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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1908
Page
3
Lumpkin county notes report new school funding, weather damage, road work plans, and community events. Posts on elections, church notices, funerals, and local commerce accompany updates on sickness, lumber prices, and a severe freeze impacting utilities and transport.
The Farmers Union calls a meeting at the Dab Lonega courthouse on Saturday February 15 1908 at 10 am. All locals to be represented by a proper number of delegates. Business of importance to be discussed.
The piece notes how some in politics favor religious rhetoric over scripture. It reports Rev A J Smith’s recovery from pneumonia and describes ongoing work by Rev G T Chandler and Rev W T Dowdy in Lumpkin Circuit. It also mentions Rev J E Blackburn’s health and his pastoral care of Siloam churches amid recent sickness and deaths.
A young man enters college here from California this week. Townsend's Stand is likely to change bands on the first of February, and owners of the concern are urged to call and pay it to Mr Watson by that date.
The excerpt notes Lumpkin County’s creation from Cherokee in 1882, with Dahlonega as county seat and academy incorporations in 1833, a Tesnateo academy, and various state funding for roads and institutions. It lists elections, juror raises, and civic milestones through the 1880s, including Dahlonega’s incorporation in 1883 and related public notices and officials.
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