Local Government Officials and Board Members Listed
A partial government roster lists Baker and Moore as mayor and deputy, city officers including marshal Housley, and a long line of county and road boards. It names school, road, and justice positions with numerous J.P. and N.P. appointees across districts such as Dahlonega, Nimblewill, and Yahoola.
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Dermien
Moore
Wm West
Jos
P Hivaud
J. Smith
F. Jackson- W. Ff. Jones
Marshal Housley
HM Ustees City School
Deuomi Es Gartyet
Treas
Ty. Ash
Am. Rauber B
C. Meade
W.H. Jones
W. J. Hightower
Keith
Aes Board OF Education
Wis
IRA Et Ae Dxa
M. Ridley
W. T. Trowdy
D. Pierce
Carl Shultz
John H. Moore
W. L. Ash
Hk. C. Meaders
F. Christian
Notary and Jutsides Peace
O Maria
W. A
Only 2 to Gainesville by mail line advertised
The Gainesville mail line offers a reduced fare of 2 dollars each way. Advertisements invite passenger use and list contact as Avery & Vaughn in Lumpkin County, Georgia. Also notes Mrs. Eliza Dowdy’s application for year's support from J. W. Dowdy estate and a court filing requiring show cause by the last Monday in February 1922.
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Gainesville
Avery & Vaughn
Georgia
Lumpkin County
Eliza Dowdy
J. W. Dowdy
Court of Ordinary
W. B. Townseyp
Homer Head
Fr. A. Crane
PF. A. Crane
Jumpkin County
W., B. Townsend
Nuggets Office Keeps Land Deed Notes in Courts
Blurred OCR shows the Nuggets Office handling land deeds and court briefs. Officials maintain notes and options tied to sale and property records.
Captain Subdues Mutineers on Chester Kiwanis
A mutiny aboard the tramp steamer Chester Kiwanis off Statensland was quelled by Captain Job Cunningham and Chief Engineer Michael son. In a forceful confrontation with 34 drunken sailors, they overpowered assailants after a fight that left them and others with injuries. The captain and engineer summoned the harbor police to witness their restraint. The crew, split along racial lines, had quarrelled during the voyage from Boulogne.
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Shipping Board
Chester Kiwanis
Statensland
Job Cunningham
Police Department
New York World States
Boulogne
Cunningham
Fa’cisle
Michaelson
Staten Island
Summer resorters adapt to camping in bungalow towns
At Jersey resort areas campers swap gas ranges for oil stoves and haul water from hydrants while churches struggle to seat all worshipers. One woman carried a camp stool to church as neighbors treated it as a routine groceries run.
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New York Sun
Jersey
Prediction of missing rays in diatom species noted
At a Biological Society meeting the case of diatoms is cited where Uhrenberg observed species distinguished by ray numbers. He listed 12 counts 27 29 31 87 30 1 42 44 45 46 48 49 and predicted missing counts would surface. ten were found later though two remain undiscovered.
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Cuvier
Animal Kingdom
Biological Society
Thiis
Uhrenberg
Soda Mixer Recalls Dentist
A humor piece from the New York Sun recounts a stenographer asking a soda clerk to mix a chocolate malt with a spoon to avoid the noise of an electric mixer. She notes the machine sounds like a dentist’s dental drill, which unsettles her and prompts the request.
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New York Sun
Deep Plowing Urged To Restore Fading Soils
The article argues that soils on many farms are poor and overworked and that deeper plowing is needed to improve aeration moisture and subsoil fertility. It advocates fall deep plowing and subsoiling to allow roots to access more plant food and moisture for better yields.
Shakespeare is All Wrong by Impersonator Case
Bella de Turk walked past police, dressed as a man, and was spotted by two policewomen who noted the figure looked better in a feminine outfit. She admitted posing as male characters in theaters and was fined 25 dollars plus costs by Judge Berry for not changing back after the show.
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Bella de Turk
Dollie Fisher
Emily Greer
Columbus Dispatch
Miss de Turk
Dull and Brilliant Youths
An ex headmaster with 25 years of experience admits he was not a model boy and notes that brains alone do not guarantee success. Some dull or slow youths may mature later, while bright youths may fail to reach expected heights. A plant analogy underlines that longer youth can yield greater adult intelligence.
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London Daily Mail
Chalmers Mitchell
Eradication of Corn Smut Warning and Guidance
Agricultural notice on combatting corn smut in the Northwest cites rotation of crops and avoidance of fresh manure. EF C Stakman states spores multiply in fresh manure and recommends planting non corn on affected land. Smut is nonpoisonous and edible early on, with spores killed in the silo.
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Northwest
C. Stakman
University Farm
St. Paul
Doctor Stakman
Umpire Seated in Cage for Safety at Coast Benefit Game
A Pacific coast benefit ball game featured an umpire enclosed in a large wire bird cage with semaphore signals mounted atop. The umpire stood inside the cage as the game began and announced calls by raising the semaphores, ensuring protection from foul balls and loud critics while conserving his breath.
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Pacific Coast
Quarter to Spank Pirate at New Jersey Roadside
A small girl in a police hat stopped motorists at a New Jersey crossroads and fined them 10 cents for speeding. Most laughed or yielded, but three older girls intervened, pulled the child into a car and spanked her before settling up with a quarter.
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New Jersey
If I give you breakfast will you work to pay
A wanderer refuses to do manual labor explaining his life story will be more interesting than anything in a magazine. He promises a tale of many adventures and a colorful background over breakfast.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Missed Something at Communion Service
Thomas, the five year old son of a northern Indiana editor, attended a church service with his parents. After the long service the boy spoke up in the editor's car to say Aunt Edith had missed bread and grape juice at the communion, noting the family had shared the elements.
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Thomas
Indiana
Edith
Indianapolis News
Bacteria Counts On Market Fruit Survey
Government tests show bacteria per half pound on various unwashed fruits. Huckleberries 400000, damsons 470000, yellow plums 700000, pears 800000, gooseberries 1000000, garden strawberries 2000000, raspberries 4000000, grapes 8000000, currants 11000000, cherries 12000000.
Animal Sagacity Explained by Expert
An expert explains that reports of animal sagacity reflect strong olfactory cues, chance acts, or learned associations rather than true reasoning. The discussion suggests humans often misinterpret instinct and conditioning as higher understanding.
Regulation of Temperature Across Public and Private Spaces
Heating experts set uniform temps for buildings with 65 degrees for churches and 60 to 64 in lecture halls. Public buildings 68 to 72 degrees, schools 70, homes around 68, bath rooms 70 to 85. Hospitals vary 72 to 90 in operating areas while prisons stay 50 to 60, factories 65, boiler shops 50 to 60, machine shops 60 to 65, paint shops 80.
Gap Johnson Changes Mind After Dream of New Marriage
Gap Johnson of Rum pus Ridge Arkansas recalls a daytime nap during which he dreamt of marrying again. He described a chaotic scene with fourteen children and many dogs tearing through the bed while his wife used a broom. Upon waking he concluded he was not ready to marry again.
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Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Ark
Kansas City Star
Superstition in Wales Linked to Ear Cartilage Cure
A quarterly report notes Welsh peasants seek witch doctors for child illnesses despite English law. A widespread belief holds that a waxing moon ear cartilage incision by a female witch doctor can cure backwardness, with repeated attempts and large payments if initial cures fail.
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Wales
Arthur Hughes
Carmarthenshire
Brooklvo Wests
Machine Measures Golf Drive for Long-Distance Training
A Pittsburgh Dispatch item describes a new training device for golfers. A steel pole supports a dial connected to a cord holding the ball. when struck, the dial records drive force and estimates the potential length if the ball were free.
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Pittsburgh Dispatch
New Mileage Record in Moonshine Run
A Florida Times Union item notes a prohibition officer praised for his work. The source quotes a humorous boast about collecting twenty gallons of moonshine per mile from a runabout, implying high speed and enforcement playfully.
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Florida Times Union
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Baker
Gallinary Long
W. B. Townsend ‘Wlerk Superior Court
John Hyans
G. G. Evans
W. J. Free
D. O. Johnson
H-Mcguire
Dahlonega
Moore & Earlys
Witkins
J. R. Watkins Co
Dept. U. Memphis
Tenn
McGuire
Cari Beck
F. C. B. Detroit
FORD
The
Ford Motor Company
Louis E. Wisdom
Gainesville, GA
Bright Boy
Lad
Dream
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