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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1927
Page
4
Quanawahu the Hopi snake priest won the first Long Beach marathon while stopping to aid a footsore competitor. The piece notes historic Indian running prowess and cites Montezuma and Aztec runners linking speed to communication and army logistics, but credits a white man with the final push.
A bustling rumor centers on Jennie’s engagement to an electrician named Te. Sources note social chatter and unclear confirmation, while local salons and friends weigh in with mixed signals about the pair’s status.
Doctor Reisner, famed Egyptologist, reports discoveries in the Giza pyramids including a 6,000 year old tomb that belongs to Queen Hetepheres mother of Cheops and wife of Senefra. He notes the sarcophagus canopy framework as an astonishing construction.
Dr William Lyon Phelps said best sellers are worth less than good books at a Yale tea. He noted a young man reading a best seller, and when asked if it was good, the man yawnt replied with a pun about Hull as Dell in a Detroit Free Press item.
A physician reassures an anxious father in a domestic scene. The doctor, with forty years of experience, comforts the worried parent and claims he has never lost a father, easing tension as the couple awaits a rendezvous with Doctor Stork in the home corridor.
West Enfield Maine minister Rev Doris A Swett urges young women to study for the ministry only if preaching is the sole path that brings complete satisfaction. She notes she advanced through seven years of work in six to achieve her college degree and vocation.
A device in Germany records wrist punches that produce audible heartbeats plotted on a diagram. Physicians can use it to trace how alcohol tobacco or mental strain affect the wearer's system.
A study by Drs. Schwartze and Clarke of the Department of Agriculture finds tin lining in most metal food cans does not affect the human body. They fed guinea pigs asparagus and pumpkin stored in tin cans and gave humans two gram tin doses without absorption, noting no tin detected in the bloom stream after five days.
A fragment shows a tense exchange with one figure accusing the other of ignoring a small gesture. The reply defends attention due to extreme distance making a tiny hand invisible.
A California inventor pursuing a light projecting device for guiding aircraft at night demonstrated the concentrative power of his reflectors by turning the reflector toward the sun and cooking a joint of meat in the reflected heat. He claims to project a beam visible up to 450 miles.
Kert Gearson announces a new Berlin plant converting garbage into artificial silk guncotton and related products. The process extracts cellulose from waste and subjects it to treatment while distilling potato parings and wood scraps to yield charcoal tar and acetic acid.
A new anesthetic produced in Germany is described as more effective and agreeable than chloroform or ether. It is claimed to eliminate the need for an anesthesia attendant during operations.
Fashion for women highlights aviation wear in Europe with dressmakers showcasing outfits for air travelers. One notable costume features soft royal blue leather including helmet coat a short skirt and full length trousers.
Notice of petition for divorce filed by Stevie Free against Maude Free in Lumpkin Superior Court for April Term 1927. Maude Free is nonresident. service by publication ordered. Maude Free must appear at the October 1927 term to answer the complaint before Judge T I Sutton. Prepared by T I Christian, Clerk.
Famous figures noted for longevity include Judge Elbert H. Gary of US Steel aged eighty, former secretary of state Elihu Root at eighty one, publisher George H. Putnam at eighty two, and Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes at eighty five. Others span from Simeon Baldwin at eighty six to John A. Stewart at one hundred four, with Cyrus H. Curtis at seventy six and Ezra Meeker at ninety six.
Popular Science Monthly reports new methods for measuring volcanic heat at Kilauea Hawaii under Dr T A Jagger director of the Hawaii Volcano Observatory. Drilled ten foot borings cut solid rock at crater tertvals of 1000 feet then capped with metal rings to preserve samples for future readings.
A self operating plow perfected by F. L. Zibach of Grand Island Nebraska is powered by a gasoline tractor and controlled by an electrical device that starts and guides the machine in concentric furrows across the field, plowing without human touch.
Two thousand butterflies collected in tropical East Africa were shipped from Liverpool to America. Mounting of the specimens required 333 hours of spare time work by A Lovering of Clevedon England. The collection valued at $2,500 includes thousands of beetles grasshoppers and other insects gathered by Lovering.
The Pathfinder Magazine reports Hungary asked for the heart of the late emperor Charles IV. The heart is in Sequeitio Spain and could be placed in Stuhlweissenburg Cathedral to rest with Magyar rulers.
Traveling showman Prof. Ross Hall advertised electricity as a light source but was barred from indoor venues. Audiences feared fire or explosion, forcing all demonstrations to be held outdoors.
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