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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1917
Page
2
The item lists topics from tax rates in Fannin county to draft issues and local legal notices. It cites war department orders on horses and conscription, a lynching report in South Carolina, regional political moves, pension transfers, and a roster of men called into service.
War expenditures cited as daily totals, amid local road funding debates. A list of discharged U.S. workers for dependent-relatives is provided, along with notes on Brookton and Hall County convict labor for road building toward Dahlonega. A family reunion and church entries close the item with brief notices.
Advertisement from Morse Brother Lumber Co and Byrd Matthews Lumber Co of Helen Georgia seeking able workers to supply 25 000 to 50 000 railroad ties at a time. Call the Byrd Matthews Lumber office for details.
Mrs. Y. H. McMillan executrix warns no one has authority to sell or buy timber or firewood from the McMillan Farm in Dahlonega. Any further cutting and hauling will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. the property is posted and registered.
Petition for a Georgia charter to form Chestatee Railway Company a nine and three quarter mile line from Clermont Hall County to the Chestatee mines Lumpkin County with 150000 dollars capital. Principal office Atlanta. Petitioners certify four weeks notice in White Hall Lumpkin and Hall counties and seek charter per statute. Signed by N P Pratt J H Johnson W D Ellis Jr J M Varrett Joe Ashcraft Mell R Wilkinson GW McCarty Jr Van W Wilkinson Palmer Pratt H Ransford Dooner W D Ellis Jr attorney Grant Bldg Atlanta Ga
A historic advertisement touts Foley Kidney Pills as a remedy for backache stiff joints and rheumatic pains caused by sluggish kidneys. It cites user testimonials from Mr and Mrs Frank P Wood of Morrell Maine and promotes 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes claiming better value in the larger bottle.
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