Local Officials Named in Lumpkin County Administration
A notice lists county and town officers for Lumpkin County Georgia including trustees, school board members, tax officials, and church appointments. It also records a public notice from executors H. B. Goeman and G. L. Warnes regarding the estate of G. W. Cochran with demands and debt repayment required by law.
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Georgia
Lumpkin County
G.W. Qochran
Saide County
H. B. Gooman
G. L. Warnes
Dahlonega
State of Georgia
Suasie Forrester
EB. L. Forrester
Court of Ordinary
Towxsenn
Baby Swallows Coin Prompting Urgent Doctor Call
Report notes a baby swallowing a quarter prompting a quick call for medical help. The exchange highlights parental reaction urging action and the urgent need to seek a doctor. Authorities emphasize monitoring and potential ingestion risks in early childhood.
Love of King Harold and the Norse Expansion
A legendary tale says King Harold of a coastal Norwegian realm wooed Gyda with vows to conquer Norway before marriage. After long wars, he united the land and married Gyda, while defeated kings sailed to Teeland. Icelanders reportedly reached Massachusetts in 1577, echoing myths about Columbus and Iceland.
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Harold
Seok
Gyda
Norway
Detroit News
Teeland
American
Rognnvald
Massachusetts
America
Columbus
Iceland
Europe
Whistling Superstitions Global and Local Beliefs
The article notes varied views on whistling from a German head master’s arrest for a Teutonic tune to miners avoiding whistling as a sign of disaster in Leicestershire. It cites Arab proverbs, Icelandic bans, Gomera whistle signaling, and an English skeptic who went deaf after a test whistle.
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Germany
London
Iceland
Gomera
Canary Islands
Ile
Eye Doctor Diagnoses Nervous System Ailment
A doctor inspects a patient and notes signs of liver trouble fatty degeneration of the heart and poor blood supply. The patient interrupts claiming the other eye is the prosthetic glass one. The exchange appears in Everybody's Magazine.
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Everybody’s Magazine
Witness Recounts Wedding Role in Old Case
In a courtroom exchange the witness recalls serving as best man at a couple’s wedding seven years prior, prompting the judge to press for explanation in a New York Sun context.
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New York Sun
Teapot Domne Political Exchange Quoted Senator Sorghum
A Teapot Domne quip captures a tense exchange about wealth and danger. Senator Sorghum responds that he would only offer prayers rather than assurances, signaling skepticism toward claims of quickly making large sums.
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Senator Sorghum
Paine's Crisis Spurs Patriot Resolve in 1776
The Detroit News notes Thomas Paine backed the American cause after Common Sense. Paine, serving with Gener al Greene, wrote on a drumhead to bolster courage as Washington ordered The Crisis read to regiments. The army then defeated Hessians at Trenton, with thirteen Crisis issues published.
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Thomas Paine
Jefferson
Paine
Detroit News
Nathaniel Greene
Trenton
A Living Loveliness and the Blur of Friendship
A fragmentary poetic passage describes a “living loveliness” arriving as a rosy cloud in benediction. It speaks of friendship, beauty, perfume, and pardon, then questions a foolish dreamer who cannot see true color or glory beyond illusions. The text repeats and loops with garbled lines about a rosy cloud.
Awful Ignorant Chap Matt Tolliver Is An Assistant Fire Man
In Dixie a college worker Matt Tolliver from the mountains displays quaint dialect. Bill Street and Daly Morgan help at the institution though their literacy clashes with a sense of superiority. Daly notes his talk to Street comparing it to a professor’s speech.
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Matt ‘Tolliver
Dixie
Bill Street
Daly Morgan
Bill
Matt
Ignor
Daly
Street
Dye Eoer
Pesser
Per-fesser
Eiverybody
Silk Cargo Voyage From Pacific To New York
A rainload of silk valued at about 1,200 dollars weighs nearly 140 pounds. Two hundred fifty bales go into an ordinary freight car, with a carload valued around 30,000 dollars. Silk is moved from the Pacific coast to the New York market in trains ranging from five to thirty-five cars per train.
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Pacific Coast
New York
Fly Paper for Kites
A boy asks for paper to make a kite and the shopkeeper suggests fly paper as the material. The exchange captures a simple child’s project and a store interaction from Youth's Companion.
Epidemic of Jam Sticks School Lesson
A class discussion defines an epidemic as something that spreads and uses jam as a playful example. The teacher prompts Tommy to name an epidemic, and he blurts out jam, prompting a lighthearted moment about spreading jam.
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Tommy
Famous Old Venetian Hotel Celebrates Centenary
The Hotel Danieli in Venice marks its centenary on the Slavonian quay near the Doge’s Palace. Noted visitors include royalty and celebrities such as Alfred de Musset and George Sand, with an 1834 arrivals register revealing quirky spellings like George Band and Mister Dodesiant.
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Danieli
Venice
Ghont
Veesels
Doge
Casanova
Avery King
Prince
Dexfels
Alfred de Musset
George Sand
Georges Michel
L’ilustration
Paris
Kansas City Star
George Band
Mr. Munsch
First Kid-Guees and Second Kid-Quess on Fishing
A playful note recounts two kids fishing attempts with humor about gear and worms. The speaker contrasts one kid’s confident claim of lots of fish with the other’s quieter stance.
Gotham City Telephones Show Daily Activity Pulse
A chart of New York City phone calls from early morning to night mirrors daily business. Calls rise after a quiet dawn, peak at 9 30 AM, fall after 11 30, drop sharply to 7 30 PM, then rise again to a daytime afternoon high at 1 30 before continuing a steady decline.
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New York City
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W. B. Rider
T. WH. Wimpy
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J. W. Grindle
J. A. Anderson Trust
Cily School
MA Bhisy Ohance Seetiag
John H. Moore
W. H. Jones
J.M. Brooksher
Bruett
W. B. Townsend
Purenoes Gourt
E. Christian
de Ee Davis
D. C. Porter
K. Peck
A. Oe
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John Evans
0. C. Burns
Y. G. Abercrombie
W. J. Free
D. O. Johnson
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W.H. Jones
W. J. Hightower
J. M. Ridley
Dowd Go
D. Pierce
D. Wy. Feane
R. J. Hutcheson
Carl Shultz
Krea
B.C. Meaders
T.F. Christian
Auraria
W. A. Hutcheson
J.P
Cane Creek
Luther Justus
J. P .Fred Ash
N. Crumby
Hanfield
N. P. Chestatee
J. M. DR. P. Davis
W. M. Welhant
J. B. Higgins
Ahlonega
H. ©. Lovelace
J. Palr
Ray
N. P. Frogtown
Daves White
N. P
R.W. Hightower
Supt
Presbyterian Church
B. W. Baker
J. A. Carson
Church OF God
R. BK. Hamilton
Young People’s
Hamilton
Good Farm
Gainesville
Janie Martin
Rt. 2
Lookout Mountain
Nor Sale
Fienns Dalannoeee Rt. L
Yahoola
Takaki JF
Donse Brothers
Silvertown
Goodrich
Silvertown Cord
Dahlonega MotorCo
John
Boston Transcript
Jane
Eliza Miss Hyseo
Visitiog
Goston
San Ihe
Tom Paine
Sala
Dahlonega, Ga
W. M. Wennent, Cythloneral Co
Callon
Nimblewill
Kionard Carnip
Rt. 8
G H McGuire Jeweler
A. Meaders
Burns
W. B
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Central
Dahlonega Telephone Company
T. Vv
Greenway
Gotham
Cane Creek Falls
Robert Housers
State Senate
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