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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1925
Page
1
Pierre Wertheimer spoke at a farewell dinner in New York about bringing the unlucky French race horse Epinard to race in the United States. He compared his bold decision to a tight rope dancer, and referenced a champagne supper remark by the dancer about dancing on next to nothing.
During World War I eleven thousand five hundred sixty one Oxford men served in British forces and peers. two thousand six hundred sixty died. The toll was commemorated at the university memorial service at St Marys in June 1919.
Georgia Lumpkin county summons all heirs and interested persons to show cause why permanent letters of administration should not be granted to J F Christian for the estate of Cader Stancil deceased. The hearing is on the first Monday in July 1925 at the ordinary’s office, signed W B Townsenn, Ordinary.
The late Max Benjamin of Brooklyn left his son a fortune and a valued legacy of counsel. He urged marriage within faith and before thirty, a $15,000 drug business, steady work to cover needs and some luxuries, health and vacations, and a $50,000 real estate income investment held for income not speculation. He urged all fathers to write their hard‑won lessons as a will.
The article notes welders wear masks to protect against heat near 6 300 degrees Fahrenheit and dazzling flame. Aluminum helmets with red and blue glasses create purple glare reduction and a plain glass shield blocks incandescent particles. The helmet can be removed when not needed.
Local note reproduces a verbatim sign in Calabasas reading a harsh trespass warning. The message threatens punitive actions with grotesque references to dogs and a double-barreled shotgun, attributed to B Griscom as cited by the San Francisco Argonaut.
Five year old Bobby sits on a board while his older brother uses a saw. His mother warns of danger but the boy quips that he must stay so the hatchet can be used to hatch a plan. The lighthearted misunderstanding recalls the play on words.
A Rochester effort to improve English literacy collected 2,500 pledges to join classes and learn speaking reading and writing. The goal had been 2,000 and was increased after the milestone was reached.
The Philippines had 99 school districts with normal, arts and trades, nautical, and agricultural schools. Public schools educated 1,070,255 pupils across 7,659 schools with 352 American and 13,829 Filipino teachers. Private schools numbered 384 with 30,050 pupils and 1,220 teachers. The University of the Philippines held 4,778 students in 1921-22, and the Dominican University of St. Thomas, founded 1611, had 701.
North Georgia Agricultural College, a branch of the State University and member of the Georgia Association of Colleges, advertises free tuition, moderate fees, and a yearly board of 144 dollars. It emphasizes careful student life supervision, military training, and high grades with standard degrees, and invites inquiries to President John W. West for a catalog and more information.
J. W. Harriman cites Chinese use of mines bombs and aircraft as a new war lesson. He compares old Hong Kong defenses where the Chinese exposed rear fortifications to a British approach and notes a Chinese commander's shouted warning to attackers to circle and attack from the opposite side.
Sea water clears faster than fresh water because salt settles to the bottom and carries impurities with it. When fresh water rivers meet the ocean, mud and salt precipitate at the junction, requiring dredging to remove it. Before mixing with salt water the mud remains largely suspended.
A returning New Yorker recalls candy pulling rituals of his youth. Molasses boiled to a point, rolled into balls, then pulled over a nail to turn yellow. The kids today refuse the messy fun, preferring puzzles, leaving the tradition behind.
A husband schemes to steal a guest’s valuables by feeding him myoga to induce forgetfulness. The guest leaves without paying, while the landlady and innkeeper debate the plan’s success. The husband proclaims success as the guest forgets his bill.
A fragment from the Boston Transcript recalls a nervous scene involving a woman meant to meet Jack Timmid and a whispered proposal. The account notes anxiety and a tense moment in a library before they reach the father, with a cryptic reference to a dropped question and a dramatic scene cut short by a car arrival.
Havelock Wilson of the International Seafarers federation told a New York dinner that speculation in wheat cotton steel and other essentials drives up prices. He argued farmers sailors and teachers toil for little while multimillionaires profit from rising costs and gain from price manipulation, a wrong gain with no earning.
A Bankers Trust report using British information shows on December 1, 1924, 299,927 government employees in Britain include 226,733 men and 73,194 women. Ex-service men total 141,730 and 48,639 of all staff are disabled. Exclusions include War Office staff, Air Ministry units, and certain labor ministry managers.
President Warren of Yankton College criticizes steamship ads calling third class accommodations College Cabin as misrepresenting scholars. He compares the ad to a publisher’s remark about a famed historian noting immense learning yet modest earnings from recent works.
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