Georgia mountain counties rich in minerals timber and gold
An Athens Daily Banner excerpt highlights Lumpkin and neighboring counties from Gainesville to the Blue Ridge as rich in asbestos clay mica pyrites talc feldspar and corundum with gold mining still active in Lumpkin and White. It notes vast virgin hardwood timber tracts owned by Byrd Matthews Investment Co and Morse Brothers as major regional assets.
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Athens Daily Banner
Georgia
Gainesville
Blue Ridge Mountains
Hall
White
Lumpkin
Habersham
Towns
Rabun
Union
Fannin
Germany
Blue Ridge Mountain
Byrd-Matthews Investment Company
Morse Brothers
World's Largest Book Atlas Moves by Three Men
A colossal atlas of engravings from ancient Dutch maps is the largest book ever printed. It sits in the British Museum library bound in leather with silver clasps and a solid silver chain, seven feet high and weighing eight hundred pounds, presented to King Charles II before he left Holland in 1660. The piece is so massive it requires three men to move it. The report also notes a New York preacher opposing dancing and a drop of eighteen cents per bushel in Chicago wheat prices over two days.
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British Museum
Charles II
Holand
The
Industrial School Magazine
Fore-ordained to Fail Warns of Criminal Folly
A Catoosa Record opinion condemns crime as an avoidable path. It cites bank robberies in Cincinnati and a diamond shop raid in Kansas City, arguing that choosing a life of effortless gain leads to long prison terms and ruin. The piece blames indulgent parents and lack of work ethic for steering youths toward crime.
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Cincinnati
Kansas City
Criminal
Catoosa
Be Careful When You Throw Rocks at Dogs
Be careful when you throw rocks at dogs. A young planter named Arthur McGinnis damaged Montgomery Co. glass with a rock, cost 40 dollars to replace. The incident left the dog unhurt but touched someone’s pocketbook. A separate note reports a Lumpkin county woman sent three dollars by money order for official and widow’s use, praised as old time religion. Newton is cited as reporting a rural woman carrier and a Dah-Senega assistant rural carrier. Georgia peach crop moving to market brings more pocket change to fruit growers.
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Arthur McGinnis
Montgomery Co
Commerce News
Lumpkin County
Milton
Georgia
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Behacili
Ed.v. Price & Co
V. Price&Co
Jhsargent & Sons
B. F. Anderson
Dahlonega Garage
Craig R
Arnold
Nirow—Valeaniaing
Ford
Mountain Club House
Craig Kk. Arnold
Talilonega
North Georgia Agricultural College
Dahlonega
A.B. Army
Mountain Inn
North
Craig R, Arnold
Atlanta
Harley-Davidson
Dahlonega, Ga
White and Lumpkin Counties
J. F. Moore
Moore & Wimpy
Detroit
G. A. Moore Dahlonega
M.G. Heads
W.S. Gaillard
Homer Head
New York
Anderson Daily Mail
Chicago
South
Newton
Macon News
Dah- Senega
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