Local City Officials and Church Listings
Directory lists city officers, trustees, county officials, roads, schools, and church details. Notes Baptist and Methodist services, and a prisoner thank you letter to Lumpkin county authorities and the Baptist B Y P U for Sunday activities.
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T. F. Christian
A. West
Jos. Townsend
T.H. Wimpy
T.F. Jackson
WH. Head
Law
Baptist B. Y. P. A
The
Baptist Church
Lumpkin County Chain Gang
Zion
Joan H.arnorp
Blanks for sale at the Nugget Office
The Nugget Office lists court blanks, notes, options, land deeds and related documents for sale. Local buyers can acquire J. P. blanks and other legal forms from the office.
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J. P. Court
Nugget
BUT THEY DIDN'T COUNT Wood I was surprised to learn that Stone went flat broke
A fragment notes Stone losing money and mentions Steele with various currencies. A parent rebukes a child about going to the picture show after a poor golf day. The tone is casual and recollective with casual dialogue fragments.
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Wood
Stone
Steele
Going to the fancy dress ball as a fiend in human form
A humorous exchange reported by the Louisville Courier-Journal. A man jokes about his wife’s marathon dancing rule, claiming he will attend the fancy dress ball as a fiend in human form.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Naming the Baby in Richmond Times Dispatch Tongue
A playful exchange in the Richmond Times Dispatch wittily notes the parents’ indecision over baby names Charles and Myrtle with a quip about including Robert Jr. The light moment highlights family naming choices and local newspaper tone.
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Jack
Charles
Myrtle
Robert, Jr
Richmond ‘Times-Dispatch
Dates Imports From Turkey Lead U.S. Trade Surge
United States imports of dates show Asia Turkey supplying most, with 49 million pounds total in 19 1. Turkey contributes 26 million pounds and Palestine about 2 million pounds, reflecting a strong Middle East role in year’s shipments.
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Asialie
Turkey
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Asia
Palestine
Hin Myria
Hats Made From Old Carpet
Boldly patterned carpet pieces are cut to form cloche and mushroom hats in a simple style. The brim and crown are bound with ribbed ribbon in the dominant color, with the ribbon repeating around the crown to create a unified look.
Canton Cotton Mills to Build New Plant in Canton Georgia
The Canton Cotton Mills plans a new cotton mill in Canton Georgia with completion aimed between January and April 1924. About 650 to 700 new workers will be hired for various positions as the plant opens, featuring modern machinery, good ventilation and heating, and new housing with free utilities and sanitary facilities.
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Canton Cotton Mills
Canton
Georgia
North Georgia
L. L. Jones
Emetic Mistake: Servantwoman Aims at Remedy Gone Wrong
An English servant girl, unsettled and seeking relief, drank from a medicine bottle marked for dosage. She explained she mistook her own status and believed she was the emetic, taking a spoonful from the cupboard instead of a safe remedy. The incident prompted hospital questioning of her motives.
Why Wives Seek Alimony G B Shaw in Getting Married
A Boston Evening Transcript excerpt cites G B Shaw in Getting Married, equating a husband to a phonograph with many records. It comments on wives seeking alimony amid marital strain and social commentary on marriage dynamics.
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G. B. Shaw
Boston Evening Transcript
Tasle Works Like Fan
A round table described as a German invention with a top that carries sectors beneath and can extend to enlarge its size. The design allows modular extension and flexible seating or surface area.
Banjo Imitates Drum With Spring-Head Device
A banjo fitted with a spiral spring clamp over its head lets the instrument imitate a drum when played. The device attaches to the banjo and produces a drumlike rhythm during performance.
Rival Husbands in Writing Cookery Books
It notes that the wives of two famed novelists, Mrs George Meredith and Mrs Joseph Conrad, wrote cookery books. Each had a prefatory note by their husbands. Mrs Meredith’s book was never published though the manuscript was offered for sale in London.
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George Meredith
Joseph Conrad
Meredith
London
Giant US bomber built to carry 10000 pound bomb
The United States army completed a giant airplane designed to carry a 10000 pound bomb. The craft features six engines totaling 14400 horsepower and an estimated speed of 100 miles per hour, marking a powerful weapon of war capable of sinking major battleships.
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United States Army
Giving Him Hope
A dialogue from Life features Alice and Virginia debating marriage roles. Virginia laments control over finances as a husband exercises freedom, while Alice asks why she accepts it, highlighting domestic tensions and money concerns.
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Alice
Virginia
Showers of Rice The First Thinkers of Rice
A brief historical note claims the Chinese pioneered rice cultivation while asserting a later innovator introduced the practice of throwing rice at celebrations as a playful idea. The text blends history with a cheeky reinterpretation of cultural rituals.
Substitute for Tea Cassena Captures Southern Taste
The Southern states have long known cassena as a tea substitute. The cassena shrub grows wild from Virginia to Texas. The Bureau of Chemistry in Washington reports a method to cure cassena leaves yielding a delightful beverage and believes the process can be scaled commercially.
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America
Virginia
Texas
Bureau of Chemistry
Washington
Sweden's Growing Market for American Cars
American autos dominate Sweden with many preferring lighter models. Sweden houses about 40,000 cars, and a large share are American makes. The market targets medium and low priced American cars for Swedish buyers.
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Sweden
Jute Raising Prospects in Burma and Dairy Production Compare
Experiments indicate jute on lower Gurma’s alluvial lands could match India’s best. In dairy, the United States ranks mid among 11 leading producers, with Sweden at 69 gallons per capita and Denmark at 68. The United States average is 48 gallons per person.
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India
Lower
Gurma
United States
Sweden
Denmark
Japs To Use Chinese Ore For New Iron Furnace
On March 18 1923 the cornerstone of a new iron furnace was laid at the Asano shipyard in Tsurumi near Yokohama. Construction is expected to complete within the year and iron ore from China will be used. The projected annual pig iron output is about 50 000 tons.
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Asano
Tsurumi
Yokohama
China
Sheds New Light on Atolls
A New York Herald article summarizes scientific expeditions to Pacific islands showing general slow uplift of atolls. Elevation lifts reefs above waves, allowing terrestrial vegetation and animals to exist. This challenges the old subsidence theory of reef formation.
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Investmee
Pacific Islands
New York Merald
The Doubtful Year
A dialogue fragment contrasts certainty about spring with a request for a specific year. The exchange hints at uncertainty in dating a chicken’s origin and asks for a concrete record of the year associated with spring.
Welsh Coal Seeks Market in Canada
Welsh anthracite coal owners and exporters plan to offer anthracite in Canada with competitive prices to rival American coal. They intend to ship large tonnage to Montreal in summer, establish coal wharves and cook breakers, and grade and treat coal there to supply Ontario and Quebec markets promptly.
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Montreal
St. Lawrence
Ontario
Quebec
Local Tales From Town With Fires Falls And Steeple Accident
An in town talk recounts a minor fire seen while visiting the county seat, rumors of an unsuccessful lynching, a painter injuring himself after falling from a church steeple, and sparse injuries including a head wound or leg break, all described with casual understatement.
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Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Kansas
Hatpin Mishap Sparks Church Sermon
A Chicago Tribune clipping recalls a man who spent a week at the movies and, in church, accidentally dropped his hatpin on his lap. He recovered the pin and endured the service in misery as friends looked on.
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Chicago Tribune
Sunspot Cycle Shows Lower Solar Radiation This Year
A daily report notes Professor Abbott's finding that solar radiation may fall a few percent this year. It explains sunspot activity varies with cycles about eleven years, and we are currently near a sunspot minimum. The paradox is that despite many dark spots, the total solar output is influenced by the same underlying cause.
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Daily Press
Professor Abbott
Pagan rituals and dungeon cure of insanity in Kaisariye
Melville Chater in National Geographic describes Anatolian peasant beliefs in nature spirits and a church dungeon at Kaisariye where insane patients are chained and starved to “exorcise” the devil. The practice, dating to medieval times, calms patients after days of bread water and confinement.
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Melville Chater
National Geographic Magazine
Kaisariye
A Salad Bed Velix and the Shetland Pony
Four year old Felix and his brother moved from Indianapolis to Liberty with a Shetland pony. While the pony nibbled backyard grass, Felix’s attention wandered to a neighbor’s lettuce bed. He rushed inside shouting his mother that the pony was in the salad bed.
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Velix
Sumer
Liberty
Indianapolis
Smallstown
Pelix
Felix
Dexter
Indianapolis News
Sympathy Shared At Wedding Farewell
In a light hearted exchange Mrs Murphy thanks Mrs Sullivan for crying at her daughter’s wedding yesterday. Mrs Sullivan replies she cried not for the bride but for the groom who married her.
Largest British Isles chimney planned at Coven
A towering chimney project is planned for Coven to rise 865 feet making it the largest in the British Isles. The record tallest chimney worldwide remains the 506 foot structure at Great Falls Montana.
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British Isles
Coven
Great Falls
Mont
Endurance Contest Proposal Sparks Saxophone Debate
A Vancouver Province note questions the plan for a saxo phone endurance contest, hinting at tougher times ahead and urging caution about the proposed event.
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Vancouver
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R. H. Baker
Eno
Townsend
Repetiae
Christian Sheriff
Erature
M. Davis Ce
Porter Wa
H. Peck Sercierns
Cantrell Surveyor
Tah -R. E. Baker
John Evans
C. C. Burns
G. &. Evans
W. J. Free
D. O. Johnson
W.H. Jones
W. J. Hightower
County Board OF Education
J. M. Ridley
W. T. Dowdy
C.D. Pierce
D. W. Caldwell
R. J. Hutcheson
Carl Shultz
ROADS
J. P
Cane Creek
Luther Justus
J. P. Fred Ash
N. P. Crumby
L. B. Hatfield
N. P. Chestatee
J. M. Wilkins
N. P. Davis
W.M. Wehunt
B. H. Higgins
N.P. Apes
C. Lovelace
J. P. A. Ry Ray
N. P. Frogtown
G. i Jones
N. P. Hightower
J. N. Satterfield
N. P. Jones’ Creek
M. H. Kendall
N. P. Martin’s Ford
H. M. Poore
J. P. J. A. Hollifield
N. P. Nimblewill
J. M. Calhoun
Porter Brote
B. Ricketts
N. P. J. M. Duckett
J. Shoal Creek
McGuire Jeweler
Dahlonega
Head’s
Fox
Bank of Dahlonega
Tasle
Burma
Theo
Welsh Coal
Anatolia
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