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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1908
Page
1
The Georgia County School Commissioners Association plans its annual convention in Brunswick on March 31 and April 1 and 2. The executive committee met at the State Capitol to set the dates and discuss state school funding and requisitions.
In certain regions of Australia leather is employed as a material for horseshoes highlighting regional craft practices and adaptive use of available resources.
The tenth anniversary of the Maine destruction was observed in Havana with ceremonies. A flotilla gathered around the wreck and floral offerings were cast, including wreaths from the Daughters of the American Revolution, Governor Magoon, Mr. Morgan, the American minister, Major General Barry, the American Club, and the Rural Guard.
General Meyer endorses a parcels post expansion tied to rural routes. Farmers back the plan while merchants fear harm to business. Proposals include weight limits to 11 pounds and tiered rates up to 12 cents per pound, aiming to boost local trade and rural service.
Central Labor Union meeting in Kensington Philadelphia declared 35000 to 60000 people in the mill district are in need of relief. The area is described as one of the world’s great industrial centers and the appeal seeks immediate support for suffering workers and families.
Hugh Dewitt, a Mexican war veteran at the Indiana state soldiers' home, died Wednesday night at age 938 years. He was buried Thursday beneath a tombstone he carved reading Dont live a batch as I did Ive with a plain moral for future generations.
An endorsement emphasizes Truth and Quality in health, praising Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna for its mild, effective laxative action. It claims the product cleanses internal organs without debility or dose increases, is natural and physician approved, and urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. version.
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt notes cold as the most frequent headache cause, mentions laxative and quinine as remedies, and includes a clipped dialogue about finances and capital with a tense exchange. The dated phrasing reflects period humor and commerce references.
An article fragment discusses deafness caused by inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh, promising a $100 reward for cures by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It also notes a police anecdote about officers falsely reporting a deceased cat to gain pay.
A dialogue from The Catholic Standard and Times features Miss Ascum and a grouchy bachelor debating vanity and birth. The exchange centers on whether vanity stems from being born female or inherent nature.
A famed German doctor argues coffee damages the heart due to caffeine. He promotes Postum as a healthier substitute, claiming many patients and his own family benefited after switching. He cites readings from The Road to Wellville and endorses the product from Battle Creek, Michigan.
Night riders about 300 strong raided Eddyville Kentucky at 1 am on Sunday whipping ten men including Police Judge C W Rucker and former city marshal Leslie Woods. The mob fired over a thousand shots, damaged Rucker's home, warned County Judge Crumbaugh, and left plans to return. No tobacco stores attacked. one young woman reportedly grazed by a stray bullet.
Charles W. Morse financier and promoter of major combinations including the ice trust and a coastwise steamship merger was arrested on his return from Europe. He was held on two indictments totaling about 100000, bonded $20000, and released to his Fifth Avenue home after declaring his innocence.
A Southern and New England delegation met Speaker Cannon on Saturday and learned the forestry bill creating forest reserves in the Appalachians and White Mountains cannot pass. Cannon has opposed the measure since its introduction, now citing treasury deficits and a pledge to spend only what is essential.
The Zambesi River falls are hailed as the greatest natural wonder on earth. David Livingstone called the main fall the most wonderful sight he had visited in Africa, describing a two mile wide river dropping 420 feet, far surpassing Niagara Falls in size and spectacle.
The Atchison globe notes a man who believes he knows more than a doctor may resist medical advice but often accepts a lawyer's suggestion of a climate change as a remedy.
Promotes Salzer's vegetable yields and seed mail offer from La Crosse Wisconsin. Claims high per acre returns for onions cucumbers peas and peppers and advertises free catalogs plus sample seed packets mailed postpaid for 12 cents or 16 cents with extra items. Concludes with a quip about excuses.
A mother recalls her baby niece covered in eczema suffering nights of scratching and crying. After doctors offered years of sores, use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment brought a cure in three months, per Alice L. Dowell of St. Louis in May 1907.
Cloverport Kentucky police judge J H Wills offers to answer inquiries on kidney and backache ailments and endorses Dean's Kidney Pills as the best remedy he has known. The pills are sold by Foster Milburn Co at 65 cents a box, Buffalo New York. Straight whiskey maketh a crooked path.
An advertisement page promotes Brown's Bronchial Troches for asthma and bronchitis relief, Paro Ointment for piles with a money back guarantee, Garfield Tea claimed as a natural laxative, and sample requests. It includes an insinuation exchange about marital strife as a comic snippet.
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