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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1910
Page
1
Several counties petition the state Prison Commission requesting work details and labor assignments for convicts. Officials aim to expand inmate labor programs to support local projects and reduce custody costs. The appeals emphasize grid, agriculture, and road crew tasks across the region.
Secretary Goodloe Yancey notified every Georgia county on convict apportionment for 1910. About thirty replies show demand for convicts will exceed last year, with many counties wanting more than allotted. Cripp and Douglas request state convicts. four counties decline. There are 100 counties using state convicts, seven counties using their own misdemeanors.
During the Farmers and Farmers Wives Conference in Athens Georgia the Georgia Breeder's Association was organized to aid in improving cotton and corn crops and the livestock breed. The group aims to use seed selection for crops and economic, modern methods of raising and feeding cattle and stock.
Georgia state agriculture department reports enforcement of the national pure food law across flour products. Of 360 samples tested, only two were bleached, taken from 18 towns, seized and removed from the market, with violations referred to U.S. officials.
One hundred convicts and Sumter's entire road crew are now concentrated between Americus and Ellaville in Schley county. The 14 mile stretch, with half inside Sumter, will see the two forces meet at the county line in about a month. A branch will extend 3 miles to Andersonville as work proceeds with vigor.
Governor Brown moves to clear the 1909 school fund in Atlanta. About $200,000 will be paid out immediately from last year’s money, with roughly $150,000 remaining available to the treasury for future use. The note signals accumulated balances resulting from enterprise and thrift, now held subject to orders and payable on demand.
State figures including Commissioner of Agriculture T. G. Son, State Entomologist L. Wor ll J. J. Lee, and Farm Union of Georgia president lead a statewide tour aimed at advancing the Die K Toot campaign started about sixty years earlier, seeking broad farmer support and outreach across counties.
A Pekin institution called the Nobles' School educates ninety six Chinese officials' sons in a modern English style. It combines Chinese teaching with one foreign language, emphasizes discipline, physical training, and self reliance, and includes military drill. A parallel lecture building hosts princes of Manchu and members of the Imperial house, with the Prince Regent sometimes attending.
A Topeka woman writes that quitting coffee and switching to Postum cured her insomnia nervousness and dyspepsia within weeks. She credits Postum with restoring sleep and digestive health and notes five years of improvement without medicines. She endorses The Road to Wellville booklet and says such letters are genuine and full of human interest.
Georgia bank examiners report a strong 1909 condition across state banks. Loans and discounts rose from 50.39 million in 1907 to 70.89 million in 1909. Deposits climbed to 66.78 million, with capital up to 20.23 million and total liabilities and assets rising to 108.63 million. The Bank of Kennesaw and Tifton bank are not state banks. assurance given no systemic trouble. Supreme Court upholds circuit court ruling on freight rate case. Georgia Fruit Exchange pledges exceed 60 percent of peach crop with expected 90 percent by first shipment. Rail charters and new electric lines noted. Brantley joins Ways and Means. Walton county soil survey planned as part of district agricultural school effort.
Luther Burbank originated fruit introduced by John Lewis Childs. Farmers and readers from Wichita to New Mexico tout the Wonderberry as a durable, high yielding crop. Noted supporters include John Burroughs and Judge Morrow, with claims of early fruiting, drought tolerance, and multiple uses from raw to cooked.
A Buena Vista resident describes thirty years of kidney pain and partial blindness relief after Doan's Kidney Pills. The note promotes the product with price and supplier details. The piece also mentions Capudine for headaches and the Cuticura Remedies claim for itch in Wales, plus a teaser about Berlin’s declining population and a Dropay specialist ad.
The sheriff will sell at the Lumpkin County court house door on the first Tuesday in May 1910 all listed unreturned wild lands for taxes due 1909. The parcels span multiple districts and include numerous lot numbers across Habersham now Lumpkin, Fifth District, Sixth District, and other sections. Titles to the lots show owners unknown and lands levied to satisfy tax executions issued by J M Richetts. The notice is dated January 15 1910.
The article explains a night lamp and oil trap to rid homes of fleas. Fill a glass with water, add an inch of olive oil, place a lighted wick in the center, and set the glass on a soap plate with strong soapsuds. Fleas are drawn to the light and trapped. For barns, use a milk pan with a lantern and kerosene to achieve similar results in a few nights.
A New Haven Register reader praises a dry method to refresh lace curtains. Remove dust then layer curtains with corn meal on sheets, roll and rest for days, then unroll brush off meal and air dry in sun and wind to restore look.
A Dahlonega shop touts one price for all and a cash basis with monthly due dates, offering delivery from a local stock list of firms including International Stock Food Company, Walkover Shoes, and Pa roid Roofing. It urges customers to trade locally, promises refunds for errors, and invites patrons to inspect goods or leave items for later pickup while stressing honesty, sanitation, and hometown profits.
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