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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1918
Page
4
Nes Leh the provincial capital sits high in the Himalayas as a remote Buddhist enclave. The town attracts rare travelers for its meteorological observatory and monasteries while its inhabitants live at 11 000 to 16 000 feet, rarely venturing to lower altitudes.
West Indies plan to defend sugar crops uses lizards to eat immature frog hoppers and a fungus called green muscarine to kill adults. Trinidad experiments breed lizards in protected burrows and deploy spores by machines to dust cane fields.
A Boston Transcript writer argues that anonymity harms writers by depriving them of credit and income. He says readers prefer knowing the author behind a work and that a persistent real name becomes a valuable asset for editors and magazines, even if the content varies in quality.
A Popular Science Monthly note explains placing a fan in a room corner to drive air upward and across the ceiling via a six inch cardboard tube. This setup moves air from floor to ceiling, reducing drafts and leveling temperatures between floor and ceiling.
In Tennessee a fast horse named Dusky Pete, owned by Sam Flynn, won races under unknown rider. A turf judge dubbed a “dark horse,” predicting the upset, and the phrase entered American political parlance per People’s Home Journal.
The piece traces a Blizard family tomb in Amersham Eng and notes members named Blizard who accompanied William Penn to the New World. It claims a Blizard with unsociable habits settled in the Northwest, and that a Northwestern snowstorm was named from him as the origin of the word Blizzard.
In 1754 Benjamin Franklin published a cartoon in the Pennsylvania Gazette showing a snake divided into eight parts with the head as New England and the rest as the colonies. The caption urged "Join or die" as a call for united action amid war rumors and a colonial meeting at Albany.
A witty exchange notes a club buffet as paradoxical since many men use it when out of spirits, highlighting the humorous social view of dining spaces as morale remedies.
An investigator says the double chin can be controlled largely by posture and head carriage. Recalling Dr Edward Everett Hale's advice to look up not down, maintain an erect stance and chin up to reduce creases and ridges.
The ad touts cheapest to highest priced caskets with copper linings north of Atlanta and guarantees Atlanta prices on burial goods. It claims unmatched stock in quality and novelty with an invitation to call and inspect.
A vintage advertisement for Pure Herb Tablet Co. claiming to treat indigestion rheumatism and blood troubles by correcting the digestive system kidneys liver and bowels. It promises no weakness or sickness, offers a three month treatment in a box for one dollar, and a money back guarantee with W B Townsend in Dahlonega Georgia as the local agent.
A historical appeal touts low annual expenses from 125 to 175 dollars covering board lodging books fuel lights and uniform. It highlights climate mountain location freedom from city distractions and strict discipline. It promotes military department cadet band live dormitories and courses in AB and B plus agriculture mining engineering and commercial science directed by officers.
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