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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1912
Page
2
Inscription price figures for year spans appear with legislative timing noted for June. Georgia rain totals near 40 inches in six months and a man dies by suicide over high living costs. A Chicago tale mentions a girl police to enforce a long bat pin law while Blairsville hosts a public wedding.
The piece urges Lumpkin County to elect sober, unpretentious representatives to resist liquor influence and attract investment. It compares rail and cement road options, favors a railroad to Cleveland with a branch to Dahlonega, and argues fiscal prudence, sober governance, and investor appeal will raise prosperity, jobs, and lower taxes. It closes with thanks from C C Porter and notes Georgia gold output after North Carolina.
J W Born announces withdrawal from the senate race thanking supporters in Lumpkin County saying he may not return as a citizen but that Lumpkin’s people will always hold a warm place in his heart.
Notes from Auraria discuss the upcoming school tax vote and local civic activity. Mentions crops and farmers busy in the season, visiting Dr W L Wood and wife from Atlanta, plus other arrivals. Also notes Dawson County charter filing and Foley's Honey and Tar advertising. An Oklahoma cyclone struck a town during clear skies.
An Iowa couple promotes Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound as the best cough cure after trying others. A Louisiana delegate says he refused a bribe of 1000 dollars. Mrs. Melanghlin of La Crosse reports kidney and rheumatic pain relief after Foley Kidney Pills. Sold by all dealers.
A prospective candidate declares candidacy for State Senate subject to Democratic Primary. He seeks voters' support and promises to address campaign matters and platform when time comes, and to represent the people without fear or favor if elected.
Mrs J B Henry of Akron Michigan credits Foley Kidney Pills with easing her severe kidney symptoms and saving potential doctor's bills. Mrs Lela Love of Covena Georgia reports rapid relief from sluggish kidneys after using the pills. Charles Sable of Rochester New York endorses the product for prompt relief from long standing kidney trouble. Sale by all outlets.
Notice states a two story nine room house with fifteen acres and nearby land lots. Also offered is household items at half price and a Jersey cow producing three gallons daily. Public sale in front of Dahlonega Court House on July 2 1912 at 11 o clock A M per Henry B Jackson Collector.
Georgia Lumpkin County notices an application for pardon by Lewis Gaddis convicted of murder in Lumpkin Superior Court April Term 1910. The petition will be presented to Governor Joseph M Brown after thirty days from June 2 1912. Signatories Gro Ganots and A J Anderson.
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