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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1928
Page
4
A reflective piece credits pioneer mothers with shaping American growth as settlers built cabins planted crops and established communities. Leah A. Kazmark notes mothers taught before schools and guided religious life, acting as teller teacher and preacher in early frontier society.
A marked oak tree began growing on April 17 and grew regularly until May 23. It rested for 32 days, resumed on June 2, and grew until July 13. The season shows alternating growth and rest periods, with the first growth lasting 10 inches at about 0.33 inches per day. This challenges the belief that trees grow from early spring to first frost.
The Society of Women Geographers formed in 1925 to connect women distinguished in geography with allied sciences. Active members must have done distinctive work expanding knowledge of countries they've visited. Corresponding members reside outside North America. Associate membership welcomes broadly traveled women supporting exploration and research.
The Orphan Brigade earned its nickname from the Kentucky unit’s departure to join the Confederacy. Accounts vary on how the label formed, citing severed ties with its state, isolation from its people, repeated command losses, and battlefield deaths, all contributing to the enduring designation.
A single sacred stone named Puntukas sits in a Lithuanian forest, famed for a tale that the devil attempted to topple the Anykselai church by throwing it, leaving two truncated church steeples as proof of the legend.
An antiquated note discusses early newspaper origins in The Netherlands with a New Newspaper cited as Newe Zuytung dated 120 and reporting battles with the Turks. It contrasts this with ancient Rome’s Acton Diarna diaries chronicling battles elections rites and religious acts.
In a fits of jealousy a husband and wife quarrel over a ring during their honeymoon as they argue about expensive restaurants once frequented. The wife asserts ownership and the husband counters with annoyance, highlighting tension over display.
New fossil teeth near Peking are identified as Neanderthal period and join finds of stone axes and animal bones in limestone caves. Prof. George Barbour reports evidence of primitive humans in north China as climate and geology shaped the land and rivers.
In Miami Oklahoma and Davistown Virginia a family reunion will unite descendants of Elizabeth Spicer and her brother William Spicer with those of Elizabeth Bowen and Thomas Bowen. The Spicers were captured by the Senecas in 1778 in the Great Lakes region. Elizabeth was freed by William and later wed a white man. Bowen lineage continued as tribal head. The gathering invites about fifty Seneca descendants linked to Löwen’s brother for August meetings.
Col William J B Greeley head of the United States forest service says the South is responsible for about 20 million acres of forest and cut over land burned yearly. He warns the loss amounts to millions of dollars and stresses that a prosperous South needs productive forests and range lands, which cannot exist while burning continues.
An appeal to the state geographical board to rename Harrisburg Ma Puzzletown back to Marlonville was rejected ensuring Puzzletown It will continue to be. The action preserves current local nomenclature and place identity amid regional disputes.
Sir Martin Conway praises Lionel Eis as a rising genius after he shows a nude titled Jeanne at Plymouth exhibit. Critics favor Eis, aged around twenty, whose bold portraiture wins high praise from the British Artists' exhibition chair. Lady Astor has commissioned him for a future portmante of the Lion, Dhlyls Eastor.
Billy age seven and companions Jack and Bobbie were playing when a cry was heard. Billy's mother found the boys astride a trunk with Bobbie beside them, exclaiming in surprise that Bobbie is part of the infantry.
In Wonma's Home Companion a reflection contrasts a woman’s shadowed idea of love with the reality of true love and a genuine marriage, noting worry versus a concrete, enduring bond.
Around Merano in Bolzano Italy farmers still light bonfires on high ground to signal they are alive during plague times. The fires, once a medieval practice, were lit again recently on hilltops, seen by visitors yet regarded as a customary annual event by locals.
A county ambulance was stolen in Milwaukee revealing a daring theft and prompting investigation as responders work to recover the vehicle. No injuries reported and authorities pursue leads.
W. D. Collins of the U S Geological Survey notes all spring water contains detectable radium and remains radioactive briefly. After three days the radium activity halves and after thirty days nearly vanishes, requiring about 400 quarts daily to affect the body.
Salvage engineers Cox and Shanke tackle a unique project at Scapa Flow to upright and tow the German battleship Seyditza, weighing tens of thousands of tons, laying it on its side and pumping air while filling openings with concrete to float and move it to the breaking-up depot. The plan aims to avoid a costly upright raise estimated at over $300,000.
A group of professional couriers and guides forms the Interpreters' club in Paris to regulate guiding with police issued permits after exams and references. They seek to curb overcharging, dubious tours, and tourist harassment by unpermitted guides and swear off misinformed claims about landmarks and historic figures.
In Edington England Miss Hayes a schoolteacher rescues worn horses and donkeys. She humane destroys or rehomes them with help from friends. Since starting she has processed about 6 000 animals and spent 16 000 dollars last year on 406 horses.
Clara Johnston and Robert Johnston sue Visalla County and jail officials over a proposed temporary restraining order to keep prisoners in the county jail from singing and making noises at night. The suit seeks court action to curb disturbances and protect residents from loud jail noise.
A Berkeley survey notes that William remains the most common male name and Mary the top female choice. Among U S men and boys one in 24 bears William while one in 29 women are named Mary. The nation counts 2 400 000 Williams and 2 000 000 Marys.
A Belfast Ulster education official posed a cryptic brain teaser to Mnniskillen pupils during a visit. The riddle involved buried coins and a dated inscription, challenging the students to deduce a hidden message. One boy correctly guessed the solution, earning a silver watch.
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