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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1925
Page
4
A Tar Riveraville disputed report to the New York World tells of a rabbit defying a bulldog after a moonshine boast. Mayor Roceoe Bailey of this town recalls a chase on the main road as the rabbit backed the dog to retreat. Henry F. Sutton, U S commissioner, also describes a rabbit chasing a large black snake.
A New Yorker returns from Panama with swarms of a new bee species that allegedly won’t sting people. The twist is grocers fear customer reactions to honey from these bees.
Fred Walker of the University of Florida uses a cap mounted electric light and a .82 caliber rifle with fine shot to hunt rare giant katydid species. The Florida Entomology Department has recently identified ten or a dozen new insect species and confirmed others in the state.
English scientists question whether a Gulf stream shift explains worsening climate. Plymouth Marine Biological Association data show the English Channel water warmed to a peak in 1921 and has cooled by several degrees annually since.
In the Superior Court Oct Term 1924 M D Haggard petitions against W E Ricketts. Mortgage dated May 20 1924 conveyed lots 922 923 in Lumpkin County Georgia and parts of 928 and 957 containing about 80 and 20 acres respectively with water rights. Judgment requires Ricketts to pay by next term or face foreclosure. equity of redemption barred. Clerk T F Christian.
In Lumpkins County Georgia John H Moore as administrator of the estate of Jesse M McDonald and Sallie McDonald deceased petitions the court to be discharged and for letters of dismission on the first Monday in February 1925. January 5 1925 W B Townsenn Ordinary
A Pekin Chinese merchant requested a list of U S firms making hydraulic rams. A stenographer interpreted the letter, produced the manufacturer list, earned a promotion, and the Chinese recipient was pleased.
Maj. Harry Coope of the adjutant general's department developed a mechanical device that subtracts dates from each other. It is a distorted adding machine but proves highly effective for computing length of service, reflecting wartime needs to deploy clerks who perform subtraction tasks.
The Detroit News notes vary by culture in sun symbolism from the Holy Lady epithet in medieval writings to the sun as the royal progenitor among Natchez and Inca peoples. It contrasts aboriginal peace pipes as sun symbols and references sun worship in Hebrew texts and II Kings.
The Texas congressman Johnny Garnet, long serving in the fifteenth district, faced a grave funeral speech and delivered a polished tribute. On the ride back, a political rival quipped that he could “naturally make good all the way from the poker table to the pulpit,” underscoring Garnet’s reputation for verbal skill.
The oldest living farm horse in South Dakota rests on Lars Rungie’s Bungie place near Gary. A sorrel mustang, the 52 year old animal has pulled grain in Canby long ago and now enjoys a pension as retirement from work.
R T Odem applies for permanent letters of administration on Theodore Miney's estate in Lumpkin County Georgia. The court will hear the request at the regular February Term 1925 of the Court of Ordinary. Witness dated January 5 1925, by W LB Townsen Ordinary.
The Lumpkin County sheriff will sell three 1924 Ford Touring cars at public auction on the first Tuesday in February 1925 before the courthouse door. The sales follow foreclosures of mortgages in favor of Commercial Credit Company against multiple defendants including Waters Snell and Ash.
The Commercial Credit Company of Louisiana and allied lenders will sell at public auction the property described as Lots 96 and 97 in the 4th District of Originally Habersham now Lumpkin County Georgia. The tract contains 175 acres more or less and is tied to a note dated December 17 1923 for 272 265 with 8 percent interest and attorney fees. Sale to be held at the Lumpkin County Courthouse on the first Tuesday in February 1925.
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