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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1919
Page
1
Mickie delivers a lively local update from Tempe Arizona tracing a successful run and bacon as proof of effort. The piece emphasizes a steady stream of mail and press attention as phonetic slang signals a confident boast about outcomes.
A playful collection of maxims and quips on life work and language. The Rochester Herald notes how phrases shift with time mixing humor about substitutes aviation and human foibles. It playfully surveys common wisdom and cultural quirks in a concise vein.
An elevator boy in a New York office building endures public servants who resent questions. A fussy old lady asks if the motion, stopping, or the ride causes sickness. The boy finally answers it is answering questions that pains him.
A Russian innovator develops 41 life saving apparatus made from sunflower stalk pith. The material, described as lighter than cork, is touted for buoyancy and safety applications.
A concise moral note argues that a man who covets another’s property deserves to lose his own. The line warns against envy and emphasizes rightful ownership and consequence.
In Wide World Magazine M A Mc Donald recalls a first parachute experience. After a 150 foot drop the parachute opens and the flyer drifts 12 miles before a soft landing. He concludes parachuting is splendid sport despite danger.
A British army chaplain celebrated Mass at Cologne cathedral at the relics of the Magi. The skulls of the three wise men were brought via Helene to Constantinople Milan and Cologne by 1164. They rest now in the cathedral treasury near the organ in a golden Romanesque reliquary made about 1200.
A mother scolds her daughter Anne for eating olives and piling pits on her plate. Anne admits her piggish act and confesses she threw the rest on the floor to avoid further shame.
A newly married woman mimics neighborhood customs and trips over shopping. She tells her husband, with bright eyes, that she went to town and bought a tens strainer, illustrating her anxious enthusiasm.
A young man praised as the town’s heartthrob is embraced by a chorus of forty beauties. He declares his love for the girl deemed the world’s only one, while her father questions the depth of his feelings. He insists his love surpasses the girl’s own belief of it.
A church crowd nearly laughs at a rumor as a youngster attends his first service. The boy whispers to his father as the choir appears in surplices, asking if they will have their hats on. The moment captures a human, humorous pause in a solemn setting.
In a Scottish town a long serving town clerk nicknamed Paul lost a leg in a railway crash and was fitted with an artificial limb. Months later he fractured the other leg in a trap accident. Town gossip questioned whether the broken limb was his or the town's.
The prosecuting counsel in the case denounced the defendant with a long list of descriptors such as abandoned baneful and diabolic. The defendant’s lawyer quipped that the adjectives were alphabetized and joked about drawing them from a dictionary.
A Birmingham News piece quotes W A Curries lamenting rude treatment of ushers who try to be polite. He imagines an usher facing a seat taken by a hateful person and calls for Christian forbearance and a special sermon on proper church courtesy.
A naturalist argues that a whale could not live on land. He notes an elephant’s ungainly movement shows a whale would be immobile and unable to stand or move on land. In water the whale’s weight is supported, allowing free movement.
The essay argues that Eliot assigns daily companion foils to her heroines, typically sisters or cousins, who are dull, selfish, and unaware of their limits. These foils crave worldly advancement and practical usefulness, are always pretty, and embody a budding Philistine mindset focused on a narrow social world.
Official post office notice prohibits transmission of cigarette papers to Greece. Parcels to Macedonian Epirus Samos Aegean Islands and Crete are barred. Message urges sender compliance to avoid mail problems and penalties.
A mother calls to her children asking if they are in bed and they reply yes. She notes that it did not take long for them to say their prayers, revealing they divided the prayers into sections and recited them together.
A patent was granted for an electric shotgun design that uses sparks to charge cartridges. The system supports explosive gas or liquid charges as well as powder, indicating a novel propulsion method and safety considerations.
The southern swamp lands have grown since the Civil War due to rice field decay. Swamps remain a realm of romance, sheltering pirates, smugglers, and wild beasts. Private citizens have not conquered them, though small edges have been carved away. The nation must muster collective effort to tame these wild regions.
The article catalogs forty year spans tied to biblical figures and events. It lists Moses forty days on Mount Sinai and Jesus forty days in the wilderness, alongside Isaac, Goliath, Solomon, Elijah, Jonah, and St. Paul receiving or delivering forty unit periods.
A vivid passage praises bird study as a source of endless delight for students and explorers. The text notes how observing birds, even on ships, eases seasickness and provides constant wonder from coast to coast with references to Audubon and Labrador.
The Commonwealth law restricting Asiatic and native island laborers was enacted years ago. Broome pearl crews numbered Malays and Japanese with over 1,500 Japanese employed in the fleets. initial fears of the law destroying the industry faded as enforcement remained limited.
The Iguazu river cataract, on the Brazil Argentina border, drops 210 feet making it the world’s greatest. The falls span 13 123 feet, about two and a half times Niagara’s width. Water flow is estimated at 140 million tons per hour compared with Niagara’s 100 million.
An intermediate room teacher tests virtues with an exam on qualities such as truthfulness honesty and kindness A pupil defines kindness as being kind to every human creature from an ant on up illustrating a child’s sweeping inclusive view
John Jacob Astor advertised in New York on January 10 1789 for an assortment of pianofortes of the newest construction made by the best makers of London. His store was at Queen Street next door but one to the Friends meeting house.
A Philadelphia library sale of books once owned by a signer of the Declaration of Independence includes items bearing Franklin’s imprint. Thirty notable titles sold, reflecting Benjamin Franklin’s enduring value and influence among collectors.
The bag and spear illusion by a Hindu fakir is outlined with steps where an assistant is placed in a sack and repeatedly pierced by a spear after a counted breath sequence. The article notes the risk and precision required by both performers to avoid real harm.
An eminent physician lectures medical students on correct diagnosis of fees. He cites charges of 25 dollars per house call, 16 dollars for office consultation, and 5 dollars for a telephone consult. A listener asks humorously what he charges for being passed on the street.
A humorous exchange from Tit-Bits features Lazy Lorenzo and Dog-tired Dick arguing that abolishing work would end strikes. They imagine a future with everything done by electricity, but Lorenzo questions who will press the button, signaling a wary view of automation.
The foreman sent Nibs to trim hind feet when a quake or tornado struck. He recalls regaining consciousness to find YT hurled through the barn door into a gravel pit. The odd weather prompts surprise at the locale.
A furrier assures a customer the coat is genuine skunk fur and long wearing. She asks about water and rain effect and he quips that a skunk carries an umbrella, implying rain protection. The brief joke plays on the skunk’s defense against wet weather.
A shoe salesman asks a floor manager to have someone else wait on Mrs. de Style after recounting an incident at her house. He recalls spilling hot Oolong on her back during an afternoon tea fight, prompting the request.
A passage argues for wise conservatism that reconciles order with change and stability with progress. It contrasts conservatives and reformers as guardians of good and agents of earthly reform, citing Charles Sumner on human progress and divine order in movement.
A reflective passage on desire as a powerful force shaping daily life. The author compares longing to a hungry sea, noting calm periods beneath, while currents and small cravings disturb peace and the rights of others, with waves of selfish craving reaching outward.
A farmer scolds his son for sleeping in late and loafing on a stile. The boy replies he is following the lark, which rises early and sings, proving he woke before the world in a jokey reversal.
A blithe young woman walked into a bank and asked the paying teller to indorse a check. She explained her husband was away on business, but the teller obliged after she signed the back. The incident ends with the note Your loving wife. Edith in San Francisco Chronicle.
A quote from the Tuscaloosa Age-Herald questions the idea of success defined by a $15,000 annual income that lasts only after death. It critiques how landlords, butchers, and bakers would view such wealth as a sign of true prosperity or misfortune.
A Philadelphia Ledger fragment shows an excited proprietor chiding an ad writer for using the word nerve. The exchange hints at a crowded sales force and printer constraints in the morning issue.
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