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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1925
Page
1
A metal box unearthed in a London street contained five hundred bronze Roman coins. Many bore the head and name of Constantine the Great. Numismatists say the coins were likely payment for Roman legionaries garrisoning Britain.
A 60 acre farm with good houses and pasture is offered for sale about 12 miles from Dahlonega. Grover Armine seeks a reliable man to sell fruit trees with good pay at Einaway Nursery. Also available is a Grand Uprights Piano, apply at P O Box 66, Dahlonega, Georgia.
An old advertisement describes Hall's Catarrh Medicine with an ointment for local relief and an internal tonic to address blood mucous surfaces. It notes 40 years of use and lists F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo as sellers.
W A Housley quotes physicians claiming perfect purification of the system as a foundation of health. The ad urges a thorough Calotabs course once or twice weekly for several weeks to cleanse the body. Family package with full directions costs 35 cents, trial 10 cents, available at drug stores.
The electric ray or torpedo fish dwells in southern seas and weighs 70 to 80 pounds. It has a circular body with a small mouth and brown back. its white underside. It can emit an electric shock to stun attackers and prey, earning the nickname cramp fish for its effect on humans.
A playful 1920s style piece touts the Modernist man as master of air water and land. It jokes about dangers from flying machines submarines and automobiles and notes the era’s tech peril.
London unveils a device to aid navigation in the city. A map of London sits inside a dial marked with street names. The user aligns the dial to the destination, presses a button, and a light stream shows the correct route. The first unit is prepared for installation near London Bridge.
A Detroit pioneer recalls solar noon timing with a window sill mark and sunrise clocks from memory. Phi Beta Kappa marks 150 years on December 5 1926 with plans at William and Mary to raise 100000 for a building honoring fifty founders. The auditorium will resemble the Apollo Room in the Raleigh tavern.
North Georgia Agricultural College in Dahlonega Georgia, a branch of the State University and member of the Georgia Association of Colleges, offers tuition free with moderate fees and board at 144 dollars per year. The college emphasizes student life supervision, military training, high grades, and provides catalogs and information on degrees awarded and contact address.
Brooksher Realty Co of Dahlonega Georgia advertises a 25 room hotel with electric lights and water a well finished dwelling at reasonable prices some houses very cheap plus farm and unimproved lands near the Atlanta Asheville Highway. Write or see M Brooksauer Manager Dahlonega Ga P O Box 74.
A Serb born 1810 is claimed as the world’s oldest man, while a Kurdish claimant Noro born 1775 in Bitlis is noted as potentially older. A descendant died at ninety seven, and Doctor Polotiman, said to be 140, died in Vandemont Lorraine in 1825 after a notable surgery. From La Bulgaria Sofia.
The Wolf creek mill, built in 1789 by Maj. Hatfield White Col. Robert Oliver and John Dodge two miles from Wolf creek mouth into the Muskingum, was Ohio’s earliest successful flour mill. Builders moved to Fort Marietta during Indian warfare, but the mill operated for years serving settlers after hostilities ended.
A Springfield young woman left her shoes under a theater seat after removing them for comfort. She could only locate one shoe when leaving, and her escort searched for minutes before finding it. The shoe would not fit even with a key, and she was seen walking in stocking feet toward the restroom in hopes of a shoehorn.
In Pruntytown the tavern keeper notes a new helper taking seats in the dining room while a local school board dispute brews. Firemen admire new uniforms and talk of a possible show at the Oriental Grotto, with ladies of the sewing circle upbeat about forthcoming activity.
In Reykjavik parliament the bill proposes mandatory police service for men aged twenty to fifty to curb bolshevist influence amid labor unrest. The plan, lacking pay, would punish evasion with heavy fines as crowds clashed with police when a Russian national faced deportation.
The Bermondsey Book recounts George Bernard Shaw realizing a taxi driver is a warm admirer after driving him and Mrs Shaw. The driver refused payment praising the artist while noting Shaw and wife had read Back to Methuselah and attended five performances. They discuss books as equals, with no patronage.
Science Monthly reports government entomologists deploy scented decoys to trap sleeping sickness vectors. Dummy animals lure tsetse flies, which linger and are then killed. images show donkeys with brown paper legs used in the method.
A Life magazine quip notes the modern mother faces dinner timing conflicts as a cook aims for five, a son for six, a daughter for seven, a husband for eight, and the mother herself not wanting it at all.
The Lumpkin County sheriff will auction a 15 HP Ajax engine and Cornish boiler plus a five part mill on Jule Evans Place near Murrayville. Property owned by A R Miller, levied to satisfy a Greene county court execution for Woodruff Manufacturing Co. Sale at Dahlonega courthouse on first Tuesday in August.
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