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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1925
Page
4
A Queensland government program runs a mobile domestic science school on special railroad coaches. From five to ten weeks per town, the classes teach cooking laundry needlecraft and housekeeping to about fifteen girls. Many travel long distances by horse buggy or auto to attend and free cookbooks and hygiene pamphlets are issued.
A terse newspaper dialogue shows a son declaring the world owes him a living while the father asks how he would collect. The exchange hints at social tensions and personal responsibility.
A Sinia summer resort director plans a golf course with 100 laborers working day and night. A British diplomat offers technical advice while the Romanian royal family visits and the crown prince may become honorary president. Golf is largely unknown in the region though other sports are popular.
Electrification has opened on the Innsbruck Bludenz line, touted as Europe's finest mountain railroad. Guaranteed at Geneva, electrification advances rapidly with a 28 percent rise in express traffic and 14 percent more passengers. Vienna also reopens its municipal railway with electric traction as a step toward a subway.
The Rome municipal administration studies a plan to erect public baths near the Vatican. The building will imitate ancient Roman architecture and aim to match the famed ruins admired by tourists worldwide.
The article notes a historic surge of American students in France for university work with plans for credit transfer to their American colleges. The University of Delaware in Paris is highlighted as a pioneer with a regular delegation from its student body studying in France.
The five children of the late Thomas Merry of Connecticut total four hundred forty nine years. Their ages are one hundred one, ninety two, eighty eight, eighty five and eighty three in years.
The duchess of York unveiled the ancient Tive Sisters window in York Minster after a two year cleaning and restoration. The glass, dating to 1260 and famed as a grisaille masterwork, features five lancets each resembling a sister and stands over fifty feet high. John Tomain and fellow craftsmen restored its delicate coloring without any damage.
A clipped note suggests a return from a tour and signals possible detours in Motor-Weller plans, implying adjustments or delays without detailing specific events or dates.
American and British fishermen report unusually large catches in Norway's rivers including Langen Namsen Gaula and Traak Walton resorts. Forty pound salmon and 265 pound trout are noted as plentiful. An American near a famous pool used an open umbrella to scoop a large fish after abandoning his rod due to a thunderstorm.
Mr and Mrs W J de Roux began in 1922 from Johannesburg with three cents and lectures funding their trek. After walking one third of the way they report 13 000 000 steps and a wheel that has turned 59 000 000 times. They hope to complete the journey in four years, the first around the globe on foot.
A Budapest police case reveals the cousin of Alexander Petőfi requesting a permit to beg. Once well-to-do ten years ago he lost eight sons in the war and their small possessions were swept away. The beggar permit was issued.
J. G. Kellen, a 91 year old wealthy New Zealand farmer, insisted on making his own bed and refused hotel registration in San Francisco until he could continue this habit.
Large mica discovery near Dancroft Ontario with crystals weighing up to two tons reported as the largest show of mica unearthed in Ontario.
A legend from Bulgaria recounts King Ferdinand’s insomnia and a specially made clock that would not strike after 10 pm. A workman warned the clock would topple the throne if it fell, and a ladder strike caused the device to fail. The tale links the incident to Bulgaria’s war years with superstition.
Tye announces marriage to Fred after considering other options. The exchange reveals surprise among acquaintances as the couple confirms their decision to wed.
A traveler named Duck Ackleston is charged by Squire Cratchett with disturbing religious worship at a Booger Holler rock church. He protests innocence yet is found guilty, fined ten dollars plus costs.
The article notes that artificial lighting is common on commercial poultry farms in the Pacific coast and the northeastern United States. Lighting from November 1 to March 20 does not raise yearly egg production but shifts a larger percentage of eggs to fall and winter, when they fetch higher prices.
Electric street car systems in the United States cover 44 410 miles of track with 107 000 cars and employ over 300 000 people. They carry about 16 billion passengers annually. Cars cost 8 000 to 18 000 dollars each and require 300 dollars per year for inspection plus 59 to 100 dollars yearly for repainting.
Captain H. B. Rockwell, the oldest active steamboat skipper, commands the Vermont as it enters service for its eighty third Champlain summer. At ninety five, he began as a cabin boy at age twelve, with his first season aboard a sailing vessel.
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