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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1925
Page
4
Hungarians dig for buried treasure near Engelsfeld after a youth found ancient gold utensils. A small army of diggers uses paddles and plows to uncover objects of historical interest. Romans coffins and other artifacts head to Budapest museum amid growing fever for gold.
A playful exchange features a lady accusing bacon of being bad, the dealer insisting it was cured recently, and the lady retorting that it suffered a relapse. The quip hinges on wordplay about bacon aging and curing.
Chicago capitalist and publisher H. H. Kohlsaat recalled past and present during a newspaper men’s dinner. He contrasted Dickens American Notes and Martin Chuzzlewit with modern English novelists like W. L. George and Hugh Walpole, noting today’s authors flatter the US market to boost sales without international copyright.
Americans in Berlin report rising costs for meals at hotel restaurants. A grapefruit costs a dollar or more per serving, a slice of canned pineapple five cents, and a baked apple about the size of a walnut costs fifty cents, all without cream or sugar.
An Exchange note recalls a high school girl in Hiawatha Kansas who watched her first basketball game. She covered her eyes when a boy appeared in uniform and hurried home after the others ran out, thinking he was inadequately dressed.
The late Dr Burt Green Wilder left his brain to Cornell University for scientific study. His brain collection at Cornell, largely prepared by him during his tenure there, is regarded as among the world’s finest.
The annual value of gold produced worldwide is estimated at about 370 million dollars. This figure reflects total output from global mines during the year.
A householder greets a knocking figure named Opportunity and scolds it for delays. The story ends with the lesson to arrive promptly or miss out entirely, as conveyed by the Kansas City Star in a compact fable.
A prophecy describes a pipe across Sinai delivering Nile water into Palestine near Gaza just before Jerusalem’s capture. It states the water flow signals a westward prophet’s drive of the Turk from Jerusalem, claimed to be over 200 years old.
John Tierney, a night watchman in Geneva, N Y, trained a mouse to appear at the rattle of his dinner pail around two o clock each morning. The mouse sits patiently by, then vanishes as Tierney feeds it.
American Shoes, produced in the United States, are exported to over 100 countries and colonies. In the past year more than 134000000 pairs were shipped valued at about 850000000 dollars with Iceland listed among destinations.
A cement kiln ring problem is tackled with a heavy gun mounted on an I beam. The one inch bore gun fires on the clinker ring, carving a groove within minutes. The process halts kiln operations briefly, then resumes.
Paris museums will charge two francs for admission in terms except on Saturday afternoon and Sunday when admission is free. Revenue raised funds the surveillance service. The Pavillon de Flore of the Louvre has housed the Bons de la Defense Nationale, leading to vast paper buildup to be evacuated soon.
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