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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1927
Page
1
A thermionic microammeter developed at General Electric Lynn lab measures currents as small as ten millionths of an ampere, with a single division on the scale representing one two hundredth of that amount. It aims to quantify minute currents in insulators and radio tubes and to improve light intensity measurements via photoelectric cells.
In a fleeting dialogue Mose voices fatigue with life and lack of respite. Jake responds with a crisp question about the single objection, capturing a moment of weary humor and unresolved tension.
A giant searchlight atop Mount Balerien near Paris will guide southbound night flights from England to Europe. The beacon, powerful enough to pierce fog, uses twin six foot reflectors and a hundred horsepower system to illuminate approaching aircraft.
The method heats tools to whiteness then plunges them into sealing wax until they no longer pierce it. This claim says the steel becomes extremely hard, nearly diamond-like, and when oiled or turpented remains sharp for engraving drilling and cutting hard metals for a long time.
An ancient Indian jug discovered in Casa Grande Arizona cliff dwellings by a prospector was donated to the University of Santa Clara museum by a student. The university president calls the artifact an archeological treasure and notes the prospector gave it after befriending the student's mother.
The 1926 apple crop reached about 234 million bushels, compared with 172 million bushels in 1925. Progressive Grocer notes changes in production and market outlook for apples.
Harper Leech argues in Liberty that industrial progress has given women leisure and shifted the home from a business partnership to a bond of love. He notes nomad peoples lack economic home ties and asks how quickly societies will adapt to industrial changes that removed traditional domestic duties.
The Federation of States society, composed of former residents from all states and territories, held a ceremony in Long Beach California to plant 85 trees at Recreation Park. Each tree honors a state or provincial group or a U S president, using eucalyptus pine elm and pepper varieties. The group will monitor growth and place metal signs marking the trees.
A new psychology theory used by business men in waiting rooms and sales areas shifts spending from periodicals to fresh flowers each day. Stenographers in small offices are told to buy flowers for desks to keep the office in good humor, the efficiency expert says.
In Maine a flock of wild geese extinguished the Saddleback light by breaking its glass and disabling the apparatus. By morning thirty geese lay dead at the base of the lighthouse and about twenty more were unconscious from the barrage.
Vienna bacteriologist Dr. Ernest Pribram announces a laboratory collection at Rush Medical College in Chicago with billions of germs ready to seed epidemics. He says the collection is among the largest worldwide and could start hundreds of outbreaks.
The United States remains the top producer of finished fur products, with Tacile Leech noting that over 55 countries supply pelts for American coats. The war helps boost dressed-fur and fur-goods output since 1914, rising 800 percent and 500 percent respectively.
Curtis Van Meter of Wooster Ohio owns a brown leather billfold once belonging to General Washington. It has two pockets and bears the imprint G. Washington with images of Continental coins. Van Meter’s great great grandfather served as a dispatch bearer to Washington who gave the keepsake as a personal memento.
A calf in Caldwell Missouri drank about five gallons of glycerin left in a barn as a test to see if it would resist freezing. The calf had a rough night but survived with no immediate danger of freezing.
William Knipes of Clarendon Springs Vermont tried to rescue a wild pheasant from a goshawk. He found the hawk already battling the pheasant, shot the hawk too late to save the bird, and when he tried to pick up the hawk it sank its talons into his hand ripping from wrist to fingertips as punishment for the rescue attempt.
The Barnes homestead in Hillsboro New Hampshire, built in 1778, remains occupied by the original owner’s great grandson after five generations of Barnes family residence. A Newton made tall clock from 1754 sits at the head of the stairs and still keeps accurate time without repairs.
E. A. Peden, president of a Houston steel company, fulfilled a pledge to give $100 for each employee’s baby born in 1926. Facing 24 1927 births, he cut the gift per baby to $25 for the new batch.
The beggar pleads to raise a ticket price to Bumpover, citing cousins there, but Festus Pester refuses, citing unkindness to his relatives as the reason he will not give money.
An experimental plantation of Chinese wood-oil trees to be established in Tasmania. It is claimed that one acre will yield 250 tons of oil valued at £60 per ton in London.
In New York a radio announcer cites a ten hour vocal report at a convention while a Yonkers judge scolds a woman for 33 years of talking. A Queens judge quips that talking to death is a terrible fate as a jury foreman struggles with language barriers. A youth questioned all night remains silent, later declaring I am deaf and dumb.
Two investors recall purchasing 1000 Tookum Oil shares at par. The stock plummeted, leaving both men financially cleaned as the bottom fell out.
J S Clarke a Glasgow labor member led fellow councilors to approve 14000 for a portrait of Mary Queen of Scots. He claimed a skull proved it authentic from Langside battle so the city would honor a painting long owned by the Morton family with offers of 300000 to 500000. Philadelphia Inquirer notes the painting by a noted French artist.
The bronchoscope invented by Dr. Chevalier Jackson, recipient of a $10,000 Philadelphia award for conspicuous service, removes foreign bodies from lungs. The instrument enters the mouth to illuminate the lung and a forceps extracts the object without injury to the patient.
Mr and Mrs Fred Tuscan of Skowhegan Maine report two caged foxes escaped during a grange meeting. The black fox remains missing while the red fox reappeared the next morning perched atop its cage and eager to reenter when the door was opened.
Workmen on Coundon Road hit a hippo skull 15 feet underground. After removing a few teeth as souvenirs they discarded it until a local naturalist retrieved it for study. The skull now rests in Coventry City Guild Museum.
Classified item listing bright four hand fodder for sale by A W Anperson Rt 1. Also rooms to rent in a cool place with contact Bessie Hightower. Dental work announced by Dr R L Hunter in Dr Head's office on Wednesdays after the first and third Sundays.
Advertised by Mountain Lodge in Winn, Vermont seeking live young squirrels. Will pay a good price for a large delivery up to 200 animals. No contact details provided.
Physicians tout Calotabs as a system purifier and health foundation. A thorough purification course, taken weekly for several weeks, cleanses the entire body. A family package with directions costs 35 cents at drugstores.
Twenty six countries took part in the Cannes lawn tennis tournament, a tally said to surpass even the Davis Cup in breadth and prestige, highlighting the event’s international scope and strong entries from top players.
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