Directory City Government and County Officials Listing
A detailed roster shows city government including Mayor W. L. Ash and trustees and clerks. County officers include Ordinary Townsend, Clerk Superior Court, Tax Collector Housley, Tax Receiver Portee, Coroner Ray and various tax assessors and registrars. Also listed are the county board of education, superintendent of county schools Seabolt, roads and revenues chair Moore, and multiple notaries. Methodist Church notes list Rev. R. B. Hawkins as pastor with service times and Epworth League leadership.
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W. B. Townsend
Christian Obee Aed Esa Bilge S Ain
W. A. Housley
C. C. Portee
A. R. Ray
County Board OF Education
Frank Parks
W.T. Dowdy
C.D. Pierce
D. W. Caldwell
J. Hutcheson
J. J. Seabolt
John H. Moore
W. L. Ash
CO. Meaders
R.C Meaders
Auraria
J. A Chapman
J. P
Cane Creek
Luther Justus
J. P. Fred Ash
N. P. Davis
J. W. Rider
B. HH. Higgins
N.P. Dahlonega
H. ©. Lovelace
J.A. Anderson
Hightower
J.N. Satterfield
For Sale Two-Year-Old Mare Mules Trade Likely
For sale a pair of six year old mare mules weighing seven to eight hundred pounds. Will sell or trade for a Ford Roadster. Noan Croster.
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Ford Roadster
Noan Croster
Fitts' Nursery Ad Promotes Trees and Prices in Dahlonega
Our business has been established in this county for years selling thousands of fine trees. We offer a large variety and reasonable prices. If interested write G N Fitts & Sons, Dahlonega, Ga.
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G. N. Fitts & Sons
Dahlonega
Sheriff Sale in Lumpkin County Georgia March Auction
A one third undivided interest in a portable boiler and engine rated at 12 horsepower and a Gainesville Saw Mill No 20 with a 48 inch circle saw are offered for sale by the Lumpkin County sheriff. The property remains in Chestatee District and will be delivered to the buyer at that location. The sale occurs at the courthouse door in Dahlonega on the first Tuesday in March by order of F G Jones against J Po and FP O Thurmond. Sale proceeds go to satisfy a fi fe from Giley Court of Cleveland. January 30 1925. W M Hovsey Sheriff.
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Georgia
Lumpkin County
Chestatee
F.G. Jones
W. M. Hovsrey
Medical claim for catarrh and deafness remedy
An advertisement asserts a treatment for deafness caused by catarrh has cured patients for over forty years. It identifies J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as the manufacturer and markets the medicine nationwide through druggists.
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J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Discovery of Platinum in Transvaal Boosts World Supply
Prospectors find commercial platinum on a Transvaal farm, with lodes spanning 10 to 15 miles and ore grades from 9 to 137 troy ounces per short ton. The discovery could lower prices, as platinum remains essential for chemical processes and nitrogen fixation, though demand from jewelers keeps the metal expensive at about $100 per ounce.
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Transvaal
Africa
Laughable jab frames unearned increment pun in Tory tale
In The Windows of Westminster a writer nicknamed The Gentleman With a Duster recalls Sir William Hicks who became Joynson-Hicks after marriage. He mocks socialism with a question about unearned increment and a heckler’s witty reply about the hyphen between Joynson and Hicks.
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Westminster
William Hicks
William Joynson-Hicks
William
Joynson
W. Orton Tewson
New York Evening Post
Largest White Topaz Displayed At Chicago Field Museum
A 90 pound white topaz from the Maramba mines Brazil is exhibited at the Field museum Chicago. O C Farrington head of geology department says the 205 120 rings of one carat could meet topaz demand for years if sold. Farrington led one of Capt Marshall Field’s South American expeditions.
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Field Museum
Chicago
Maramba
Brazil
O. C. Farrington
Museum
Capt
Marshall Field
Telephonic Demands Grow for Cable Materials
Demand for telephone cable in the United States drives large purchases of lead antimony copper paper and related materials. The effort targets 129000000 pounds of lead 1200000 of antimony 66000000 of copper and 12000000 of paper to produce 63000000 feet of cable containing 30000000000 feet of single copper strands as demand rises yearly.
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United States
Osceola School Nutrition Campaign Improves Grades
A primary grade in Osceola Arkansas cut underweight students from 46 percent two years ago to 16 percent now. The improvement is attributed to local nutrition workers and their campaign efforts reported by the Chicago Daily News.
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Chicaro Daily News
Labor-Saving Ship Calking Tool Replaces Four Units
A combination tool for driving oakum into deck and hull cracks replaces four separate calking pieces. By turning a set-screw, the unit is adjusted and ready for use, simplifying repairs on boats.
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Cleveland Plain- Dealer
Forgotten item prompts muffled family exchange in Boston
A maid forgets the requested item and the mistress questions what was needed. The maid insists she does not recall what was asked. The brief exchange captures a domestic moment from a Boston Transcript clipping.
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Boston Transcript
Bromide Supply Nearing Exhaustion Because of Gasoline Additive
The worldwide bromide supply is nearly exhausted as demand surges with lead tetraethyl in gasoline. Prices have risen from 15 cents to 50 cents per pound due to the heavy use in fuel additives.
Florida Western and Northern railroad to be straightest line
The Florida Western and Northern railroad will be over 200 miles long with only eight miles of curve when completed, described as the straightest railroad line in the United States.
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Florida Western and Northern Railroad
United States
Louisiana's Strawberries Grow Into Major Industry
The report notes strawberry cultivation began on a two acre farm in 1876 and expanded to 16 000 acres. It now yields about 3 500 000 dollars in revenue and supports around 4 000 families across the state.
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Louisiana
Dead Letter Office Receives Millions of Misaddressed Mail
The dead letter office handles 16.5 million dead letters and parcels plus 9 million cards annually. Public loss from misdirected mail totals about half a million dollars yearly. No item reaches the dead-letter office without prior directory service at the addressed post office and exhausted address searches.
Fisk University Receives Million-Dollar Endowment
Aid to Negro Education By matching a conditional offer of 500000 from the general education board Fisk University has established the first million dollar endowment for college education of the negro in the history of America The income of this fund is to be applied exclusively to teachers salaries.
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General Education Board
Fisk University
America
Skate Overland Land Skates Speed Over Pavement
Germans produce Overland skates enabling ten miles per hour on smooth pavement and seven and a half miles per hour on rough ground, offering a new mode of mobile recreation.
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Germany
New Ice Chest Promises Cooling Without Ice
A porous pottery chest is being introduced to the country as a hot weather solution. It claims to keep food cool without using ice or chemical cooling agents.
Beet Sugar Content Holds Steady Despite Bigger Global Crop
Global beet production rises markedly this year with European harvest up about 4 million tons from last year’s 15.889 million ton total. Despite larger supplies, sugar content in beets has not increased in proportion to the increased crop.
Not Long Here Play Mah Jongg
Conversation humorously contrasts American and Chinese cultures as a Chinese resident rejects long residence in America for playing mahjong.
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America
X Ray Analysis Advances in Coal Testing in Britain
Progress in commercial X-ray analysis is noted in Great Britain for testing metals and coal. The method adapts the X-ray stereoscope technique with preliminary treatment to reveal mineral constituents, such as using pyrite to dissolve soluble coal portions.
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Great Britain
Gas vs Gas in refinery lampoon ends in burst
Quoted exchange reports Maj. Ira K. Widenfuller describing Senator Smugg’s alleged plan to gas his room with a speech on today’s issues. A henchman questions fatal intent. wariness about the gas causes a pipe burst as the gag backfires.
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Ira K. Widenfuller
Kansas City Star
Fur Trade Boosts Foreign Fur Shipments to London Sales
European economic gains raise foreign fur trade and American demand. Shipments of foreign furs to the London sales rise while heavier buying for foreign accounts at winter sales is forecast. Americans and Canadians buy abundant North American furs, despite shipping costs, with beaver and lynx among the popular species.
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London
Cabbage plants and farm ads from Dahlonega area
Cabbage plants frost proof Wakefield Flat Dutch offered with price tiers and post paid options. Major Crow's Plant Farm in Flowery Branch advertises Go One Bagwell wagon and used-condition sale. Profit Makers Brown Leghorn eggs set at Jenkins' Store, Dahlonega. Daily Dahlonega to Atlanta bus line schedule via Princeton Hotel.
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Harry ‘Wakefield
Flowery Branch
Jenkins
Guy F. Jenkins
Dahlonega
Atlanta
Pinceton Hotel
Central T
Frep Jones & C. O. Wrst
Telephone Notice Stop Worrying Neighbors with Your Own Phone
An advertisement urges readers to obtain a personal telephone at low daily cost, promising peace of mind and a clear conscience. It also offers magazine and newspaper subscriptions and is signed by R. O. & F. L. MEADERS.
Application for year's support in Lumpkin County Georgia
Mrs. N. R. Dockery has applied for a year's support from the estate of N. R. Dockery deceased. Appraisers filed their return. All persons concerned must show cause before the Court of Ordinary on the first Monday in March 1925 why the application should not be granted. February 2, 1925. W. Towss Enn, Ordinary.
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Georgia
Lumpkin County
N. R. Dockery
Court of Ordinary
WV. B. Towss Enn
Also Mentioned on This Page
W.L. Ash
Aldernen
M.C
C. HH. Jones
Y. G. Abercrombie
W. J. Free
K. O. Johnson
Ew.h. Jones
W. J. Hightower
G. A. McGuire
Fitts’ Nursery
Sheriff’s Sales
G. H. McGuire
Dahlonega, GA
J.S. Speer
Dahlonega Cash Store
Park Street
B. Low
Phillipson
Ron
J. Hurcurson
R. O
F. L. Meaders
Brannon's
Bradford Street
Gainesville
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