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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1919
Page
1
A rookie graduate marries a girl from his training town and drafts a careful note to his family about finances while his father questions the phrase financial condition. A second rookie also writes home about his new wife, an orphan, prompting a mother's quiet, humorous correction about a fat fireman in the family.
The article argues periodic sleep is essential for life and recuperation. It cites Thomas Edison and Herbert Spencer as examples of minimal sleep, but cautions against emulating extreme cases. It suggests adults can reduce sleep by 20 to 40 percent if fatigue poisons are avoided and diet is balanced.
The Prussian Guard, famed since the late 1600s, evolved from Trabant Archers to a full army corps under Frederick William I and Frederick the Great. Its size grew after Napoleon's Imperial Guard inspired expansion, drawing the cream of each year’s recruits into its elite ranks.
The United States Navy, aided by the American Red Cross, erected a 250 bed base hospital on an old Irish estate. The facility is supplied by portable bolt together houses, solving lumber shortages, and includes a staff of 128 physicians and attendants with its own garden dairy and poultry farm.
The Yale Review criticizes stunt flying as a thrill tactic and argues training and skill are essential for survival in air combat. It notes that modern airplanes are stronger and stunts less dangerous, while emphasizing the need for expert wing control and marksmanship for future fliers.
A Melbourne era note argues the crow helps curb sheep pests in Australia while a Red Cross scrap book recounts two GIs delivering a machine gun under fire to silence German positions at dawn. The piece blends wildlife aid with wartime heroism in a single column excerpt.
A German army authority proposes linden bark moccasins to ease leather shortages. Made from young twig bark, the shoes supposedly last two years, are light and adaptable, and could be produced for 1 million pairs using forests near Laon. The plan would employ prisoners and wounded soldiers in making them.
A letter from Dr. Robert T. Morris of New York city to the American Forestry Association warns that September to April is the correct period to cut black walnut trees to prevent root death and safeguard future timber supply. President Wilson has urged Boy Scouts to mark the trees.
In a French American hospital a wounded lieutenant with no legs receives six pairs of socks from his wife. He asks what to do with them, and a fellow patient jokes that he is "out of ink" as the punchline lands.
Negotiations for an aerial postal service between Britain and the Netherlands are complete and Netherlands is busy with final arrangements. Amsterdam to London flight would take about one and a half to two hours. Dutch military airmen will pilot, with full cooperation from the war ministry, and an Amsterdam to Groeningen route is also planned. Large airfields are being prepared near Amsterdam.
In France a German plane buzzed a farmhouse but was driven off by precise rifle fire. A lieutenant colonel in the American army, enraged by the audacious intruder, grabbed the weapon and established air supremacy in that area.
In the wash room two bluejackets, regulars with four year enlistments, wash clothes before the weekly inspection. One man, after a year of service, complains of long station life. His mate replies, If you don’t like it, give three years’ notice and quit the navy.
A quarrel at home ends with Joseph claiming he is the engineer of the establishment while Laura warns the boiler could blow up and fling him into the next street. Meekly worries about medical board grades as tensions rise in the domestic scene. Beds of ore may lie miles away as Fessenden sound methods probe subsurface geology.
The author portrays a legendary commander as a compact, formidable figure. He notes the general’s Napoleon like wealth, cigar habit, and frank speech akin to Joffre and contrasts him with Petain for diplomacy. Despite age near seventy, his resolve remains unshaken.
Sing Sing prison battles a labor shortage with 1,500 inmates and no female staff. Officials are puzzled as they refuse to hire women, despite a maid allowance. The only woman previously employed was a short‑term telephone operator who left due to the male environment.
Noorvick, near Nome, Alaska, claims to be the only Wski mo village in the north with electric lights and a wireless plant. Delbert Replogle, a Noorvick schoolteacher, installed the light plant and wireless station and left natives in charge while he traveled to Nome en route to the States.
A witty remark attributed to a medical journal mocks doctors as self absorbed. The speaker, young Elizabeth, questions the sense of doctors being ill while insisting they are surrounded by themselves.
A California farm spans 40 acres devoted almost entirely to growing violets. The operation highlights specialized horticulture and regional floral production.
The line suggests a reflection on faith and resilience, noting that even revered saints experience moments of weakness. It frames faintness as a natural part of a spiritual journey and emphasizes perseverance through doubt.
Naturalists compare fish mating behavior to pigeons bowing and cooing to mates noting similar courtship instincts in aquatic and avian species. The observation highlights parallel signaling and partner choice in two distinct animal groups.
A Maine report notes a gangway incident involving individuals named Bumpus and Catch. Details describe the scene and the sequence of events leading to the sign in question, as reported by the Boston Transcript.
A reflective musing notes that pride underpins many major errors, attributing fault to arrogance rather than circumstance. It frames pride as a foundational flaw influencing judgment and outcomes across contexts.
The piece cites Lewis Weisenberger arguing a carefree vacation breaks norms, recounting a boy who washed not his face yet enjoyed the trip. It also notes British aviators predicting air travel will reshape thought, yielding broader horizons and a more humane view of humanity.
The American Red Cross canteen at Dijon praises Tom a colored cook from Georgia who, language barriers aside, secured a nearby French baker’s ovens to bake a chocolate layer cake for the troops on the last Saturday in August. Miss Field lauds his ingenuity and spirit.
Major Theodore Waters writes in the Christian Herald about Marcus a 14 year old boy described as a small industrious and honest prodigy. He speaks multiple languages reads English Russian French and Arabic and endured several regimes while supporting his widowed mother.
A parliamentary committee report summarized by the Arbeiter Zeitung of Vienna reveals severe child labor in Austria. More than one third of schoolchildren work, with high participation across ages six to fourteen and many starting work at five or six.
A terse exchange quotes a woman questioning a man’s intent and a man retort on motives in a Boston Transcript excerpt. The witty line highlights concerns over money and reform within a marriage proposal context.
Air plants thrive without soil and draw moisture from the air. Spaniard's beard Tillandsia usneoides often attaches to telephone wires, becoming a nuisance needing workers to clear it away. The plant lacks proper leaves and looks like a mass of green gray threads.
The Holland hotspot preserves a historic dish made by Spaniards who cooked it over campfires during October long ago when the Hollander forces drove them from their land. The stew resembles the Northwest mulligan and the West Indies pepperpot, though the latter adds crab meat and dumplings.
A grandfather tending bees invites a safety warning from a guest. The boy Clair ignores the warning saying he is not afraid because the bees know him. The scene captures a child’s bold curiosity amid a family activity.
A man takes a friend for a drive in a car that stalls and jolts along a park road. The friend notices a sign reading Pleasure cars only and warns Smith not to continue on that road.
An aviation teacher warns that the nose dive is a dangerous maneuver. The piece humorously notes the dive applies to julepation as well, claiming a nose dive into a julep is exhilarating but eventually makes the nose resemble a premium strawberry.
In a snappy exchange, May Cutting notes a resemblance to Miss Hoamley-Ritch, prompting Belle to remark on Belle’s jealousy of Miss Hoamley-Ritch. The playful taunt centers on appearance and social snubs.
A Jersey City magistrate sent a woman to jail for highway robbery and another man to the detention house as a common scold, illustrating a range of court actions in recent proceedings.
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