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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1912
Page
3
Dahlonega notes include town events, school snow activities, band plans for Georgia towns led by Prof Steiner, local raiders against stills, and reminders about street repairs and an ordinance restricting street presence for boys after 5 PM. Reports touch on mail delays, court cases, subscriptions, and community ads.
Veterans form on the public square at 10 30 this morning and are escorted to the Chapel. The program includes songs prayers recitations declamations talks by veterans and bands followed by the bestowal of crosses and a benediction. Afterward Lynch will be served at the court house by the Gus Boyd Chapter U D C and citizens and school children are invited to attend.
A 1911 marriage license register issued by Judge Pruett lists numerous couples from Lumpkin County, detailing names such as J B Cronan and Minnie Crane, W G Spencer and Mrs Fannie Landram, and many others with both white and colored entries. The piece also notes oil and wagon trade disruptions, with scarce goods and rising prices for wood.
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