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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1918
Page
1
In a Cleveland trial, a husky defendant testifying to pushing the plaintiff “a little bit” is asked to demonstrate. He slaps and kicks the prosecutor then lifts him and hurls him across a table, saying the force was “about one-tenth that hard.”
Horace Greeley sent Conwell to interview Ralph Waldo Emerson at his Concord home. Emerson, amid family, said he never laughs though he once did at a boyhood read. Conwell cited a tale of a mixed letter to a washerwoman and a lady Jove about a shirt bosom.
The piece defines parliamentary privilege as near total immunity from arrest for lawmakers while in session and traveling to and from sessions. It cites the U S Constitution allowing privilege from arrest during sessions and for speeches, with Indiana extending protection to civil process and a fifteen day pre session period, covering speech or debate protections as well.
The Sumitomo family owns the Sumitomo bank and copper mines and has distributed 2 1/2 million dollars to employees. Toyo Kasen steamers earn about 150 thousand dollars per trip from Hong Kong to San Francisco. Nippon Yusen receives 1.8 million dollars yearly government subsidy and earned 48 percent in the last half year amid subsidy debates. Japanese mining investment reached 4.767 million dollars in the first eleven months of 1916 versus 2.985 million in all of 1915.
The inkfish, a crafty cuttlefish, carries a small pouch of intensely black liquid. When threatened he ejects the fluid to form a surrounding black cloud that hides him from pursuing fish in the deep sea. This defense has earned him the name inkfish.
The article notes candle making as an art in Italy with hand crafted votive tapers. It describes pure bees wax kneaded and tempered with a secret combustion retarder and Egyptian cotton wicks treated to burn slowly. Small candles involve wax sheets rolled into algerones.
Ale and porter are traditional brewed beverages. Ale originates in Egypt and is fermented with hops. porter is a dark English malt liquor, linked to London porters, brewed from highly kilned brown malt and sometimes colored with burnt sugar. Both share core brewing similarities.
The term Western Reserve refers to northern Ohio. It began as a Connecticut property claim in 1786 when Connecticut ceded western lands to the United States and retained a tract adjoining Pennsylvania. This area, now the northeastern corner of Ohio, was called the Connecticut Reserve and later the Western Reserve. Full cession occurred in 1800.
The article traces cliff and cave dwellers from prehistoric times to modern eras. It notes Horites named for cavern living, an Arab mountain tribe in Palestine still occupying caves, and a recently discovered cliff dwelling community in Mexico.
The penitential psalms are seven in number: Psalms six, thirty two, thirty eight, fifty one, hundred second, hundred thirtieth, and hundred forty third. The distinction arose in early Christian times due to their marked penitence.
Richard plays with a toy machine when his mother finds Pete with a broken head. Richard murmers Richie ruff neck and cannot explain the accident. The incident centers on a carelessly broken doll and a troubled child.
A mother resting beside her maid overhears four year old Bobby utter a naughty word. She reproaches him and he retorts that he was told to sleep. The incident captures a humorous exchange reflecting household discipline dynamics.
A California inventor patents a device enabling a man to ascend a steel cable by turning a bicycle pedal attached to the line. The mechanism secures with a harness and clamps as the rider moves upward.
A reflective opinion piece argues that living with joy is hard when others resist happiness and that forcing truth fails if listeners lack readiness for it. The author urges balancing honesty with empathy rather than bluntly proclaiming hard facts.
A compact tale notes how the phrase by Uncle Eben frames a man who tends to his own business and yet earns little praise for being unsociable, highlighting a rural voice on social expectations.
A concise distinction explains that amiability and flabbiness are different traits. Meekness and weakness are not identical, and excess amiability can lead to weakness rather than strength.
Doctor Scheppegrell explains hay fever develops when atmospheric pollens reach 2 points and overcome patient resistance. He notes spring and summer cases largely come from grass pollen, though other plants like yellow duck and amaranth can trigger or sustain attacks with grass pollen present.
A speaker addressing 25 000 people at Crystal Palace felt no exhaustion after the event yet slept through Thursday and woke Friday morning. He notes the unusual fatigue despite a successful address. The remark appears in the Exchange.
An Exchange meditation on honesty and self awareness. The piece urges openness to uncomfortable truths from others as a real aid in self understanding. It praises the value of a frank friend who can reveal blind spots.
The text notes stamps were first perforated in England for receipt and draft stamps in 1853 and for postage stamps in 1854. Before perforation, stamps were cut apart with scissors or knives, and some heavy users even used a roulette to cut between stamps.
A witty note recalls Pitt seeking fresh taxes during war and receiving a friend’s quip to tax umbrellas and compel bishops to pray for rain in churches until victory. The reply highlights the era’s tax pressures and creative remedies in Somerset.
Bulkby asks Tunkingham a mental arithmetic riddle about ten dollars, five demanded, and Tunkingham answers ten as the remaining amount. The dialogue shows a playful exchange in a street setting with simple arithmetic.
In St Pauls Ly ons prison a curious collection of pens sits ready for guillotining. Each execution uses a fresh pen and the ink dries on the nib, leaving a stark record of the regulation receipts signed by the executioners.
A Penobscot lobsterman notes lobsters shed shells annually but questions how long the practice continues. He recalls catching large lobsters with heavy barnacle incrustations, suggesting barnacles grow over several years and may persist after molts.
A Judge notes Cynicus and Sillicus sometimes skim light features in newspapers. He jokes about glancing at weather tips and marriage listings.
Uncle Eben muses that self praise may hide forgotten truths about oneself. The quip frames memory and pride with folksy wisdom, warning against inflated self view.
Uncle Eben defines trouble as simply a lazy person’s label for hard work. The remark frames effort as the underlying cause behind challenges, contrasting perception with the toil required to overcome it.
A noted Lavater quotation about patience notes that a person lacking others patience shows his own deficiency. The saying emphasizes mutual restraint and empathy as a measure of character and virtue.
A reflection emphasizes that there is always a way to achieve worthwhile aims through determined effort. It highlights perseverance as a guiding principle for success.
A simple method teaches cutting a bottle by heating a rod and applying oil to seal a crack. Place the bottle on a level foundation, insert a seed line, heat a thick rod until nearly white, and touch the oil to it. After a few moments a crack signals a clean, diamond like split. If no crack is heard, cold water on the outside speeds the break.
United States refined platinum comes from crude placer platinum largely imported from Colombia. Small domestic production occurs in California as a by product of gold dredging, in Oregon from beach and hydraulic workings, in Nevada from Boss mine platinum bearing ore and Rambler mine in Wyoming, with substantial output from copper matte and gold bullion refiners both imported and home produced.
A concise exhortation urges continual motion in progress not to rest on past diplomas or praise. It warns that stagnation leads to decay and stresses ongoing effort to earn further gains beyond status and acclaim.
Ancient lake dwellings from the bronze age were built on pile foundations in lakes away from shore. Builders felled large trees, sharpened them, and drove the trunks into the mud using mallets while working from a raft.
Instructions describe securing unframed pictures with a narrow ribbon and brass tacks. Start at one corner, tack, stretch the ribbon to the next corner, and repeat all around the edge. Choose ribbons matching picture colors to create a pleasing effect.
The Buffalo Times notes stature does not equal courage citing Napoleon and the Duke of Luxemburg as short in stature yet famed captains. It recalls Mahone described as a spry midget full of Irish fire during the Confederacy era.
A museum in Japan housed a striking frame of beautiful knots tied in silk and gold thread. It formed part of Japan’s world fair exhibit and hung for six months with only two visitors noticing and inquiring about it.
Scientists from the geological survey estimate about 80,000,000 acres of land in the United States are at least partly covered by water. Even at the low end this suggests a country as large as Great Britain and Ireland could be submerged by such water coverage.
One of 45 privately printed copies of Robert Louis Stevenson memoirs fetched £12 in London for the quarto edition from the original manuscript. A first edition of No Arabian Nights also sold for about four times that amount, indicating strong collector interest.
A reflection on avoiding trouble by concentrating on one s own conduct. The quotation emphasizes independence from neighbors words deeds or thoughts and centers on striving for just and pure behavior through personal action.
A reflective piece argues that belief in fate imposes an enduring domination over people, comparing it to a tyrant that commands awe both night and day in a cautious meditation on freedom.
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