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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1925
Page
1
Georgia Lumpkin County administrator J. M. Wilkins seeks discharge of estate of John Ravan. Ordinary W. S. Townsend to hear objections by first Monday in March 1925. Also lists county officers and church details in this civic notice.
The Sherrif will sell before the courthouse door in Dahlonega on the first Tuesday in March at legal hours, to the highest bidder for cash, a one third undivided interest in a portable boiler and engine 12 HP and a Jamesville Saw Mill No 20 with a 48 inch circle, levied to satisfy a suit FG Jonestand vs F P and J O Thurmond from the City Court of Cleveland December Term 1922. The heavy property will be moved to the purchaser’s site in Chestatee District, January 30 1925. W M Hopstey Sheriff.
An old advertisement claims catarrh and deafness are caused by inflamed mucous membranes and promises Mall’s Catarrh Medicine will rid the system. The endorsement notes the product by Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio and urges readers to buy from druggists for over forty years.
Paper pulp from southern hardwood swamps could supplement or replace the dwindling spruce supply in the North. A Washington conference reported that black gum newsprint made from unbleached pulp yields one ton of paper from nine tenths of a cord, versus one and a half cords for spruce. Other woods like poplar and birch show similar promise as experiments with aspen beech and tupelo gum continue.
Farmers can turn beetles and other pests into profit by using dried beetles as pig feed and fertilizer. German beetles show 70.5 percent water, 29.5 percent dry matter with 55.3 percent nitrogenous substance and 10.9 percent fat. dried beetles contain up to 58.6 percent nitrogenous material and 25.5 percent fat. In Saxony a single year yielded 3,000 tons for feed and fertilizer use.
Studies by Stanislaus Novakovsky of Clark University tie a peculiar nervous disease to extreme Arctic living conditions. The condition appears mainly among women in northeastern Asia and shows epidemic features as natives repeatedly display howls grimaces and odd postures. Settlers from southern Russia often develop it, especially in arctic winters with poor hygiene and chronic worry over food supply.
A young woman in a raccoon coat steps from a jitney toward the sidewalk blocked by coal wagons. A horse noses her sleeve, she scolds the animal, calling it ill bred as the scene unfolds outside the Majestic Building in Detroit.
A clerk offers free engraving on an umbrella handle and a customer requests the name John Smith. The punchline reveals doubt about the name and jokes that many John Smiths exist, making theft unlikely.
Bangor Maine firefighters answered a call to a blazing farmhouse two miles out. A motor pump arrived after a muddy trip, seeking water as the farmer admitted there was none on the premises.
Poland develops a new port at Gydnia a few miles from Danzig transforming a historic fishing hamlet into a modern harbor town. Steamers unable to call at Danzig due to politics already use Gydnia increasing its maritime role.
Five year kindergarten training is offered in two institutions Wellesley College and the University of Cincinnati The Wellesley program runs on a strict graduate basis while Cincinnati offers a three year professional course built on a two year liberal arts prerequisite
Berlin violin maker Max Moeckel claims modern research nears reproducing Stradivarius quality. He describes a double secret of construction and a glue secret, the latter known for twenty years and proven by experiments.
Dr. Victor G. Heiser of the Rockefeller Foundation endorses claims by the Japanese Institute of Nutrition that a flour made from cooked and ironed fish powder can increase height. The by product of an American chemical maker is proposed to correct long term diet induced short stature.
In the Welwyn Garden City Pilot a column poses a hypothetical mugging scenario asking what one would do if faced with a gun wielding robber. The piece explores sympathy and reaction to banditry and personal danger.
Modern women are described as bold and outspoken yet possess a quiet courage beneath a playful irony. The piece contrasts them with Victorian stereotypes, suggesting modern women may be more useful to society despite flaws, challenging old assumptions about femininity and strength.
An analysis argues that stucco is not a modern invention but traces to ancient Greece and Rome. It notes that while application methods have evolved, the material shares core principles with Egyptian, Greek, and Roman building practices and remains widely used today.
A small children's museum in a rural Long Island community operates in a former poultry house. The building features a pointed roof and cross beams suited for perching birds, a wood stove for warmth, and long glass cases with a zinc table for conferences and mounting work by boy scouts. Saturday dinners are served to the boys, and the project credits homelike surroundings for its success.
Frost proof Early Wakefield and Flat Dutch cabbage plants offered by Major Crow’s Plant Farm Flowery Branch Georgia. 100 plants for 26 cents each, 800 for 56 cents, 700 for 1.00, 1000 for 1.25 postpaid.
A brief advertisement urges readers to obtain a telephone for personal use at low daily cost. It promises neighborly peace of mind and offers to arrange magazines and newspapers through R C and F L Meaders.
In Lampkin County Georgia Mrs N R Dockery widow of N R Dockery filed for year's support from the estate of the deceased. Appraisers have filed their return and the Court of Ordinary is to hear causes on the first Monday in March 1925. This Feb 2, 1925. W B Townsnnn
W B Lowe advertises ten day sale on sugar at 12 lbs for $1.00 and 14 pounds for $1.00 next Monday. Housey Bros lists prices on cotton seed products and lard. Tax novelty notices show Feb to March schedules for state and county tax returns in multiple Georgia locations led by A. Rav and T. R.
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