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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1920
Page
2
The issue notes Sheriff J M Davis seeking reelection. It reports liquor shipments, sugar exports, census work, and taxation. It mentions a Lexington Kentucky shipment, a Santa Fe style rail tale, and a county clerk’s list of select service registrants. It quotes about reform, protests, and a food theft case in Oakland. It ends with ads for Hall's Catarrh Medicine and local fund news.
Dahlonega welcomes Dr West as new citizen while thirty nine Nuggets ship to Dawsonville post office and other offices in Dawson county. Wedding of Dall Posey and Miss Bessie Dotson, plus Lunsford Moorehead nuptials. Revenue officers report county liquor activity. moving picture stills crew prank ends with arrest.
A long list of donors and contributors from Dahlonega and nearby towns is recorded, naming individuals such as J. V. Davis, Dahlonega 2, and H. W. Gee, Pendergrass 2, along with other residents in Georgia and one entry from Socorro New Mexico. The list notes varied towns including Dahlonega, Murrayville, Clermont, Chestatee, Dawsonville, and Atlanta, with occasional occupations and notes about service years.
The Georgia soldiers disabled in the war since April 6, 1917 are entitled to benefits under the Sweet bill. It lists temporary or total disability payments and monthly allowances for dependents including children and a wife, though the values appear garbled in the source.
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