County Officers and Church Services Listed in County Notice
Official listing shows county officers including clerk, sheriff, tax officials, and surveyors, with church affiliations and weekly services. Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Church of God details include pastors, service times, prayer meetings, and Sunday School schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.C. Wyley
Presbyterian Church
B. W. Baker
J. A. Carson
Church OF God
Gordon Watson
A. L. Fitts
Play Spirit in Business Says Marshall Yield Leader
James Simpson of Marshall Yield & Company argues business should feel like play. Venture thrives on adventure sport romance and mental contact with peers. Profit is a proof of clever play but the game and zest are the real reward even without money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Simpson
Marshall Yield & Company
Forbes Magazine
Pocket Flasks and Prohibition Era Drink Labels
In the early 1800s pocket flasks gained popularity in the United States with designs featuring the American eagle and portraits of Washington and Taylor. By 1840 dark brown and green log cabin glass flasks appeared during the hard cider campaign, crafted for Philadelphia distiller BE Booz and later known as booze bottles. The term stayed common until 1918 when hooch and white mule supplanted it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taylor
Philadelphia
BE. C. Booz
Authorities Not In Accord Fatness Tied To Heritage Says Davenport
Dr. C B Davenport of Cold Spring Harbor argues slimness is hereditary not diet. He cites fat family examples and says two thin parents produce thin children. Professor Graham Lusk counters that appetite and nutrition drive weight gain, noting milk excess can add nine pounds yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Davenport
Station For Experimental Evolution
Cold Spring Harbor
N. Y
Davenport
Graham Lusk
Cornell University Medical School
Tell of Old Civilization on Guam Stones
Scientists report two coral burial stones on Guam weighing about 2590 pounds each and larger than any Egyptian pyramid blocks. One tall upright stone supports a round flat companion, and both lie at a major burial site suggesting a large ancient population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island
Guam
Egypt
Stanley C. Ball
Museum
Honolulu
Detroit News
Mummification Steps in Ancient Egypt and Beliefs
The text explains how lower cost mummification avoided body cutting by using natron preservation. It notes class-based differences in rites, the guiding Book of the Dead with the mummy, inscriptions on the coffin and tomb, and the belief that the dead face trials and a weighed heart in the afterlife. Tiny statues with the deceased’s name were buried with the body for the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osiris
Mendelian Heredity in Andalusian Fowl
A blue Andalusian breed shows non Mendelian breeding: blue birds yield black and white offspring when two blues are mated. The odd colors reappear in later generations, proving dominant and recessive traits as described by Gregor Mendel after years of pea experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregor Johann Mendel
Brunn
Austria
Origins of the four cardinal points of the mariner compass
The piece traces how the compass and its directions emerged from sun lore and ancient scholarship. It notes that the name south stems from the sun, and west from a sun-related root, while Rast and other terms reflect dawn and a sun motif. It mentions early contributors like Mavi Gioja of Naples who suspended the needle in 1802 and used the fleur-de-lys to mark north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asnative
Naples
Mavi Gioja
Charles of Anjou
He s Better Off and the Tow by Horse
A humorous exchange notes a motorist being towed by a horse while a bystander jokes about the luck and gas savings since the vehicle broke down. The gag centers on rural wit and roadside misadventure.
Judging by Appearances in a Hanover Visit
William Jones in his college town encounter misreads a shabby traveler who claims to be bound for Hanover. The man reveals he is the new English professor, prompting Jones to reassess first impressions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jones
Hanover
Jones
Judge
House without a mortgage toy prompts commuter buy
A street hawker near a terminal entices commuters with a cardboard toy house promising a mortgage free home for the children. The scene captures persistent worries about owning a home among daily travelers and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Pause Was Fatal Clerking at a Small Town Post Office
A clerk recalls a lazy afternoon in a tiny post office when a postcard revealed the sender’s name. Reading the card briefly drew a remark from the sender and left the clerk confused about whether the action would “go all right” as he paused over the message.
Ozark Moonshine Aurora Advertiser Description
A poetic excerpt extols Ozark country life with pristine air pure springs and clean water. It frames Aurora as a birthplace of Borealis and Ozarks towers where sun rays linger. The piece praises nature calls it ozone rich and free from dust while noting a unique frog croak and silent snore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora Advertiser
Coyote Rescue Saves Denver Pavilion From Fire
A Denver police officer found a smoldering fire under a city pavilion as a coyote, kept by pavilion workers, cried for help. Firemen soon arrived and, after chemical extinguishers were used, the animal was freed from the cellar and saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Rocky Mountain News
Reading Habits Push Maid Eva to Confess
Mrs Willson hires Eva to dust the library as she works through hundreds of volumes. Eva, a buxom young woman, jokes about books and admits she cannot read, offering a curious aside about her literacy. The judge notes the irony in her remark.
Temptation, Gown, and Truth in Chicago Tale
A friend lends a gown for storage and later invites me to a luncheon. After internal conflict I wear the gown, meeting her on the street. She handles the situation with sportsmanlike grace, while I accept responsibility for my actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
It Won't Bring the Sermon
The passage humorously cites Pete Hanlon with improvised wireless gear. He jokes that the doodle um causes trouble and that buying a smoosh to attach to the kerplex end up is worthless on Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Exchange
Pete Hanlon
Peter
Boston Evening Transcript
Social mix up ends in sharp butter rebuke at dinner
A young couple visiting Irvington guests discover the hostess ran out of butter. They bring extra butter as requested. During dinner the host berates Rose, saying she may offer butter but from now on give him nothing like this, calling it the rottenest butter he ever ate. The remark is reported by the Indianapolis News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvington
Husband
Indianapolis News
Army Munson shoes offered direct to public at 2.75
A dealer announces a large stock of Army Munson last shoes sold direct to customers. Priced at 2.75 with 100 percent leather, heavy sewn soles, and waterproof chrome uppers. Sizes 6 to 11 all widths. Pay on receipt or by money order. refunds if unsatisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Munson
New Goods Arrive at Mrs T H Jones Store
Mrs T H Jones announces a fresh stock including ginghams silk and dress fabrics tennis shoes and other items inviting customers to call and inspect. Ginghams priced 15 to 35 cents a yard with all other goods offered at reasonable prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Jones
Public Sale Of Army Munson Shoes At Discount Prices
A dealer announces the purchase of 122000 pairs of U S Army Munson shoes in sizes 54 to 12 from a major government contractor. The shoes are solid leather dark tan with bellows tongue being dirt and waterproof and valued at 6 00. They offer them to the public for 295 with payment on delivery or money orders and refunds if not as described.
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. H. Baker
Aldeirmen
F. Christian
Wimpy
T. &. Jackson
H. Head
W. L. Ash
John H. Moore
A. W. Cain
J. M. Brooksher
Ogronothets Ms Burveyors
B. Townsend TP
Christian
M, Davis
John Evans
C. ©. Burns
G. G. Evans
W. J. Free
D. O. Johnson
W.H. Jones
W. J. Hightower
County Board OF Education
J. M. Ridley
W.T. Dowdy
CG. D. Pierce
D. W. Caldwell
J. Hutcheson
Carl Shultz
B.C. Meaders
Auraria
W. A. Hutcheson
J.P
Cane Creek
Luther Justus
J. P. Fred Ash
N. P. Gcramby
L. B. Hatfield
N. P. Ghestatee
J. M. Wilkins
N. P. Davis
W. M. Wehunt
J. P
B. H. Higgins
N.P
N. P
J. M. Duckett
Shoal Creek
H. C. Burges
N. P. Wahoohoo
J. A. Abercrombie
J P
Bunyan Pierce
N. P. Wahoola
Jarrard
Head
J. P. Court
Nugget
Tate
Georgia
Lumpkin County
Tabitha Martin
Martin
Court of Ordinary
W. J. ‘Towssen
Ordinary
Ozark Moonshine
Coyote
Gainesville
Gainesville & Dahlonegsa
Aveny & McClurr
SAGE
U. S
Fitts’ Nursery
Dahlonega
O.N. Fitts & Sons
U. S. Army
Munson
National Bay State Shoe Company
Broadway
New York, N. Y
Homer Head
Dahlonega, Ga
Drs Erlain
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Bank of Dahlonega
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