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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1919
Page
4
Commander John G Towers recalls a telegram mishap that reached drummer Jones too late, causing alarm about a wife and newborn. A hired girl misplaced a telegram, delaying notice of illness and prompting comic unintended consequences in a New York banquet anecdote.
A journal article highlights Asia as a plague hotspot with bubonic plague persisting in India and across Hong Kong and Bombay. It notes travel links to the Pacific coast, challenging inoculation and rat control due to religious beliefs, and warns the danger could reach American ports despite health authorities being alert.
A party of soldiers visiting Doctor Johnson's house in Gough Square had a Jamaican member of the party read aloud from the famous dictionary. The man was identified as Francis Barber of Jamaica, the doctor’s former servant to whom a bequest was left. Barber had previously sailed the seas.
A famed Irish curio, the golden bell said to descend from heaven and aid in obtaining information, was auctioned in London. A theft of $1,700 in saddle bags sparked a dramatic claim that the priest would swear his flock, until a man delivered the money and the bell’s contents were deemed secure.
Fulmen a pit pony at South Kirby colliery has completed twenty years of continuous service begun April 1899. The pony won the Lincolnshire handicap in 1886 and has not had a day of illness or an accident. His eyesight remains good and he has been brought to the surface only once in the period.
The conversation at a Greenwich Village tea event features Theodore Dreiser noting that novels are long while a young sculptor counters that precious stones are small and demand much cutting. The exchange blends literary and artistic views without escalating to dispute.
Henry Seidel Canby in Yale Review extols the whippet tank as a speedy, dangerous war engine. The two engine machine. it climbs banks, dumps sand, and rumbles across terrain with a camel like hump, presenting a perilous, humorous image of modern warfare.
In Nebraska a stalled train stood for six hours as a farmer aboard, with Populist brown whiskers, gathered opinions on when the wheels would move. The conductor returns and jokes that if the wind blows the farmer’s whiskers, the train is moving, otherwise the wheels are frozen to the track as passengers laugh.
A newly invented splint offers instant use for broken or injured arms. Designed for war and civilian cases, it adjusts to the patient’s body, fits both arms, and holds the limb in any desired position. Built from metal rods with joints and hinges for secure support and protection.
The visitors book at Hotel Majestic or Hotel Astoria in Paris records signatures of famous men from many nations. The pages, showing celebrities from Britain, France, the United States, Italy, Siam, Japan, Russia, Czecho Slovakia, and Poland, could fetch high bids if auctioned to aid conference expenses.
A humorous tale recalls a bride to be famed for tardiness. At a rehearsal the minister warns her to arrive by 8 o clock sharp, but she retorts that the ceremony cannot proceed without her, leaving the clergyman amused and defeated.
The note describes a forthcoming seasonal practice of a man named City Feller preparing his backyard garden. It evokes image of spading with old shoes and blistered hands as part of a yearly rite.
A garbled OCR line lists food items including salmons oysters crackers tomatoes pickles chatsup olives honey canned fish fish flakes chile con carne mustard tea coffee sausage dukees dressing pepper sauce coco potted ham.
The Central China Post reports that on January 2 disbanded Chinese soldiers raided Anlu on the Han river infesting the hills north of the town. A merchant abducted on the road to Chinsan was bound and burned after ransom failed. Police and a small force were sent but the killers escaped.
An unusual aeronautic experiment was conducted at Rockaway Beach L I as an airplane suspended from a navy blimp was released from 3000 feet. A 100 foot cable with a gripping contrivance connected to the dirigible allowed immediate release by the pilot.
In New Augusta Indiana two and a half year old Bobbie Swineford admires visiting players in basketball attire. He tells his mother the opponents have pretty underwears after spotting their uniforms during a gym practice.
The passage presents a quote about testing a sweetheart's complexion with a wet rag and a remark on inborn geniality. It also includes a line from Galveston News and a comment from BH. P. Whipple about the love of subjects serving as protection.
A testimonial promotes Ziron Iron Tonic as a blood iron enhancer to restore appetite and vitality after serious illness. J. B. Clifton of Lyoga, Georgia, recounts typhoid fever and hemorrhages, claiming Ziron helped his strength return. it is sold by druggists with a guarantee.
A readable list of city aldermen trustees and county officers includes B Vickery W J Hightower J F Pruitt C Moore T F Jackson W B Gertas and officials such as Orinary Peele Clerk Superior Sheriff Tax Collector Tax Receiver Coroner and county board of education members led by W T Dowdy with supervisor D W Caldwell and O N Fitts. Carl Shultz is noted as superintendent of county schools.
Advertisement claims Pure Herb Tablets correct digestion kidneys liver and bowels and purify blood improving the entire system without weakness or sickness. Three months treatment per box offered with money back guarantee and one dollar postage to any address. Manufactured by Pure Herb Tablet Ga Ashland Ohio W B Townsend Dahlonega Ga agent.
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