30 Jun 1911
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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1911
Page
1
Mrs. W. M. Ramsay recounts a Turkish feast from her book Every day Life in Turkey. The sequence alternates meats and sweets from pishmish to calf head and garlic, a cream tart to vine leaf dumplings, cherries in honey, kid roasted and pistachios, ending with pilaf as the final course.
A New York Sun anecdote describes a traveler tricking a hotel clerk by offering a “small suit” of parlor, bedroom, and bath for twenty five dollars a day to demonstrate how price or terms can deter or invite undesired guests. The clerk admits the tactic shows how easily a house can be fully booked or misled.
The piece traces how Scottish mariner Alexander Selkirk was marooned on Juan Fernandez in 1704 and lived alone until 1709, inspiring Daniel Defoe to write Robinson Crusoe. Selkirk, who died a lieutenant in the British Navy in 1723, inspired a monument on Juan Fernandez in 1868.
A playful linguistic note highlights how punctuation reshapes meaning. The sample shows how inserting commas changes the sentence that begins with That that is and ends with Is not that it. It illustrates how proper punctuation clarifies structure and interpretation.
A stream of quirky items from Dahlonega including letters from Helena Montana readers, a missing gold watch near Ash Ford Road, a fiddlers convention on August 25 drawing visitors from across the country, college catalogue delays, and anecdotes about a local rival and Pentecost beliefs.
The statement of John Withrow, executed at Blue Ridge Georgia, explains the drinking that led to the murder of his wife. He says whiskey caused the crime, seeks to warn others, and asks the judge to read his words to the world. An Atlanta Confederate Veterans camp condemned recent Civil War articles as unfair.
A seventy year old writer recalls old Dahlonega schools built of logs and slats, notes telephones everywhere, and urges harmony between Dahlonega and Gainesville merchants. The piece contrasts local trade with Atlanta and New York divorces, ending with a pair of light anecdotes about marital strife and church attendance.
A Richmond dispatch reports President Taft calls for a tougher pure food law while Georgia shipments of watermelons begin and local events stir concern. Various notes include political gifts, deaths, crime, and regional tensions across the South and Midwest.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat analysis explains why body growth decelerates with age. It notes limited absorptive capacity of the stomach and intestines, energy demands of life, and a higher growth efficiency in animals. It cites thyroid and other glands as controllers of growth.
A Broad way restaurant anecdote recalls how Richard Mansfield praised a young comedian who later became a success. Mansfield once toasted a spoiled scene in Chicago and quipped that they might not be together next season, prompting shock from the young actor.
Samuel Johnson showed irritation at parents who rush children into the world of verse and song. A friend proposed letting his two sons recite Gray together to judge who had the better cadence. Johnson replied with humor that both should speak at once.
In a tense exchange a wife accuses her husband of caring more for his pets than her. He calmly reveals he had their poodle Azor stuffed after the animal died, sparking exasperation from his wife who questions the expense and motive.
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