22 Feb 1918
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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1918
Page
1
The quote urges rising above petty concerns to avoid ruin when facing a major issue. It emphasizes that worry harms mental and physical health and advises facing troubles with willpower to conquer or adjust them.}}
Two boys attempting to drown a cat at the owner's request were swept to sea by an outgoing tide three miles from Port Elizabeth South Africa. The cat escaped the water and returned home.
Researchers test rice hull briquets with different binding agents. While the briquets heat well, high initial costs of binders hinder practical use. Work continues with hope a cost effective, satisfactory briquet will emerge.
When a faucet leaks or water flow is blocked a new washer fixes it. Washers cost five cents each. to replace turn off water locate the rod under the sink or in the basement unscrew the faucet remove the old washer fit a new one and turn the water back on.
A craftsman explains that every stage of creating stained glass is done by hand. He recalls counting twelve separate handlings of each glass piece and notes that even the lead work and slot openings are fashioned manually.
London Tit-Bits notes major floods in China with 1801 Yellow River overflow destroying about 2,000 villages and towns affecting 5,000,000 people. It also cites 1803 Mongolia inundations due to typhoons causing about 6,000 deaths.
The speaker urges steadfast work ethic and commitment to quality. Emphasizes perseverance and deliberate effort as paths to improvement and satisfaction in any task. Encourages consistent practice to become better and more valuable over time.
An American professor who has spent years investigating, gathering evidence from 1 703 young people, says both sexes begin to be wounded by Cupid at age three and that female love matures at twenty two while male love matures at twenty four.
Velvet originated from fur in China and was introduced to India. In the fourteenth century it reached Italy where velvet making flourished and reached its peak as an art.
The potato appeared in Spain via Hieronymus Cardan in 1553, then spread to England through Sir John Hawkins and Sir Francis Drake in 1563, and reached Ireland with Sir Walter Raleigh in 1580. The note traces early introductions by notable individuals and dates.
The mountain regions of Cuba contain ridges and valleys of extremely fertile land, mostly untouched and existing as they did since the Spaniards, offering rich agricultural potential.
Sugar is the most common sweet produced mainly from sugar cane and beetroot, with beetroot contributing slightly more than half the supply. It pleases the palate and helps sustain the body as a readily soluble and assimilable food component.
Dr. F. H. Verhoef of Boston describes injecting India ink into corneal scars via a hypodermic syringe. The new method replaces old tattooing and yields superior cosmetic results according to the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Charles Brown of San Rafael California plunged from his roof and was drenched with a garden hose at full pressure by neighbors. Doctors found his vision fully recovered and he wondered whether the fall or the hose caused the cure.
The Louvre began as a royal residence and was converted by Napoleon into a museum housing a premier collection of paintings, statues, and art treasures. Many works moved from Italy have been returned to their rightful possessors. The grand Louvre buildings, started under Napoleon I and finished by Napoleon III, opened in 1857.
The article recalls oxen as the slowest beasts before railroads noting a farmer and his ox taking two weeks for a round trip to market with twenty five to thirty bushels of grain, a journey now achievable by rail in half a day, while the oxen trudged at two to three feet per second.
A humorous note from the Ohio State Journal quips that a man of sedentary and intellectual pursuits faces a severe test of poise as he attempts to lift seven or eight newly released watermelon seeds from a tablecloth with his left hand without his wife noticing.
Edward faced repeated admonitions about his remarks on food. At a neighbor's dinner he declined cherry pie with a playful line, saying he was crazy for it but asked to save it for supper. The moment shows tactful social navigation.
Chinese gardeners plant tiny statuette figures in pots and train live evergreens to grow around them. Vines cover the figures forming a robe with white faces and hands emerging from the foliage.
An Arab saying found in an Arabic treatise parchment attributed to a ruler critiques wealth. It voices that riches corrupt the soul while virtue sustains hope, reflecting a bitter verdict felt by the rich today.
A brief fragment shows a speaker facing a paradox about eating eggs or chickens. The line imagines the consequences of ordinary acts provoking thoughts about what could have been, highlighting a tension between desire and empathy.
A brief Washington Star quote presents Uncle Eben comparing life to a rough trip in a flivver. He warns that straying from the right path leads to getting lost the harder one travels. The quip captures a folksy, cautionary outlook on life’s navigation.
Mercurius or Mercury in Roman myth is the god of commerce and gain. He was equated with Hermes of Greece. A temple to Mercurius stood near the Circus Maximus by 495 BCE and an altar near Porta Capena beside a well. His festival on May 25 honored merchants visiting the well for magic powers.
The text describes Mindoro as a large Philippine island province about 100 miles from Manila with over 80 000 acres of mangrove swamps. It notes virgin growth trees that could yield about 50 000 tons of bark and roughly 17 000 tons of ecuteh, and questions why such growth remained untouched.
Monks from nearby Lanthony Abbey carved seats inside the ancient Cradock church on the Monmouthshire border. The eight century edifice features a fine tower now dilapidated and in need of speedy restoration to avert ruin.
A brief provocative note argues that rules and programs curb ordinary minds while pioneers of thought break free from prior guidance. It asserts progress comes from resisting conformity and following personal insight over established doctrine.
The text describes play and work as connected when interest, competition, and desire to succeed drive a definite end. It notes work becomes fatiguing and distasteful if these elements are missing.
An educator notes that genius equals infinite capacity for taking pains and talent shares these traits. The remark states that persistent, patient work leads to success, and those who discount hard, plodding effort are unlikely to prevail despite natural gifts.
A classroom dialogue recounts Balaam as a distant prophet who rides a donkey. The student narrates anger at the animal and a heavenly voice admonishing striking the donkey as sacred.
The Bulgarian milk is sun dried to concentrate ultraviolet driven germ development. This traditional method exposes milk to the sun producing a concentrated product as the drying finishes.
Moss, the name for several flowerless plants thriving in damp places, is valuable in mountainous and wet districts for retaining water and reducing the risk of sudden floods.
A witty note from the Florida Times Union mocks a girl who values her georgette crepe waist above romance. She refuses to let her attire be mussed and stays away from a well known Mendelssohn tune.
The article lists tall structures with exact heights: the Eiffel Tower in Paris at 986 feet, Blackpool Tower at 20 feet, New Brighton Tower at 570 feet, and the Woolworth Building in New York at 750 feet.
In a Broadway showroom a well groomed man eyes a $3,050 car he plans to marry into. A girl admires the model and a prior taxi colleague interrupts with news of his move to a new driving job before they decide to head to a nickel theater.
A New York commuter, notorious for dozing on the way home, now uses a wristwatch alarm set two minutes before his station. The alarm, described as a watch charm, stops him from overshooting his stop and adds peace to his nightly journey.
The article explains December 22 as the year's shortest day because most of the sun’s path is below the horizon and local noon is at the lowest sun angle. From then, days lengthen slowly with a three week lag where sun time rises later while clock time sets later, shortening forenoons and lengthening afternoons. forenoons grow longer by mid January.
A writer extols Fez as a beautifully kept oriental city with a battlemented wall surrounding compact whitewashed houses. Narrow streets are tightly built with no vacant spaces and rooftops draped with drells. Green light filters through vines as locals in white robes and red head dresses move about.
The sermon on upright living features Parson Miles who, with dry wit, orders Brown to open windows on a bitter night. He insists the windows stay open for health, despite the congregation's surprise at the stern reply.
An article discusses money making as a developing ideal in American life. It argues the modern mindset toward wealth is subconscious yet powerful, driving enterprise and achievement. The piece urges abandoning old contempt for money and the belief that desiring riches is degrading.
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