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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1924
Page
1
A county directory lists various officials including mayor, clerk, tax receivers, surveyors, and assessors. It also names the county board of education, roads and revenues, notaries, justices of the peace, and representatives for multiple districts. Church services are noted for Methodist and Presbyterian congregations with schedules and officers.
Those in a run down condition suffer more from catarrh, showing constitutional influence. Wall's Catarrh Medicine is a combined local and internal treatment with over forty years of claimed success. Sold by all druggists F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
The article notes Jerez ten miles inland from Cadiz bay as the source of famed Sherry and other wines. It traces English adoption via Sir Francis Drake, the shift to dry sherry in the 19th century, and the city’s 60 000 residents whose lives revolve around winemaking. It also highlights religiously themed vineyard names and large casks nicknamed Christ and the Twelve Apostles.
A brief, dark exchange centers on a woman asserting control in a domestic confrontation. The dialogue highlights a stark power dynamic as the wife demands truth, using a sharp, metaphorical image of a rolling pin to secure answers. The line hints at underlying tension and possible incident.
The article notes Prince Cholensky, now married to Ava Astor daughter of the late John Jacob Astor, as a noted dancer and raconteur. A New York observer recalls a Park Lane dinner anecdote about quick marriages and a witty exchange on love at first sight.
Dr Charles K Mills recounts stories of absent minded men including Rathbone who spilled salt then claret and stayed by the fire. Tex Rickard recalls a mining camp poker game where a $100,000 opening pot is challenged by a 50 cent raise as the storm ends.
A nameless movie star allegedly offered a thousand dollar reward to find a rider missed for two days after a fall in the Tollywood mountains. The search succeeded and the finder then shared five hundred dollars with whoever located the reward proposer.
The Argonaut reports that Kemal Pasha views polygamy as an economic issue rather than moral. Wealthy Turks who can support multiple wives may do so, while managing many wives is noted as challenging. The piece suggests not all romance is fading despite social changes.
At a New York dinner Lord Castleross, heir to Kinmare, boasted that English people are the cleanest on earth and cannot live without bathing. He cited a siege tale from Rwha‑Ruba where Nyam‑Nyams besieged and a sign urged not to use soap to reserve water for tea.
A National Geographic bulletin notes Rhodes city and island rose with the Colossus as a 100 foot bronze statue, toppled by an earthquake in 224 B C. The statue lay silent for centuries before fragments were sold to a junk dealer. Knights of St John built fortifications 1309 to 1522 while Rhodes flourished as a Crusader stronghold.
In a witty exchange, a speaker questions whether baldness comes from thought, while another jokes about the rarity of bald-headed women, capturing a lighthearted social moment.
A mild man calls a woman the worst actress, only to learn she is his neighbor’s wife. He admits error as the neighbor reveals he wrote the rotten play, exposing a comic mix up in London Tit-Bits.
The cultivation of Oriental and Japanese persimmons has expanded in southern California over recent years, becoming a promising new industry for local planters and the region.
The Kansas City Star quotes J Fuller Gloom debating stock shares at the Goshwalloper Oil firm. A cautious investor voice warns that stockholders may soon become bagholders, reflecting broader concerns over company fortunes.
A tale from near Oban reports a nightly ghostly drummer that only begins when bagpipes play. Spiritualists traced the Irish drummer to the 1882 Tel el Kebir battle, but question remains why he roams Scotland.
A magazine excerpt notes language evolves as women shed old roles and men shift how respect and trustworthiness are described. Norman Hapgood explains future use may keep will for dignity while terms like gentleman narrow to specific traits.
The excerpt portrays Minnie as a dull, passive figure whose presence drains energy from a room. The narrator notes her failings as a potential wife and mother and contrasts her lack of charm with others who are kind or sociable.
A new machine detects the slightest silk thread unevenness to 21 000 of an inch and classifies defects in eleven heads. It winds silk from bobbins into skeins, passing thread through grooves with a .002 inch feeler to sense variations. Ten threads run simultaneously. any deviation stops the device, improving testing of Japanese silk shipments.
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