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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1910
Page
2
A collage of quips on wealth, aviation, fashion, and society notes from the era. It comments on aeroplanes versus cars, insurance and money, fashion trends, and petty observations about markets, travel, and police, with humorous asides about horses and celebrities. The piece weaves social commentary and light satire across disparate topics.
Andrew Carnegie transfers 10 million in 6 percent bonds to 27 trustees including former cabinet members and professors to foster universal peace by abolishing war between nations. The fund may later support altruistic causes to aid mankind after wars end.
In Concord New Hampshire Mrs Mary Baker G Eddy directs her will to make the mother church of Boston residuary legatee after other bequests. The will gives George W Glover ten thousand dollars and ten thousand to each of his five children a further donation to the Christian Science board of directors ten thousand and other gifts to relatives and attendants. It also forgives a debt on the Second Church of Christ Scientists New York and leaves her diamond breastpin to Mrs Augustus B Stetson of New York.
In Milner area near Barnesville Georgia and Chattanooga Tennessee a series of racially charged night riding and attacks leave Will Atwater fatally wounded and a white assailant likely killed. The violence follows weeks of threats against Black residents as defense groups form.
Washington reports reveal a confidential war department study detailing serious gaps in national defense. Secretary Dickinson's memo cites shortages of manpower, guns, and ammunition and calls for army reorganization and a national defense council led by the secretary of war. General Wood’s confidential testimony highlights weak points and potential threats from Asia without alarmist language.
An informal report by Dr. H. G. Perry of the Rockefeller hookworm commission notes about 65 percent of pupils at Dothan public school in Houston county show hookworm infection. Examinations by Perry and Dr. J. K. Orr indicate a widespread need for medical treatment across surrounding counties.
The Senate confirmed Howard Douglass White of Louisiana as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. Willis Van DeVanter of Wyoming and Joseph Lamar of Georgia were named as associate justices, joining the high court in the vacancies. No action was taken on other matters.
The nominations for the new commerce court include Martin A. Knapp for five years and William H. Hunt for three. John Emmett Carland, Arthur C. Denison, Julian W. Mack named for short terms. B. H. Meyer of Wisconsin and C. H. McChord of Kentucky named to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Nora Bass and Silas Cox arraigned in Albany on counterfeiting charges with bonds set at 500 dollars. European wine production is down, temperance groups gain unlikely support. In Chicago, 500 babies have been born to striking garment workers, with milk provided to 7,500 infants daily.
A column notes Kentucky lore around the mint julep and mint tea, claiming Missouri produced 7 653 pounds of mint last year enough for 1 224 320 juleps, alongside jokes about moonshine and a mix of product marketing and regional boast.
A reader recounts pale health from daily coffee use and recovery after switching to Postum. He describes confinement to bed, stomach troubles, headaches, and weight gain to 148 pounds after a week of changes and five months of improved health, praising Postum as life giving.
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