Directory listing for OLPY Government and county officials
A compact directory lists city and county offices and personnel for Olpy, Mayo, Auraria, Cane Creek, Dahlonega, Frog Town, Wahoola, and surrounding areas. It includes city marshal, clerks, treasurers, sheriffs, coroners, surveyors, and roads boards, plus church pastors and Sunday School superintendents.
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John H. Moore
W.L. Ash
Br. C. Meaders
T. F. Christian
Notary
Auraria
W. A. Hutcheson
Cane Creek
Luther Justus
J.P Fred Ash
N. P. Jrumby
J. B. Hatfield
N. P. Ghestatee
J. M. Wilkins
N. P. Davis
W.M. Wehunt
J. P
Head
N. P
Hall's Catarrh Medicine claim of constitutional influence
An old advertisement states catarrh worsens in run down health and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a combined local and internal treatment. It claims forty years of success and lists F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio as sellers.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
School Life and Child Friendly Classrooms
A humorous school column notes a teacher asking Wilie to invite cities and his reply shows a way to reach children. It argues teachers should trust natural child activity, favor open learning and library use over rigid desks and silent classrooms, and tune into the child’s interests.
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Wilie
Harhanees
Crocodiles Adapting To Land Movement In Monsoon
Crocodiles, though aquatic, travel long distances on land when necessary. They move in a waddling run with minimal belly contact, tails scraping, leaving tracks similar to a plow. In floods they inland travel to catch game and seek drying nullahs, risking later hunger.
Cost of Living in Oriente Ecuador Delivers Low Wages
In Oriente province Ecuador eggs cost about 10 cents a dozen, but barter lowers it to 8 mills per dozen. A $25 monthly income suffices for comfort with minimal rent. a five room house costs about $45 to build. Indian boys act as house attendants, each earning one yard of cloth weekly, enough for trousers, then swap places.
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Oriente
Ecuador
United States
Dickey
Current History Magazine
Mater
Weird Arctic beasts haunt distant wastes researchers probe legends
A U S geological survey led by Dr. Philip B. Smith seeks to chart a blank Arctic region between the Colville and Porcupine rivers amid rumors of enormous beasts leaving dinner plate sized tracks. Eskimo and Indian lore, once linked to mastodon bones, fuels intrigue among fur traders and gold hunters.
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Arctic
Colville
Porcupine
Philip B. Smith
United States Geological Survey
London
Smith
Polar Basin
Cream the most important food in diet says Pathfinder
The article argues that milk is the nearly complete food with all essential nutrients and cream stands out for its rich vitamins and fat content. It notes cream aids digestion, is prescribed for gout, benefits aged people, and supports energy and growth in children, featuring casein milk sugar and minerals.
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Pathfinder Magazine
World Largest Plate Glass On Display At Wembley
The London Times reports the 14 by 24 foot sheet was made in Yorkshire. Transporting it to London required a massive lorry and steam tractor with a special route and detours to clear low bridges. Its area reaches 836 square feet and could hold a dozen dancing couples.
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London Times
Yorkshire
London
First Vitamin Demonstrated at American Chemical Society Meeting
Prof Walter Eddy displayed a tiny vial containing white powder described by London Tit-Bits as the first vitamin ever seen or handled. A dose of about three hundredths of a milligram given daily to a rat on a deficient diet revived its growth to normal rate, astonishing chemists.
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American Chemical Society
Walter Eddy
London
Oysters Work Hard as They Feed in Warm Waters
Rutgers professor Thurlow Nelson finds oysters eat most of their time when water is warm, about 68 Fahrenheit. They keep shells open and suck in water for up to twenty hours daily, while activity drops when temperatures fall below 40. Tiny food particles require many millions to sustain feeding.
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Thurlow
Nelson
Rutgers College
Detroit News
Cruel She-Sweetheart Exchange Ends in Deadly Question
A cryptic dialogue between lovers unfolds as one teases a fatal outcome while declaring lack of insurance. The exchange hints at a violent conclusion but remains non-graphic and restrained. Authorities have not confirmed any act.
Weight Two Cowboys Break Promises to Quit Drinking
Red and Slim, partners in Weight Two, promised their girls to quit drinking for six months. Two weeks later they rode to town, split up, and on returning Red questioned Slim’s silence. Slim admits to lying about quitting, claiming he’s the bigger liar since he weighs more.
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Red
Slim
Bess
Rose
Testing Ground for Herbs at Harvard Garden
The Harvard university botanic garden will be a test ground for herbs suitable for New England. It will become a complete laboratory of northern garden plants. Gradual funding will expand plantings to include hardy herbs from the Rockies Pacific coast Europe and Asia.
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Harvard University Botanic Garden
New England
United States
Rockies
Pacific Coast
Europe
Asia
Snowballs in Summer In Murray Pa boys battle after snow discovery
On the hottest summer day in Murray Pennsylvania, miners unearthed a buried snowbank from last winter. News of the find drew scores of boys who split into groups and staged a lively snowball fight at the site.
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Murray
Women Known For Quiet Strength Draw Quiet Following
A London observer notes that the admired woman who gives rest to others becomes a sought after presence at gatherings. True rest comes from discipline and courage, not mere pose, creating security and harmony in her circle.
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Abe
Ilelen
The
London Mail
Curious ride home sparks hair fashion question
A mother takes Mary downtown for a haircut. On the way back a well-dressed young man with a flower and long hair sits in the aisle. Mary, with a shrill voice, asks if the man thinks his hair looks nicer than hers.
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Mary
Chicago Tribune
Watch in Its Own Time Defies Daylight Saving
Portland man Alexander Comeau owns a watch that stubbornly ignores daylight saving time. Last spring he set it forward one hour, then found the hour hand slid back to standard time. He repeated the adjustment, but after a few days the watch returned to standard time and he stopped fiddling with it.
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Alexander Comeau
Portland
Maine
Boston Globe
Comeau
Searched the Scriptures Mark Mrs Brooks Ninety-First Birthday
Mrs Eliza beth Brooks of Bridgeport New Jersey celebrated her ninety first birthday with many relatives including thirty two direct descendants She said she saw a paper suggestion to read through the Bible in a year by reading three chapters daily and five on Sundays and has followed the plan every year since making twenty five this year
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Bridgeport
N. J
Elizabeth Brooks
Teachers Debate Marriage at Bartholomew Institute
Henry N. Sherwood former dean of Franklin College discussed marriage and divorce at Bartholomew County Teachers Institute. A prominent local teacher urged women should marry when they get a chance, noting she had waited too long.
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Opportunity
Kaiecles Soret
Henry N. Sherwood
Franklin College
Bartholomew County
Teachers’ Institute
Indianapolis News
Stack of Wheats as Purely American Symbol
The Detroit News credits the stack of wheats as a purely American symbol born from a hybrid of native corn cakes and English muffins. It traces the dish as the first native bread taught to settlers, prepared simply by pioneer housewives with leavening and butter, often served with maple syrup. This bread linked immigrant meals with the pioneer march toward the West and matched the meals of workers and their employers.
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Detroit News
America
West
Wills Island
Humble Biddy Reveals Early Sugar Refining Hint
An elderly spectator recalls a curious method where a hen leaves muddy tracks in a sugarhouse. Wet clay refined sugar by moisture seeping through jar tops, producing whitened sugar. The anecdote suggests an accidental origin for a now large industry.
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Esteblich
Encore Hidden On The Program Causes Confusion
A concert anecdote recalls how an elderly couple misread an unseen encore as a surprise extra number. They later discover the unfamiliar tune was listed at the bottom of the program in large type, warning attendees not to whisper.
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Judge
New Yorker Tours Paris Ties Then Dines Out On Long Island
A New Yorker returning from years in Paris dines with film star and spouse at a Long Island resort. They order cocktails and champagne, share a simple dinner, and face a 689 bill. The Paris visitor calls the amount excessive for three people despite protection costs.
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Paris
Long Island
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Olpy
Vd. Ash
Mayo
We” Aldier Mien
F. Christian
Cantrell
W. P. Rider
Jus. Lownsend
N. Pitts
J. W. Grindle
J. A. Anderson
Prusthes
A. W. Cain
Cs. Secrees
W. H. Jones
J. M. Brooksher
UW. B
Townsend
Christian
J.M. Davis
Sherif Reka
O. Porter
H. Peck
Cantrell R
Baker Surveyor
John Oat Ver
O. C. Burns
H. Jones
Wis
Abercrombie
W. J. Free
F Db
O. Johnson
W.H. Jones
W. J. Hightower
G. H. McGuire
County Board OF Wdugation
Frank Parks
W.tones
D. Pierce
D. W. Caldwer
R. J. Hutcheson
County Schools
Carl Shultz
Methodist Church
BR. B. Hawkins
Epworth League
R. W. Hightower
Sept
Presbyterian Church
B. W. Baker
J. U. Carson
McGuire Jeweler
Dahlonega, GA
Burns
Blacksmith
T. V. Greenway
Dahlonega
Georgia
Fitts’ Nursery
Dahlonega, Ta
O.N. Fitts & Sons
Social Circle
South
Social Circle Board OF Trade
Soctar Circle
Yukon River
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