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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1928
Page
1
A correspondent notes that boys and girls prize nicknames over real names, citing cases from Madeira where peasants forget their birth names. Examples include Cabbage Soup Five Farthings Mrs Blackbird Hot Water Jug Miss Codfish and Sweet Potato, with no clear reason for the labels.
A Louisville Courier Journal note frames a playful quarrel where a poet favors beans over a questionable spring, hinting at a broader literary exchange on commerce and culture.
Berlin students Lange Brasch and Urban from the University of Berlin plan to harness lightning via a massive wire mesh between Swiss Alps peaks to control 5,000,000 volts from thunderstorms. They hope to demolish atoms on a wholesale scale, building on 2,000,000 volt tests and a lightning hut high in the mountains.
Archaeologist Dr Warren IX Moorehead reports discovery of an iron sword hilt guard and blade fragment near Carters Georgia. The find was among skeletons and relics in a cedar and pine hut site, dating pre Columbian and linked to De Soto's expedition. War points and a green granite spade were also unearthed, suggesting ritual significance.
Solomon Weisman, a clerk at Kaufman Hat Store, was held up at gunpoint by two men who took $61 from the register and a $50 watch. They fled after removing his trousers to stop him from pursuing.
A party of men plays poker in the vast library of a movie director’s new Holwear home. One guest excuses himself to test his luck and jokes about leaving the table to examine the leaves of the director’s books. The moment captures a casual, ironic club scene as reported by The New Yorker.
Dr. Matthias J. Seifert of Chicago reports that heart enlargement is not caused by exercise. He says predisposition to enlargement comes from infectious diseases and childhood traumas. Exercise for pleasure strengthens the body and can even keep the heart smaller.
The garrote, imported by Spaniards 134 years ago, remains Cuba’s official execution device at Havana penitentiary. A prisoner operates it for pay and time cut in exchange. It has claimed 184 lives since its Cuban use began, after prior use by Spaniards for treason.
The excerpt notes that even a bad man benefits from one virtuous impulse and finds soil to grow a little corn, highlighting that awareness of others and limits is better than self-obsession. It suggests that vision should translate into lasting character.
A playful exchange explains why a defender is tackled after touching the ball. The sister questions the action while the brother clarifies that the aim is to score against the opponent, highlighting the concept of opposite goals and the defensive move.
A renowned financier turning to philanthropy recalls a boastful exchange. He once faced a taunt that he was the biggest thief on the stock exchange, to which he replied that his partner would know the truth. The remark and comeback reflect the era’s sharp humor about market dealings.
A guest at a social gathering confides to the hostess that a young man from the prep school reminded her of a prison inmate. The hostess asks for clarification as the guest notes the school’s name and contrasts it with a penitentiary remark.
The text argues fault finding is an easy habit to acquire with little benefit. It notes the education needed to establish sunreels as a prompt regulator and claims rewards are commensurate with the investment, emphasizing grit.
The article describes alligators in northern Australia’s rivers and mangrove-lined estuaries. They lie motionless for days beside creeks and mudflats, then strike with a swift armored tail and crushing jaws. It warns travelers and bushmen to avoid waterholes at night due to lurking danger.
A rhythmic meditation on electric clocks and time as universal, precise, and constant. The piece contrasts ticking sound and motor driven accuracy with a moral urging time to align and restore order tonight. It frames time as a shared standard from mantel to tower and block to block.
Dorothy receives a dog from her sympathetic uncle after family debate over breed. A friend asks what kind and the girl recalls the uncle’s remark that the dog is a ne er so well yet the moment ends with uncertainty.
A newcomer buys a second hand motorcycle and speeds through streets. Police order a stop but the rider says he could not, claiming the gas ran out and he had to go until it did.
Moscow reports that out of a population of 146,964,366 in Soviet Russia there are 20,408 people aged at least 100. The Union also notes 5,000,000 more women than men.
The term peddler derives from an old Dutch or Flemish word ped meaning basket or pack, used to carry fish. It is not related to the Latin pes meaning foot. In law, a peddler is one who sells the identical articles he carries in his ped. Itinerant order takers who sell from samples are not true peddlers.
A discussion on whether great writers must have poor handwriting. The piece cites Pieter Hugo, Balzac, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sydney Mutch, and contrasts with English writers Arnold Bennett, Thomas Hardy, and H. G. Wells, noting many pursued other careers before writing.
Excavations at Colchester reveal Roman Britain walls and floors richly colored in green red yellow and blue. Mosaic tesserae in black red yellow and white hint at early occupation under Trajan era. A rubbish pit yielded hundreds of intact vessels dating to A D 98 117.
The Ganges is described as India's sacred river with temples along its banks in Benares Allahabad Wardwar and Gangotri. Legend says Princess Ganda turned into the river to purify the land. Hindus bathe pray for death by the river and ash dispersal. Pilgrims undertake a six month round trip from source and back.
The Roman bath heating mirrors Persian methods still used today. A copper or iron plate sits in the hot water tank with heat fed from the furnace beneath. Heat travels through low brick pillars and flues in three walls, with dampers to regulate and direct warmth.
A Women's Home Companion assertion that valuable inventions emerge from freelance effort outside large firms. It argues such independent work forms the seed of new ventures and manual enterprise.
In his work Faith and the Future, Mazzini argues that patience preached as sole remedy for oppression fails to grasp coming changes. He warns against delaying action and insists on building a durable republic by empowering the people rather than rulers.
The town of Dahlonega Lumpkin County Georgia will sell before the courthouse door on the first Tuesday in August 1928 within legal hours the following personal property One Blue Ribbon Corn Mill No 575 20 inch Burr and 1 Ottawa Kerosene Engine No 13780 7 horsepower to satisfy a fi fa issued from the Superior Court of Lumpkin County Georgia upon foreclosure of a retained title note in favor of Moore and Early against J W Walker This June 1 1928 W M Houstry Sheriff Lumpkin County
Mrs H G King applies for year’s support from the estate of H G King deceased. Appraisers have filed their return and all concerned must show cause before the Lumpkin County Court of Ordinary on the first Monday in August 1928. Dated July 2 1928. W B Towssenn Ordinary.
W H Jones and T F Christian, executors of J Satterfield’s estate, report full administration and petition the court to be discharged and receive letters of dismissal. The court is to hear the matter on the first Monday in August 1925. Dated July 2, 1978.
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