, impressed by the performance, approved a library appropriation 34 percent higher than the prior year.
Seven stone figures added to Exeter cathedral front honor allied saints. Represent St George England St Denis France St Joseph Belgium St Vladimir Russia St Ambrose Italy St Cyril Serbia and St Methodius Roumania. Gift from an anonymous donor as a peace offering.
A 1902 report notes bamboo yields strong profits with edible shoots and timber. Each acre can yield about 1,000 shoots annually in spring and the crop lasts 40 to 50 years without renewal, suggesting much higher profits under present conditions.
About 40,000 acres of private timberland are being cut over each year in California. The American Forestry Magazine notes that inability to capitalize forest values after cutting leads to depreciation. Fires and destructive logging intensify loss of value.
A historical note explains how umbrellas originated in China or Japan and evolved from sacred portable canopies to rank markers. It describes court regulations governing carriage, and how a procession led by large silk umbrellas signals high official rank, while commoners used paper umbrellas.
Popular Mechanics Magazine describes glazed stoneware developing tanks sold in sets of three for developing fixing and washing. Each tank features a concave bottom with a brass drain cock and the washing tank includes an overflow to allow continuous water circulation from bottom to top, enabling sixty rolls of film to be processed in about ten minutes of actual work.
A Paris social gathering featured roast lion as a luncheon course. The dish, served between frog legs and snails, was described as tasteless and stringy by an epicure. The lioness Mascotin from a local menagerie was accidentally killed by her trainer.
New York lawyer James Byrne becomes the first Catholic chosen for the Harvard corporation since its 1638 founding. He also marks the first nonresident fellow elected, a notable exception to prior local residency rules.
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