Southerners, Georgians Face Unenviable Place and Remedies
A terse call urges action across the South and Georgia in a struggle over education, legislation, and isolation with potential prosecution as a last resort to address the crisis.
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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1919
Page
4
A terse call urges action across the South and Georgia in a struggle over education, legislation, and isolation with potential prosecution as a last resort to address the crisis.
Rabies in dogs can render the jaw paralyzed and open, preventing biting. Owners may misread the open mouth as a foreign body issue, risking a scratch during mouth examination. Georgia Board of Health offers free anti rabic treatment. avoid risk.
A comparative study ranks states by venereal disease rates among the second million drafted men. It highlights the top and bottom states with the highest infections and lists two states with the lowest rates and the national average.
Social diseases preventable Gonorrhoea and syphilis, the two principal social diseases, are preventable. They can be cured if treatment is begun promptly and continued long enough under the direction of a reputable doctor. Self treatment or treatment by no one doctor, however, is injurious.
The State Bureau of Vital Statistics reports 2071 birth certificates for March up from 864 in January and 1165 in February. The county data shows 1099 male and 939 female births with 56 illegitimate cases. The piece urges enforcement of birth and death registration by local officials to avoid federal takeover.
The piece argues that happiness comes from cheerful thinking and a positive view of one’s life. It claims wealth or fame are not required to feel content, and seeing good in others and in one’s hometown broadens outlook and daily pleasure.
A passage in the Ladies Home section notes the sheep bone toy as a universal plaything for children in Asia, symbolizing objects from a doll to a sword and from a pashas horsehair stand to a British gunboat, with references to Osmaniis Kurds Armenians Arabs Druses and Greeks. The Ined Cross Magazine cites its ubiquity and cultural range.
The note suggests selling powders in distinct shades for hot, warm, cool, and cold weather and for day and night use. It speculates that someone may have already patented such a compound and that the idea might not yet be widely advertised.
A historical note describes the oyster anatomy noting a stomach connected to the mouth by a short gullet, two gill pairs, an intestine, a green liver, a two chambered heart, and a simple nervous system. It has no ears nose or eyes and uses a footlike appendage for licking rather than locomotion.
A London man, short on pipe tobacco, cut a cake of chewing tobacco to mix with it. He smoked the blend and shared a sample with a trade friend, leading to the first public smoking mixture.
J H Martin of Mount Vernon Georgia describes a hospital spell of illness with stomach trouble yellow skin and nervousness. He credits Ziron iron based tonic with restoring strength nerves and overall health after a period of weakness and poor appetite.
A fragmented OCR listing shows city and county officials, trustees, and education leaders. Names include Mayor Marshal, City School Trustees with N B Smith as secretary and treasurer, county officers such as Sheriff Coroner J M Davis and Tax Collector, and the County Board of Education led by W T Dowdy with D W Caldwell and C N Fitts.
Advert reads Pure Herb Tablets claim to treat indigestion rheumatism and blood troubles by correcting digestion kidneys liver and purifying blood. The sale promotes a three month treatment in a box for one dollar with a money back guarantee and delivery to any address from Ashland Ohio manufacturer and Dahlonega Georgia agent listed.
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