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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1906
Page
1
The column touts Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with testimonials, offers Dahonega Ga druggists, plus local items about letter heads, pension misuse, a town band formation, editor quotes on memory and romance, and urging individuals to own their own papers.
At a June meeting in Wars Springs Georgia manufacturers farmers and railroad men urged more immigrant labor. Commissioner Frank P Sargent urged a Georgia state bureau and direct steamship links to Savannah arguing Georgia must act to attract newcomers. Local industrialists warned idle looms and rising building costs from worker scarcity.
In East Germantown a boy insists on two pounds of butter exactly as sent to his grandmother, while the grocer promises to fulfill the precise request amid lighthearted remarks. Separately, Mrs. Gertrude Warren died soon after arriving in Lebanon Indiana after a four week wagon journey from Clinton Iowa to die at her old home.
The Statesboro News notes editor M. J. BR. Miller comments on Populist infighting over Governor candidate plans. Chairman Trolloway calls a state meeting to decide on a ticket while Hoke Smith headquarters allegedly influence party leaders in Atlanta. The piece portrays party resistance to apparent bossism and splits among the old guard.
A concise meditation contrasts 19th century life with today noting quill pens and ink drying sand, postal costs from Boston to New York and Philadelphia, powdered hair and wigs, debt imprisonment, Virginia’s population share, African frontier awareness, stagecoaches between New York and Boston, six day travels, no public libraries, daily wages for laborers, and open fireplaces for cooking.
A London traveler laments England’s weather shifts noting a man can wear light clothes one day and need an overcoat the next. An American recalls a snowy quarrel where Johnson hurled a snowball at Jones from under five yards, a story illustrating abrupt winter swings.
A sudden weather shift brought intense heat and a bizarre scene as Jones, instead of receiving a snowball, was doused with hot water in an unusual roadside incident.
A mother instructs her daughter Jennie to cut an apple “in a Christian way” by giving Willie the larger half. The exchange includes a child’s reluctance, a suggestion Willie divide, and a judge’s quip about reputation and freckles.
An old Bluffton resident touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best for bowel trouble. He claims long use in his family and urges others to buy now and be prepared. Sold by Dr. C H Jones in Dahlonega Georgia.
A girl chooses a man who lives in a boarding house as a spouse, reasoning that such a partner will value home cooking and domestic comforts. The observation suggests practical choices influence marriage decisions in this vignette.
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