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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1927
Page
1
The piece notes New Zealand radio buyers favor American wireless gear over British products. It cites superior selectivity of American receivers, higher prices for British sets, and a preference for the all enclosed American style despite local dealers’ efforts to promote British goods. It reflects the dominance of American ideas and equipment in the wireless community.
In a small Wes street store, Danish immigrant Fred Jensen showcases 35 years of horological gathering. The front window displays clocks while over 1,000 movements line the walls, tracing the evolution from early 300 year old designs to modern slim timekeepers.
The article notes Durham houses the largest hosiery mill, Kannapolis the largest towel mill, Greensboro the largest denim mill, Roanoke Rapids the largest damask mill, and Winston-Salem the largest underwear factory. It also states nearly half of Southern cotton mills are in NC and about 300000 tons of cotton keep them busy.
In Hallowell Maine a young rider Arthur Raymond Moore Jr age not yet three May rides a docile Indian pony from a western shipment of ten. The fearless child dons an Indian headdress and imps the pony into spirited trots, entertaining onlookers with bold antics.
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports 120 railroads abandoned in the United States since 1920. In 78 cases covering about 1400 miles abandonment followed exhaustion of the natural resources that fed the lines.
Danish chemists announce a synthetic milk made by replacing butterfat with vegetable fat and adding vitamins. The product aims for commercial production, offering a milk substitute with similar composition to cow’s milk.
Loui Holland, ex-president of the Advertising Clubs of the World, told a Kansas City banquet that city slogans can be over the top yet effective. He cited Newark Newark Knows How Des Moines The Guy of the Hour and St Joseph The City Worth While as examples of bragging that still stirs civic love. A separate anecdote about a hero from Duluth titled the Zenith City of the Unsalted Sea.
An anonymous Liberty article from New York describes post midnight crime. It portrays young criminals in stylish clothes using night clubs and speak-easies, with dope use possibly, and notes taxi drivers fear being targeted as robberies rise.
A new bedroom door lock features two keys, one turns the bar then removes, while the other blocks a false key from outside. The design aims to deter thieves by preventing unauthorized entry and enhancing safety for a timid occupant.
Austria’s principal telephone systems totaled 184 437 in use by end 1925. Vienna held about 80 percent of the total. Linz Graz and Vienna are automatic except for one suburban exchange in Vienna. Neustadt St Poeltam Moedling and Salzburg use both manual and automatic control.
A 26 pound turnip shipped from Juneau to Seattle for exhibition. A Glacier Bay area grower produced 70 tons of turnips last summer, many mammoth in size. Capper's Magazine notes a big coastal sale event.
Maj Edward L Hoffman of the army air corps receives the Collier Trophy for the parachute he helped develop and which is now universally used. The award honors the greatest achievement in aviation in America demonstrated by actual use.
United States public health service reports from Dr. Wu Lien-Teh describe a severe pneumonic plague outbreak in Mongolia in November and December. Strict measures halted traffic, enforced border controls, and limited railway passenger movement to prevent spread, with Manchuria reporting no cases since mid December.
San Francisco engineer Frank G. Baum develops apparatus to inject current at 100 mile intervals via synchronous condensers. The method damps surging waves on high voltage copper lines and boosts capacity about 75 percent enabling 500 mile lines at 220 000 volts.
A crew locating a gas leak in Lewiston Maine found a full grown cat on the ice under a foot bridge. The cat’s tail was frozen to the ice and the animal appeared firmly anchored, with rescuer intervention likely saving its life.
A bronze tablet fixed in the government printing office in Washington commemorates a linotype that served in France. It notes the machine typed General Pershing's commands to America's army amid war conditions on the front lines.
A Rotterdam steamer Callisto uses a lifeboat covered with woven basketwork and cork. The buoyant armor is said to improve handling and safety with no sinking risk and reduced collision damage.
Banff Alberta naturalist Dan McCowan, after twenty years in Banff National Park, reports that owls can see in daylight. He recalls climbing a Douglas fir to photograph horned owls and being struck from behind by the mother, then sliding down a cliff while photographing eagle nests under dangerous talons.
An interview with an aspiring writer reveals lasting ambition, self-doubt, and determination to pursue literary goals. The author discusses stubborn progress, imagined milestones, and continued belief in eventual success.
The world's largest flying boat, funded by the French government, is finished at a cost of 150 000 dollars and deemed a success after multiple flights. It has five air cooled engines delivering 2100 hp, wingspan 131 feet 2 inches, wing thickness 5 feet 10 inches, and seating for 22 men.
A recently invented loud phonograph in Germany claims a tone volume equal to 20 orchestral instruments. The device augments sound by feeding atomized air and oil from a hand pump into a resonator, drawing significant public interest.
French inventor M Nogues demonstrated a camera capable of recording the flight of a shell at 300 pictures per second. He predicts further development to capture 600 images per second within a short time.
Two young Victorian farmers sought English wives and advertised in a British paper. A single mail boat from England delivered over two thousand replies from England Ireland Scotland and Wales prompting a flood of correspondence as suitors sought matrimony.
A three day Fid dling and Singing Convention will be held in Woody's Gap from July 15 to July 17. Everyone is invited. J A Anderson directs.
By order of the Lumpkin County Court of Ordinary the executors W H Jenna T F Crertstan will sell at public outcry on the first Tuesday in July 1927 at the courthouse door in Dahlonega undivided one half interest in city lots 1 2 3 14 and 18 along with a house and lot on Cooper's Gap Public Road and 20 acres of lot 897 in the 12th District 1st Section known as the Jim Phillips lot with improvements cash terms signed June 6 1927
Physicians endorse Purification as Nature’s foundation of health. Purify your system with Calotabs, taken once or twice weekly for several weeks, and feel renewed vitality. Family package available with directions for 35 cents at drugstores.
Compressed Air Magazine reports a new refrigerating plant in Buenos Aires claims to be the world's largest. It can process about 5000 cattle and 10000 sheep daily, signaling a major expansion in meat handling and cooling capacity.
A new motometer style device for cars measures engine heat and triggers the horn at a set temperature to warn of an overheating motor.
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