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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1909
Page
4
A Health Culture piece compares weekly grocery bills of men students and women bachelor girls who pool funds to cut costs. Men spend less overall yet women incur certain luxuries, suggesting differing appetite for small indulgences. A separate courtroom exchange shows a thief admitting the bill was not restored but returned to circulation.
An amused fragment describes a Birmingham Atlanta railway waiting room scene where a dropped coin triggers a spontaneous half sovereign hunt. The piece weaves humor through a chorus of confessors and a wry narrator remarking on the shared loss.
Harper's Weekly notes a New York chauffeur, Darragh, captured in Texas after striking and killing a boy while fleeing. The piece argues for mutual fear between drivers and children to curb street danger, praising humane treatment and calling for rules that prioritize child safety in busy streets.
An old advertisement from the California Fig Syrup Co emphasizes that its Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna are made under a strict, known process to ensure purity and uniformity. It warns consumers to buy only the genuine product and notes common druggists carry it. The text includes a separate dramatic quote from a Christian Endeavor World piece.
Caleb the veteran United States Fish Commission horse at Green Bay Me was pensioned after a year of illness and decline. Secretary of Commerce and Labor Ormedy McHarg ordered the animal kept in pasture until death, amid praise for the loyal service spanning twenty four years.
A Novice brakeman and an exhausted engineer struggle on a steep grade. The engineer nearly loses control, but they reach the top. The new brakeman admits the brake saved them from a backslide. The Washington Star quotes the exchange. The Sketch comments on names surviving through descendants.
An old newspaper fragment describes a resort booklet issued by the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad titled Seashore and Mountain with a resort map. It notes 2 cents postage to W H Leahy G P Agt A B and A R R Atlanta Ga. The piece mixes quotes and short notices including literary jests and product plug lines.
A Danville reader states a 25 year eczema cure after using Hancock's Sulphur Compound Ointment and crediting persistent, directed use. The notice urges readers to obtain the remedy from local druggists or Hancock Liquid Sulphur Co. for more information.
A regular customer with his companion visits a West End restaurant. He orders both la carte and table d hote, asking for generous portions of gravy, in a sly, humorous exchange noted by London Tit-Bits.
A Cleveland era ad reads about Cuticura healing a year of severe eczema after hospital relief failed. It includes a 1907 testimonial from Henry Searle of Little Rock. Also notes Minnesota timber claims and Atlanta to Bennswick sleeper service starting June 10 with Pullman cars for Georgia seashore trips.
Mrs Witt Young of Rockland Maine credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with curing long running backache and general misery after trying doctors and other remedies. The letter urges others to seek root based treatment and notes Mrs Pinkham offers free advice to sick women from Lynn Massachusetts.
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