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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1909
Page
1
The article notes flour in Atlanta climbing from 75 cents to 1.00 for a 4 pound sack and $7.60 per barrel, with broader national price hikes tied to wheat market conditions. Officials warn that inflation will strain families, estimating a 25 dollar yearly increase for a four pound weekly usage.
In Greenwich Coscob Connecticut villagers fear a mysterious temperance plot. Reports say a blackened prisoner, a white man dyed with stove blacking, confessed to trying to frighten drinkers as Special Officer Jones arrested him.
Mansfield Tex April reports sec tion foreman Sa John Moseley of the Texas and Pacific Railroad arrested on charges he tampered with switches causing several wrecks. Three trainmen died in wrecks over a year period after Moseley was transferred eight months earlier. An acting foreman took over the Grand Cane section amid the alleged mischief.
The Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad extends from Dante Virginia to Elkhorn City Kentucky with a new trunk line to the south Atlantic seaboard. The project, valued around 65.9 million dollars, includes a tunnel through the Big Sandy Ridge and will be pushed rapidly to completion.
State action condemned as the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States denounces Tennessee court rulings that set aside church union with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The criticism comes from a report by the committee on church cooperation.
The General Educational Board released numerous appropriations including grants of 100000 to the University of Vermont and 250000 to Johns Hopkins University. Other awards span 50000 to the University of Virginia and 200000 to Washington University with several smaller sums for agricultural and educational programs in southern states. Dr. E Sage was elected assistant secretary and B H Myers assistant secretary treasurer.
A strong earthquake rattled Chicago and northern Illinois with one to three tremors felt citywide. Shocks extended to Mendota and Aurora, with chimneys damaged in Joliet and Aurora, and fires sparked in Aurora before being put out. Wisconsin cities including Janesville Beloit Racine and Kenosha also reported tremors and wall cracks.
The Northern Presbyterians plan to allocate 100000 for church construction in Tennessee’s synod to replace buildings seized by a Kentucky court ruling that denied the union of the Presbyterian Church in America and the Cumberland church. Dr. J C Steffen urged colleges instead of Rockefeller charity during a Presbyterian general assembly address in Denver.
In Boston a six story tenement blaze sent women and children fleeing across rooftops and along fire escapes. Police rescued more than twenty five people, risking their own lives to save others.
Congressman William Lorimer defeats A J Hopkins on the ninety fifth ballot by 103 votes to win the Illinois Senate race. Fifty women strike breakers from Manhattan to West Orange are mobbed by strikers’ supporters, with several injuries and demolished carriages. The Massachusetts balloon Massachusetts, piloted by William J Van Sleet, lands in Munson Massachusetts after a whirl in a thunderstorm. A violent storm off Spain sinks over sixty fishing vessels with at least one hundred fishermen drowned.
Washington reports plans to defend the Panama canal with Pacific and Atlantic batteries. Major fortifications include three Pacific side batteries off Flamento Culebra and Naos Islands and Ancon and San Juan onshore positions. Estimated costs total about 7 million with 60 high power disappearing guns planned for the Atlantic line and canal access points. The canal is expected to open for freight by January 1 1915.
L W Parker of Greenville S C was chosen president at the American Cotton Manufacturers convention in Richmond Va The governing board appointed six new members including W A Erwin D Tuller Ridley Watts and T D Tyson Resolutions supported immigration tax proposed Washington Atlanta highway and a commission to study ginning and baling cotton The reports showed 53 new members since the last meeting
Madison Wisconsin Governor Davidson vetoes a bill prohibiting swearing in public places, arguing the right to profanity under provocation remains. Assemblyman Hull plans to seek an override of the veto, with the bill penalizing swearing by fine or jail time.
Colonel Edward K. Higgins announced at a Salvation Army convention that the Army had decided to convert China. Money is provided, officers selected, with the first HQ at Chefoo. General Booth will visit the United States this fall to conduct a congress of exhortation.
Hundreds gathered at a country church near Lyerly to witness Primitive Baptists perform their annual foot washing ritual. About twenty five communicants participated as the rite occurs each May and September.
The Georgia Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias adjourned in Columbus to meet next year in Brunswick on the third Wednesday in May. Officers elected include Grand chancellor Clifford Walker Monroe and other state leaders: B D Brantley Blackshear, George T Cann Savannah, William H Leopold Savannah, R C Norman Washington, James W Austin Atlanta, Miller S Bell Milledgeville, H M Stanley Dublin, T J Carling Macon, and T H Nickerson Athens.
A city friend contrasts urban life with Kentucky quiet as the visitor boasts rest amid night riders, courthouse riots, and feuds with seventeen filkuses, claiming the move benefits his nervous system despite urban sounds.
A young country clerk in a city grocery dodges joshers. An old maid asks for bird seed and the new clerk retorts that birds come from eggs, not seeds. The anecdote highlights his sharp wit and inexperience in urban life.
Carrie Nation argues that prohibition curtails her activities and calls the stance one of the finest arguments the Washington World has heard in favor of prohibition.
A neighbor advised quitting coffee and trying Postum. After switching, the man reports腹 improved digestion, regular bowels, relieved pains, and regained strength within two weeks. His son also improves, and the family prefers Postum over coffee. The letters are presented as genuine testimonies.
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