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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1918
Page
2
The Dahlonega news digest reports war updates from July and August 1918 including American ship production, food and tax measures, troop mobilization, and wartime economic efforts. Local items cover road tax, rail and truck transport plans, campaign rhetoric, and proposed parcel post lines benefiting farmers with new markets.
The War Industries Board lists paper mills as essential and assigns them a fourth class coal priority. The order halves free paper copies and exchanges and imposes a sliding reading matter curtailment. Mills must pledge not to supply paper to nonsigners of the rules, with Sunday papers cutting 20 percent, other papers 15 percent, and magazines trimming stock and sheets accordingly.
A wartime appeal from Tuos. M. Bret asks Lumpkin County parents with sons in service to provide their sons’ names military addresses and details of first unit including company regiment and camp. The letter aims to assist with allotments insurance and related matters for soldiers and families.
Our new subscribers and renewals this week include O. Jones from Dahlonega and a string of names across Georgia and nearby states. The list spans Dahlonega, Atlanta, Pittsburg Ga, Gainesville, Murrayville and more with multiple entries from Dahlonega and surrounding towns.
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