County Officials and Church Listings in Town
Readable local listing shows county officers including tax collector, tax assessors, registrars, and board of education with names and positions. Also notes pastors and service times for Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Church of God, plus Sunday school and meeting schedules in Auraria Dahlonega and surrounding areas.
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W.H. Jones
W. J. Hightower
County Board OF Education
Frank Parks
W.T. Dowdy
D. Pierce
D. W. Caldwell
RL. Hutcheson
Carl Shultz
John H. Moore
W. L. Ash
K. O. Meaders
T. F. Christian
Auraria
W. A. Hutcheson
J. P. Cancerele O
Es Justus
J.P. Fred Ash
N. Coaneie
B. Hatfield
N. P. Chestatee
J. M. Wilkins
N. P. Davis
W. M. Wehunt
J . &. Higgins
N.P. Dahlonega
C. Lovelace
N. P. Frogtown
Daves White
Pe Hightower
N. P. Wahoohoo
J. A. Abercrombie
J. P. Bunyan Pierce
N. P. Wahoola
W.C. Jarrard
Head
N. P
R, BE. Hamilton
University Trials Honor Group for Free Study Method
USC president Dr. R B Von Klein Smid announces an experiment creating an honor group of juniors and above with high scholarship and faculty endorsement. Members gain significant freedom from attendance and exams and may choose personal study methods to foster originality and initiative. The aim is to cultivate trained individuality valued by the modern world.
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R. B. von Klein
Mid
University of Southern California
Associated Press Disputch
Los Angeles
Dr. von Klein-Smid
Hails Fall In Sunshine In Stafford Texas
A Stafford Texas dispatch reports a rare hail event with ice weights from one to two pounds falling for about twenty five minutes despite a sunlit sky. Stones measured 15 to 18 inches around. a second heavy storm followed. Many Mexicans feared the world end and prayed at home.
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Stafford
New Heat Insulator Balsam Wool For Buildings
A new heat insulator and sound deadening material called balsam wool is made from pulp wood bark and sulphite screenings. It is flexible fire and water resistant and weighs 256 pounds per 1000 square feet. It is claimed to exceed insulation efficiency except for human hair and sheep wool.
Heat Warps Largest Concrete Structure at Empire Exhibition
The palace of engineering at the forthcoming British Empire exhibition expands by one foot on a warm day, and contracts on a chilly night, making it the largest concrete building in the world and notably temperature sensitive.
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Palace of Engineering
New Words Signal Awakening in Asia and Europe
Robert W. Bruere recounts a traveler’s observation that two new words signal deep shifts. In India a term for emancipation beyond liberty foreshadowed India’s political awakening, and in Turkey a word for a plain man indicated modernization beyond sectarian divides and the dawning Europeanization of Islam.
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Asia
Europe
Robert W. Bruere
India
Turkey
Increased Demand for Turpentine and Resin
The article notes turpentine and resin have long been key US exports, dating to 1662. It highlights naval stores origins for shipbuilding, then outlines modern uses in soap, paper, varnishes, roofing, leather, lubricants, waxes, linoleum, and insulation. Turpentine serves as a paint thinner and solvent across industries.
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America
Detroit News
Florida house building growth described as natural force
Kenneth L. Roberts notes in the Saturday Evening Post that rapid Florida construction resembles a natural force. Builders rush from foundation to framed shell with cement and chicken wire, then cover with cement, producing quick, full residences compared with northern processes.
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Florida
Kenneth L. Roberts
Saturday Evening Post
New York Firm Forms for Ant Extermination Solely
A New York incorporation establishes a company created for the sole and exclusive purpose of exterminating ants. The filing provides no details on the methods to be used.
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State
New York
Delphi center of the earth in ancient Greek belief
Delphi in Phocis was the central spot of the earth in Greek lore famed for Apollo temple and the Delphic oracle. The site on Mount Parnassus hosted Pythian games and Amphictyinic meetings, with treasury-gemmed temple halls plundered by Phoenicians Brennus Sulla Nero Constantine and Pliny notes a vast statue collection.
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Delphi
Phocis
Apollo
Mount
Parnassus
Phocians
Brennus
Sulla
Nero
Constantine
Pliny
Kansas City
Napoleon Not Hero to His Tailor Says Leger
Paris gossip recounts Napoleon I as frugal and fashion demanding, with tailor Leger claiming the emperor ignored clothing ideas yet conceded on a tunic style after remarking on his vast empire. The tailor notes Napoleon’s parsimony before 1810, when his wardrobe barely surpassed eighty pounds excluding lace.
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Napoleon
Paris
Leger
Frederick the Great
Manchester Guardian
Hunting the Hoatzin expedition to British Guiana
Zoologist William Beebe leads a British Guiana expedition seeking a living hoatzin and other specimens. The strange bird has young with wing claws for climbing mangroves, and past attempts failed due to its diet relying on a single tropical plant.
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William Beebe
British Guiana
Strategy of Youth: A Child’s Honest Promise at Noon
Mrs Costello urged a clean face and hands before meals. Russell replied with quiet mischief that he had not wiped them yet, prompting a brief, humorous domestic moment captured by the Indianapolis Star.
Bead Slippers Move Toward Mass Production in Germany
In Stuttgart a firm is testing a knitting machine to produce bead slippers at scale. The machine knitted slippers promise more even finishing than hand made and the estimated cost for a pair is about $12, signaling a potential profitable shift after high costs and slow hand methods in Germany.
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Germany
Stuttgart
Abolition of the Fez Spreads Across Irak Region
The Irak government ends the fez and orders a folding sidara cap for officials while tribesmen discard agpal and kelliyeh. The move follows Angora practice and carries political overtones, recalling Mahmud II’s earlier fez mandate and its allegiance symbolism.
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Irak
Angora
Fez
The
Christian Science Monitor
Mahmud II
Asia Minor
Stuck Up He You Act Awfully Stuck Tonight
A terse dialogue notes confusion over being stuck on a number in a playful exchange. A young informant, called Goldbug, mentions he is stuck on "1A" amid flirtatious banter and miscommunication.
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Young Goldbug
Elk Herds Grow in Yellowstone Region Stock Survey
The Forest Service notes elk numbers in the Northwest, especially near Yellowstone, could rise permanently if winter range remains favorable. Over three years losses in Yellowstone forests were negligible and herd growth is strong. A few milder winters and good summers may avert extinction risk.
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The
Forest Service
Northwest
Yellowstone
American cigarettes dominate export to the Orient
Nearly all of a billion cigarettes a month exported by the United States are smoked in the Orient. The Orient produces half the world’s tobacco and has cheap labor. The war era popularized the American cigarette in the Orient, while Europe’s postwar habit faded.
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United States
Orient
Debating Society Sparks Owner’s Exit at Chickatawzy Schoolhouse
A Crosroads store proprietor recounts attending a debate at Chickatawzy schoolhouse. He left when participants began arguing a controversial resolution about a man running a country store, sparking talk of names being mentioned.
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Chickatawzy
Crossroads
Harvesting Pink Oranges Using Clipper Method
Nature Magazine notes orange harvest relies on clipping the fruit from the tree to avoid skin damage. The practice emphasizes careful handling to protect the fruit’s surface.
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Nature Magazine
Farm Location Near Dahlonega in Georgia
A reader notes a farm about 81 miles from Dahlonega Georgia, with Wemunn Dahlonega Ca Route 5 referenced in the vicinity.
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Dahlonega, Ga
Wemunn
Dahlonega
Candidacy Announcements for Lumpkin County State Senate
A series of notices from Lumpkin County residents announcing campaigns for the Georgia State Senate and General Assembly in the September Democratic Primary of 1924. Candidates include Clara R Arnonp, J S Prynr, W P Riper, H B Suevn, and others, pledging service to the county and urging voter support.
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State Senate
Lumpkin County
Ime
Clara R, Arnonp
Prynr
Lampkin County
General Assembly of Georgia
W. P. Riper
H. B. Suevn
Georgia
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Z. F. Christian
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Jos. Townsend
OG. N. Fitts
J. W. Grindle
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J. M. Brookshear
J.P. Pruett
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Baker
John Hyans
Burns
Y. G. Abercrombie
W. J. Free
D. O. Johnson
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Uta
Cane Creek
Robert Housers
McGuire Jeweler
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Rapid House Building
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