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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1925
Page
1
A partial list shows city trustees clerks and county officers including mayor treasurer secretary and sheriff with church notices. The document also advertises Hall’s Catarrh Medicine claiming to treat catarrh and deafness and names J J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as sellers.
In Lumpkin County Georgia the sheriff will sell on the first Tuesday in March at the courthouse door in Dahlonega the property of F O Thurmond and F P Thurmond. The sale includes a one third undivided interest in a portable boiler and engine 12 horsepower and a Gainesville Saw Mill No 20 with a 48 inch circular saw. The property is levied to satisfy a fi fa in favor of I G Jones against F P and F O Thurmond. Delivery to purchaser at Chestatee District. January 80, 1925. W M Hovarny sheriff.
A remarkable specimen, the whale shark also called Indi Pacific basking shark and bone shark, has drawn wide interest at the Natural History Museum. It feeds like baleen whales using highly developed gill rakes that trap tiny organisms as it sweeps through the water with open jaws.
Maud reveals she married the fellow she was eager to meet, confirming the union after the initial curiosity. Mary remarks she hoped to know him, and Maud states the marriage occurred.
The Toulouse region in southern France raises a million geese yearly, with Toulouse alone consuming 100000 of them. The Toulouse goose is large and gray with white underparts and a reddish beak, reaching up to 33 pounds. The egg-laying season starts in January with about 45 eggs laid, and foie gras exports from France in 1920 approached 2,000,000 pounds.
The Times reports fifty five deaths, noting one at 101, six at 90 and over, and nine at 80 plus. The sixteen ages sum to 1386 years, averaging 86.625. Six died at 70 plus, six at 60 plus, five under 60, with 22 ages not stated. The piece argues early Victorians laid the foundation for long life.
A survey of unusual bans reveals how workers across seas, theaters, breweries, hospitals and industries avoid certain words. Scottish fishermen fear rab bit while London theaters shun fire and tide substitutes. Krupp forbade death, shaping estrangement from his wife.
A humorous verse notes West traveling to the country for rest. Farmer Snapper’s daughter, described as a flapper, creates a social stir. The poem implies pressure and strain on West’s system from romantic entanglements.
The Royal Photographic Society unveiled a tablet in memory of Henry Fox Talbot, hailed as the father of modern photography. Talbot, a Cambridge mathematician, devised early methods from 1835 including a calotype process and a waxed paper negative, predating daguerreotype fame.
Francois Michel argues Basque sailors knew Newfoundland and parts of North America centuries before Columbus. He suggests Columbus drew on Basque knowledge to believe in a western continent. The idea of Basques linking to America and possibly pre dating European discovery is discussed.
Treland ranks among lands with ancient customs tied to omens and signs. The piece notes Celtic beliefs on disease transfer similar to orientals, including methods to cure whooping cough and toothache. It cites a Chicago Journal account by R. H. Tingley.
A western congressman is described as disparaging toward heavier women. His wife, who weighed 106 pounds at marriage, grew to 186, prompting attempts at fitness. A hidden tactic involved scattering coins in the home to entice her to bend, a ruse the husband supposedly applauds as the wife’s weight rises.
A tavern guest recounts a fire in Petunia sparked during a Sock and Bustin club play at the old op ry house. The fire chief, a farmer with iron will, supposedly rusted from earnest sweating, arriving too late as the blaze destroyed three buildings.
A Barton Hall report from Helsingfors shows Finnish folk high schools have not gained male enrollments despite more schools. In two institutions no male students were registered last year. Economic hardship forces farmer sons to stay home and work, reducing study participation.
The American Railroad association reports that in the last half of September 33 955 locomotives were repaired and turned out of U S railroad shops. Improved handling of the big iron horses is driving a gradual reduction in these repair costs as railroads modernize maintenance.
Health experts and dairy groups promote milk fountains in major cities. Shops offer only milk beverages and compete with soft drinks, with some outlets designed to resemble the old farm dairy.
A Spokane incident raises a legal puzzle as the prosecutor debates the sale of produce on Sunday. The charge involves a dealer selling tomatoes on the Sabbath, with tomatoes defined as both fruit and vegetable in dictionaries.
Danish men and women increasingly use cosmetics and toilet articles as talcum powder exports to Denmark doubled from the previous year, highlighting rising consumer demand.
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