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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1903
Page
4
A Detroit commission merchant recalls northern Michigan settlers facing mortgages amid forest fires and crop failures. He narrates a man whose wife used $600 to pay off the mortgage and buy horses and a plow, leaving him displaced and vowing to work. The tale frames a shared hardship as a family calamity.
A domestic vignette contrasts a father reading with his eight year old son’s puzzling question about God and creation. The piece ends with a wartime cadence about hard work for money and a stray appeal to a college in Georgia inviting applicants and quoting its merits.
A group led by H. D. Jaquish of Gainesville D B and E. M. Stancliff of Atlanta George W. Winslow and W. W. Garbum of Chicago organize to develop Winding Shoal power on the Chattahoochee River. They plan an electric railroad from the shoals to Buford and to supply power to Buford and nearby areas.
The piece notes the relatively few idle rich in the United States, where self-made millionaires predominate and work ethic governs wealth. It mentions President Williams of the Chemical National Bank, and speculates that Russell Sage may follow suit. It also reports Boston police using automobiles for daily patrols, a Kansas rabbit tale, and high life insurance for John Wanamaker and Mrs. Leland Stanford.
A reminiscence recalls Rev. John Mathews, pioneer Alabama Methodist preacher, noted for strict views. His wife, bolder in dress, bought a hat with bureau money. During a sermon he named late arrivals, then quipped Sister Mathews walks to the pew with a bureau on her head. An Arkansas City incident reports a man beating his wife with a chair, the wife firing back, a fatal outcome.
A testimonial from W. Y. Allen of Elkville, Miss, claims Dr Miles Restorative Nervine halted his wife's seizures after the first dose. The note praises Nervine and Dr Miles Nerve and Liver Pills, urging readers to obtain the prescription from Dr Miles Medical Co and a free health book.
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