Directory City Government and County Officials Listing
A historical directory lists city government officers and county officials including mayor, aldermen, trustees, school board chair, county officers and clerks, tax collectors, court officers, registrars, and notaries. It details road and revenue committee members and lists peace officers and local N.P. appointees across numerous precincts such as Auraria, Cane Creek, Crumby, Dahlonega, Frog Town, Wahoohoo, and Shoal Creek with named officers and guardians.
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Trustees City School
John H. Moore
B.C. Meaders
County
Offlcers
W. B. Townsend
Sourctary & Treas
M. Brooksher
Ruperior Court
Christian Inge
M. Davis
Porter
JH. Peck Midlongi
Baker County
John Evans
Evans
W. J. Free
D. O. Johnson
H. Jones
W. J. Hightower
County Board
W. B. Lowe
J.A. Dockery M. Ridley
Car Shultz
W. L. Ash
R. CO. Meaders
T. F
Lumpkin County Georgia Sheriff Sale Notices 1921
Property up for sale includes two land lots in Lumpkin County plus a 1920 Ford Roadster car and a Dahlonega house and lot. Lots 785 and 784 each contain about forty acres and are offered at public outcry to satisfy a Justice Court fi fa. Car and residence are sold under court executions in separate actions. Sale held at the Lumpkin County courthouse on the first Tuesday in September 1921.
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Georgia
Lumpkin County
Said County
John A. Crane
Justices Court
G. M
W. H. Satterfield
Clifford and
Dillard Reese
A. GB. Keith
Clifford
Superior Court
Dahlonega
Park Street
Wick Street
R. M. Bryson
B A. Craig
C. J. Jarrard
Bank of
Lumpo County
W . G. Head
L. C
Agents Wanted for City Trade in Dahlonega Drive
Promotes an agency opportunity for a male or female agent to handle city trade in Dahlonega and other vacant cities selling Watkins products. Highlights include Watkins Cocoanut Oil Shampoo Garda Face Powder Frott Drinks and 137 more items. requests free sample and particulars from The J hk Watkins Co Memphis Tennessee.
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Dahlonega
Watkins
J. Hk. Watkins Co
Memphis
Tenn
Open offer to farm suppliers from Watkins Co and Winona
The note invites direct sales of T87 products to farmers on credit. It mentions bonding requirements, a 60 order, and a 20 million open gold territory. References Watkins Co, Winona, and an apparent leadership or team designation.
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Orrato
Watkins Co
Winona
Mihi
Lucky Find Made by Boy: Nest and Eggs of Canadian Jay Found
Maynard Stout found the nest and four eggs of the Canadian jay known as the camp robber on his father’s Lynden Washington homestead. The bird, common and troublesome, hides its nest six feet up in a jack pine camouflage with twigs. The eggs, robin-sized, are blue with light brown freckles. The Smithsonian and Washington State University museums sought specimens but could not locate the home.
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Lyndéh
Wash
Maynard Stout
Stout
Smithsonian Institution
Museum of the
Washington State University
New York World
New England Leads on NYU Hall of Fame Tablets
New York University has 63 Hall of Fame tablets unveiled in a grand ceremony. Massachusetts leads with 26 honorees, followed by ties of New York and Virginia at seven each. Connecticut four. Rhode Island two, and Ohio and Pennsylvania two. Only one western-born figure, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Mark Twain, born near Hannibal, Missouri, is honored.
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New York University
New England
Massachusetts
New York
Virginia
Connecticut
Little
Rhode Island
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Mississippi River
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Mark Twain
West
Hannibal
Health trains proposed for child welfare in Canada
Canada may roll out health trains this summer to aid child welfare. Each two car train would host a traveling clinic with nurses and a physician, presenting health movies, charts, and talks on child care to mothers in hamlets along the route. The plan mirrors a successful program once run in New York state.
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Canada
New York State
Senators Seek Publicity Through Fishing Trips
In a quip about attention and coverage, Senator Sorghum notes that fishing trips draw press comment while his more thoughtful speeches may be overlooked by constituents. He implies a need for publicity to engage voters.
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Senator Sorghum
Old Shaker Colony Passes After Court Upholds Transfer
The Mount Pleasant Shaker colony in Mercer County Kentucky transfers all property to George Bolton of Harrodsburg. The 1910 conveyance included provisions for lifelong care and decent burial of members and a $5,000 trust fund for surviving Shakers.
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Kentucky
Louisville Herald
Mount Pleasant
Mercer County
George Bolton
Harrodsburg
Not Practical Worldviews Clash On Housing And Transport
A man who blends science and poetry asserts that space contains infinitely greater realms than Earth. Senator Sorghum questions the aim arguing it hints at housing relief while implying more transport difficulties.
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Tn Etarry
Senator Sorghum
Pan American Entente offers free tuition to Latin American students
Five colleges and universities and twelve normal schools will offer free tuition to Latin American students. The Pan American Union assistant director in charge of education reports the value per student ranges from 20 to 250 dollars annually.
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Pan-American Union
Horses on the Farm Drives Demand for New Utility Breed
The gasoline engine and tractors reduce demand for traditional horses. Government experiments in Wyoming and Ft Collins blend standard-bred with Morgan and American saddle horse to create a 1200 pound, 15 to 16 hand utility horse. They are bred for hardiness and suitability on rolling or hilly farms and roads in medium sized operations.
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Wyoming
Ft. Collins
Colo
Morgan
American Saddle Horse
Auto Lingo for Go Cart
Bright two year old watches as his father fixes a flat tire on a go cart after a rubber wheel comes off. He proudly narrates the repair to relatives, saying the papa daddy fitted it, see, in playful pride. Source notes the London Telegram attribution.
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Pappa-daddy
London Telegram
Moonshine Pitch Sparks Cautious Shopper Bargain
A Birmingham Age-Herald fragment shows a bootlegger touting clear moonshine at seven dollars a quart and a wary buyer recalling paying that amount for spring water, illustrating a satire of deceptive sales pitches.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Buenos Aires Style Sets Fashion Pace Says Mrs Hampton
Mrs Clara P Hampton a US citizen living in Argentina praises Buenos Aires women as the finest dressed in the world noting French designers quickly bring Paris models there and the city leads New York and London in style while Argentine women are among the most beautiful.
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Buenos Aires
Clara P. Hampton
United States
Hampton
Paris
New York
London
Lumberjacks Bribe for Speed on Five Dollar Bridge
In a Douglas Malloch tale a trio of Fond du Lac lumberjacks hire a rig to visit river outlaws on an island. A village marshal halts a fast horse at a bridge marked Five Dollars Fine for Driving on This Bridge Faster Than a Walk. One man pays ten dollars and vows to return.
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Douglas Malloch
Kipling
Malloch
Fond du Lac
Somali hair customs before marriage in old land
In Somali society a girl's hair is kept long and central parted while unmarried. Plaiting requires help and results in many small braids with unplaited ends. After marriage the hair is veiled under a dark blue or black gauze bag and kept hidden for life.
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Somali
Variety and Change Key to Health Says Gladstone
A new English letter from Lord Leverhulme cites Mr Gladstone noting coach horses on hills last longer than on level roads. He argues variety in work and diet, uphill and down, valley labor and no collar work, benefits both horse and human health.
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England
Lord Leverhulme
Tom” Drier
Boston
Mr. Gladstone
Gladstone
Diamonds by the bushel in 1919 South Africa exports
The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph notes that in 1919 South Africa exported 1124 pounds of diamonds, about 125 quarts. The stone load equates to just under four bushels, roughly two ordinary grain bags full, containing many large and medium stones as well as smaller ones.
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South Africa
Pittsburg
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Btvickery
G. HL. Moore
W. M. Housley
T. Z. Smith
W. 2. Rider
Wo . Jones
G. A Vaughn
J. 1. Walker
Sheriff’s Sales
Gh-Mcguire
Moore & Earlys
Washington
Health Trains
R. J. Reynolds Winston-Sa
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