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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1906
Page
1
A collage of editorial snippets discusses thrift and self reliance. It urges keeping Cham berlain’s Colic remedy for dysentery and cholera, praises accidental scientific breakthroughs, critiques mail order houses, defends local merchants, and ends with a reader stopping her newspaper to protest perceived favoritism toward the rich.
The article details July climate data showing a monthly mean of 72.55 degrees, 2.68 below normal, with a high of 90 on the first and a 15 year high of 97 in 1901. It records a low of 58 on the 3rd and 10th, plus rainfall of 8.88 inches, 3 inches above normal and a 24 hour maximum of 1.62 inches. It notes 10.62 inches as the greatest July rainfall in 15 years for 1808, and other historical rainfall figures. It includes editorial remarks on prompt debt payment and a humorous anecdote from the Arkansas Pass Beacon about a clever seed-money scam involving jimson weed and onions.
One of the largest items of expense connected with the Government printing office in Washington is the paper purchase, nearly 1 000 000 dollars for 10 000 tons used annually. It requires about 700 railroad cars to deliver the material.
A local testimonial recommends Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for young children with first signs of diarrhoea. It notes a follow up castor oil dose to cleanse the system and cites Rev M Q Stockland of Little Falls Minnesota praising its usefulness in summer disorders. Sold by Dr G C H Jones in Dahlonega.
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