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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1920
Page
1
Marine corps recruits become so husky after training at the depot here that they burst out of their clothes. Brig. Gen. Iir K. Cole has issued a special order to provide larger uniforms for new arrivals to fit after training.
A Christian Science Monitor note praises Countess Tolstoy for copying War and Peace 600,000 words seven times while Tolstoy revised the novel. It credits her patience, perseverance, and deciphering his often illegible drafts, noting she shared strong literary interests and deep involvement in his work.
An education committee of the British Astronomical Association, mostly schoolmasters, works to foster astronomy in British schools. Schools may affiliate at moderate cost, access the Journal, lantern slides, and other privileges. The association plans a special series of lantern slides for education.
Report says the duchess of Westminster owns the finest tiara among British peeresses. The crown features three great amends and is valued upward of a quarter of a million dollars.
A repartee unfolds as Mrs Vanderosa Stupid complains of excessive powder on her chin and Dennss responds with a courteous, apologetic question about the pain. The fragment captures a stage dialogue tone, suggesting social etiquette satire in a late period setting.
John Randolph Watson of Standish Corner Missouri and Camden underwent a groundbreaking operation at Hahnemann Hospital Philadelphia. Surgeons grafted skin from his legs over his eyes after an 1856 varnish explosion left him without eyelids. After years of wide eyed exposure in Alaska and Yukon, the grafted skin formed eyelids which were slit to enable blinking and eye closure.
Hugh Brady a Portland river official grappler, received a tip of a body and searched midstream with a dory and grappling hooks. He pulled up a gunny sack of quart bottles of whisky instead, which he took home and later faced a federal agent that evening.
The first Pan American congress of architects is planned for March in Montevideo Uruguay. It aims to establish a permanent Pan American architectural body with triennial reunions in American capitals and concurrent exhibitions to trace the region's architectural progress.
A traveler asks about community health and the tavern keeper in Tywoppity replies with humor. He says only two doctors existed. one ran off with another man's wife and the other was on the jury so long that all the sick got well.
Uncle Bill Bottletop notes progress on anti tobacco measures and asks about suppressing alcohol. He claims to have encountered tobacco that tastes altered or "enatured" suggesting broader reform ideas gaining traction.
A collage of historical snippets covers Faraday’s experiments in a shop, Chinese immigration policy of 1894, tire design ideas, Salt Lake City street naming, women’s athletic prospects, character and memory musings, a health resort in Acerra, Italy, a Dallas NewsSalesman joke, Siam musical scale, Corcoran Gallery painting cautions, a German court sentence, Nicaragua's soapy Nespa lake, a Frankfurt sausage anecdote, Mongolian marriage customs and prices, and market mischief by a girl named Anna.
The Eastern Europe Review names ten new republics formed after wartime changes. Figures include Esthenia with 1.75 million people and large but incomplete data for Latvia, Lithuania, White Russia, Ukraine, Kouban, North Caucasia, Azverbaidjan, Georgia, and Armenia with populations ranging from 3 to 45 million and varied ethnic compositions.
A Continental London Mail writer notes Senegalese soldiers on leave in Paris buy spectacles to impress peers. An optician describes selling concave lenses to a sighted soldier who wanted optics that would “make everything look funny,” then paid and left, colliding with furniture.
In a Chicago Tribune item a worker recalls entering an office elevator and calling out six, pretty to a woman, causing giggles as the car stopped at floor six. He avoids the phrase now and uses plain six to avoid embarrassment.
A playful quip from the Birmingham Age-Herald notes a jolly drummer who lights up gatherings and teases his line of work, hinting with humor that he sells Collins in a congenial business. The remark underscores his lively personality and social role.
A heated exchange centers on a boy who hurled coal at a cat prompting a strict pledge to handle the case. The guardian insists no boy of mine will waste coal and pledges attention to the incident.
The article notes vast wealth in Sudan cattle managed by Shilluck Dinka tribes and Arab traders. It describes gaudy goods traded for cattle and the remarkable discipline of herds moving along narrow roads, with opposing streams merging like rivers in long crossings.
A college program for disabled veterans uses a trough with a greased inclined surface as a walking drill. Trainees must walk 20 feet on the slanted trough to strengthen arches and instep. The method aims to improve both vocational training and physical condition for war veterans with flat feet.
A quip notes many Mississippi River residents avoid rent by living in houseboats. The reply questions whether water rent applies to such arrangements, reflecting a practical sting about housing costs and regulations.
The exchange shows a cautionary line about women making wine at home. Uncle Bill Bottletop responds with curiosity and a brief admission of having tasted some. The fragment hints at social attitudes and a humorous tone in a slice of life scene.
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