This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 24 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1928
Page
1
An advertisement promotes Dr Rountree’s Pellagra treatment claiming years of success by mail. It urges sufferers to seek physician help, lists symptoms, and includes testimonials from Mrs R R Robinson and Mrs W S Hays. Contact Rountree Laboratories Austin Texas for free diagnosis and the Pellagra blue book.
A reader recalls a Progressive Grocer bit where a customer complains after a prank places grated cheese with soap flakes. The carton mixup leads to a humorous exchange about dinner plans and pudding gone awry.
Dr. Dan W. McMillan of Birmingham, a steel magnate and explorer, plans a Rhodesia expedition to bag a mysterious rhinoceros like creature sighted in northern Rhodesia. His Africa trips included 5000 miles by car, desert crossings, bushman attacks, and a display of Ingala antelope at Chicago’s Field Museum.
Instrurient unveils a combined wind-velocity, water level and wind direction device to forecast ice at Niagara Falls Power. Peter Sotler of Niagara Walls developed the system housed on Crass Island near power houses above the falls. The three readings print on paper with synchronized hourly records, replacing three separate recorders.
Canadian Pacific railway police chased a motor driven work car. four youths abandoned the car twelve miles from Montreal and fled to fields as officers closed in with drawn pistols. The car was removed from the tracks ten minutes before a freight train arrived.
Five year old Bobby asks why his mother wants a coat with electricity in it. His aunt repeats the line as Bobby insists the mother plans to buy a coat and have it changed.
The Puget Sound and its Narrows present a dramatic waterway where high tides from twenty feet and more churn the upper reaches. Treacherous whirlpools form in the narrow passages, challenging even large steamboats and causing yearly tragedies for small craft offshore. The scenery shows dense forests now diminished by lumbering yet remains a powerful backdrop to the dangerous tides.
A recognized authority on English words and speech says universal standardization of English speech is impossible. After a London conference and two years of study, the speaker maintains that attempts to standardize sounds across American and English speech cannot succeed, likening it to attempting to stem the tide of the sea.
The English walnut, native to southwestern Asia, has seen steady U.S. cultivation since 1890, thriving mainly in California Oregon and southwestern Washington. Key centers lie near Los Angeles with planting expanding through central California and northwestern Oregon. Optimal growth favors elevations under 2000 feet with mild uniform temperatures and steady moisture.
A two year old girl, daughter of a physician, sits with a baby doll in a rocking chair. She complains her toy lacks patience then proclaims the doll has an excessive temperature after a moment of thought.
A USDA survey notes hawks vary in diet with some hawks killing many small mammals like mice, ground squirrels, and rabbits aiding farmers. Bird-eating hawks prey on birds and should be killed when possible, but others should be spared for their pest control role including the Coopes hawk and the sharp shinned hawk.
A girl in a department store examined a padded golf glove and confided to a companion that one glove was padded in the palm. The other laughed, clarifying that the padded one was for the hand you use to hit the ball.
Charm and age mix in a mid century tale about Lov Asquith and his tutor years. The text recalls political salons, the Derby Winners, and social matchmaking as Lord Portsmouth seeks a tutor for Lord Lymington, with Jowett recommending a brilliant but penniless Asquith and later substituting Pierre Van Passen.
A reflection on learning and respect across generations. It argues that youth will listen only if elders show equal willingness to learn, rejecting the idea that years alone deserve reverence. It stresses tender treatment of aging and that wisdom arises from ongoing learning rather than insistence.
Natives of Boa and Badu report lizards that glide from trees with parchment like skin. A missionary examined one and confirmed aerial travel with steady accuracy. The creature avoids surprise attacks but hisses and claws when eyes are averted. Earlier locals brought a snake that can move forward or backward with equal speed.
The Bureau of Standards outlines Helmholtz explanation of musical dissonance. Dissonant tones create rapid beats changing in intensity, breaking an undisturbed stream into pulses. The ear struggles to separate these pulses, causing rough and unpleasant nerve excitation.
A flapper repairs a broken Jazz record by joining two halves with glue on the reverse side only to discover a mismatched front and back. The parent remarks the result sounds nearly the same as the original, shrugging off the mishap.
Historian Dr Wheeler argues there is no prehistoric London and calls London a parasite of London Bridge. He suggests Roman London began around 43 AD with a bridgehead, and that the Roman wall may date to the first century after Boudica. He urges trained officials to supervise excavations to protect discoveries.
An onetime announcer at English court balls, attempting to read the name of Mrs. Dawson-Damer later Lady Portarlington, mishandled the title and blurted out Mrs. Dawson-dam’er to surprised guests.
Poetic reflection on coastal light and hidden beauty urging reverence for daily dawns and dusks. The author laments carnivals eclipsing quiet pageants of sunrise and sunset, imagining vast crowds for a single sunset and a solitary weekly moment of awe.
A concise reflection notes that progress in position and earnings may continue in middle life, but a single great stroke of fortune is unlikely. The comment frames aging as a time of steady gain rather than dramatic windfalls.
In Lampkin County the property proceeds to sale at the courthouse door on the first Tuesday in July 1928 within legal hours. Includes a 1927 Chevrolet Touring Car motor 2744128 and a blue mule pair along with a horse and a mare mule weighing 850 and 1100 pounds. Property levied as Albert Jarrard Emory Stanvel and Edward Jarrard under a Bank of Dahlonega mortgage foreclosure dated May 25 1828. Sheriff W M Housley signs this May 26 1928.
We thank friends for kindnesses shown during the sickness and death of our husband and father Mrs He G Kine and Faniny.
Sweden plans to open 25,000 new postal saving accounts for school children and deposit two crowns per child. Government permission is sought to use 13,400 of postal savings income for 1027 to cover costs. Private savings banks have run similar programs for years to teach saving habits.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.