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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1903
Page
2
The July 9 1908 issue notes Judge Parker’s presidential bid visit, a Spanish American War pension for Ann Johnson of Dalton, and various local items. It reports on Hale’s orchard labor costs, a Bell Telephone Co route study from Dahlonega to Dawsonville, and nearby town mentions.
A long rambling item notes Lincoln Wehunt who never wears a hat or coat, married last Sunday to 14 year old Miss Birtie Stone in Nimblewill. It mentions his quiet nature, blacksmith trade, and spending time with Culaway, plus local anecdotes about his life, earnings, and social habits. It surveys other small notices and reports including robberies, a Salvation Army picnic, new rural delivery routes, and rising violent deaths in the US.
A crowded Saturday tale heap notes Mr A Moore of Macon in town and Montie Moore at J F Moore Co. The Baptist church suspends services this month. A misadventure ends happily when Gus Hamilton falls 50 feet into a well shaft but is uninjured beyond sore legs. Choctaw Davis nearly swallows mountain medicine but a paint crumb in tobacco causes a scare, then recovery becomes the joke of the day.
A negro was lynched near Lynchburg Virginia this week. A rail wreck on Tuesday at Rockfish Virginia killed 24 passengers and injured many. On Friday the Southern Railway transferred a 4 million dollar mortgage to Centennial Trust Company of New York to fund the purchase of 100 locomotives and 7,000 freight cars.
Lumpkin County will sell at the courthouse door on the first Tuesday in August the property of A J Taylor, a yoke of red oxen between 4 and 6 years old, to satisfy a Superior Court execution in favor of J B Dale. The sale is for cash with the sheriff announcing the date this 6th day of July 1908.
The head of the Technological school in Atlanta and Dr. Broughton, who filed charges against the school, faculty and scholars, met behind closed doors last week. Broughton did not specifics his accusations, reading a long general temperance lecture instead.
A report notes that Hon. Clark Howell is mentioned as a potential candidate for governor three years hence. The article emphasizes speculation surrounding Howell's political future and does not confirm official plans.
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