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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1915
Page
2
In a Dahlonega weekly from July 1815 the paper notes Italy likely to declare war on Turkey, Roosevelt urging readiness for war, and a tax repeal killed by committee. Reports cover prison clemency calls, a boy shooting a girl, convicts’ candy allowance, theft cases, local crime, and German beer production as a military morale indicator.
In Dawsonville Justice Court last Friday Ransom Iree and James Proctor faced charges of carrying undipped cattle across the county line without authority. The case featured contentious testimony from neighbors and resulted in a contempt finding against Proctor, with bond set for a jury trial pending further action. The report notes a lack of law punishing non dipping and absence of a cattle dipping vat term in the Code.
About twenty citizens met in the Lumpkin county courthouse to organize a Dahlonega Chamber of Commerce. They aim to boost markets for farm products, improve roads, support home industries, and invite investment. Mayor Pruett was elected chairman with another meeting set for next Monday at 8 30.
A compilation of notices and items: Georgia penitentiary population and pensions schedule. a house bill fixing Georgia primaries to the second Wednesday in September. an excursion boat disaster in Chicago with heavy fatalities. a Gainesville murder verdict. U S vessel hemp sinking. voter registration irregularities and calls for earlier list preparation. a reform school outbreak and chain gang relocations. San Francisco cigar imports illustrating Chinese habits. local melon market noting pioneers Ward and Loggins. discussion of local option liquor law and tax implications for Georgia.
Local treatment claims cure for catarrh through external applications reaching the head and blood purifiers acting on mucous surfaces. Presented as a standard prescription by FP Cheney & Co of Toledo and sold by druggists with testimonials offered at no charge. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Special notices advertise a saw mill shingle mill and engine offered by J S Carney of Dahlonega Route 3. Bid submissions are to be made by Alderman T J Smith by next Monday night to fund cemetery cleanup, with right to reject any or all bids.
Kor Sale announces land sale at B. A. Parks' store on the 8th Monday in August. 235 acres in Lumpkin near the Hall county line with about 2000 dollars worth of timber, 50 acres under cultivation, two dwellings and out houses. Sold to highest bidder with payment due by December 20.
Georgia Lumpkin County will sell at the courthouse on the first Tuesday in August 1915. Lots 1077 and 1078 in the Eleventh District First Section each contain about forty acres. Property of Mrs G J Gaddis to satisfy a Bank of Lumpkin County judgment. proceeds go to the Bank with surety and receivership details noted.
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