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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1918
Page
2
Reports note grim wartime conditions and policy shifts. Five additional executions for Houston riots are expected, while war manpower and conscription measures provoke debate among congressmen and military officials.
A New Year note thanks the Nugget editor for aiding the Epis copal Mission at Dablon2ga in distributing gifts to the poor. The letter praises the press for enabling outreach, mentions Christmas parcels for fifty children, cash and in kind support, and monthly pledges for six weeks. A separate item notes 578.94 dollars turned over by a new council and a warrant sworn for Albertson of Frogtown District to be tried for lunacy.
Directory lists Mayor Aldermen E B Dickery G W Camp J F Pruett A B Keith T F Jackson G W Vaughn Trustees City School Chairman Secretary and Treasurer C G WaAe John H Moore F Anderson Coane Officers Representative Craig R Arnold Ordinary W B Townsend Clerk Superior Court T F Christian Shonitianume ret ieriseasts J M Davis Tax Gallantor Wacis ie GC Porter Tax Receiver Alfred Grizzle Woraner in Aisa neeeeee Dr H Head W L Ash
Fragmented OCR line items describe a city area and events but lack clear names, dates, or outcomes. The readable bits mention West 27th Street and Aptos Day, yet no coherent incident or notice is identifiable for a concise summary.
The piece notes selected soldiers may stay home until February 15 while discussing war shortages. It cites Cuba sugar imports, coal shortages, river ice delaying mail, and a large powder stash theft in New York. It mentions deserters, drafted men, and total slackers, plus Civil War era style social quips and a settle up plea from T. J. Smith.
Public sale at the Lumpkin County courthouse on the first Tuesday in February 1918. Property of H C McGuire and G McGuire including farm implements, hardware stock in Dahlonega, and a half acre of land on East Main Street known as Goodman Hughes property. Sold under several Superior Court fi fas to highest cash bidder with delivery at specified locations. January 7 1918 M Davis Sheriff.
In the matter of H C McGuire bankrupt the creditors of the debtor a resident of Dahlonega Lumpkin County Ga are hereby notified that he has been adjudged a bankrupt and the first meeting of his creditors will be held at Gainesville Georgia on January 18 1918 at Lovelock a m at which time the creditors may elect a trustee prove their claims examine the bankrupt and transact such other business as may properly come before said meeting W B Stoax Referee in Bankruptcy.
A Chestatee Mines notice lists machine men and muckers earnings for the prior week. It records names, shifts, and bonus amounts totaling 25 shifts and 70 dollars, noting one man lost bonus for layoffs.
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