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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1918
Page
1
A saturated aqueous solution of tungstoporate has specific gravity 3.8, surpassing mercury and causing many stones like granite and quartz to float. Only a few precious stones exceed this density, suggesting use in separating valuable stones from broken rock.
A compact exploration of how names mislead about origins and meanings. The author cites examples from cuisine, baseball, flora, and social customs to spotlight discrepancies between label and reality. The essay muses on linguistic quirks and the slippery link between term and truth.
A cleaning method suggests using one pound oxalic acid mixed with three gallons of water to form a paste with wheat flour. Apply with a brush and let stand for two divs, then scrub with clean water. Repeat once if stains persist.
Dublin grave digger works hard and breaks his spade. He sends his son to buy a new one and promises payment after the work is done. The shopkeeper chases the boy away, thinking the payment would come from the grave.
A reflective piece discusses how opportunities remain unseen or unclaimed due to the body's composition and illness. It contrasts one man who sees a single path with another who spots many. John overcomes early habits while James and his nine brothers inherit temperament traits.
A pint of water weighs about one pound and can serve as a practical basis for weights and measures. Farmers with seed grain on hand can balance and weigh other farm products against this standard, making conversions simple for field use.
A Burlington Hawkeye quip cites a pop song chorus urging true heart felt smiling. The piece highlights smiling from the heart as a message of friendliness and cheer rather than mere facial tics.
The Cross of St. Andrew is a white satin X on blue, symbolizing the Scottish patron saint's martyrdom. It is combined with crosses of St. George and St. Patrick in the Union Jack of Great Britain.
Instructions describe repairing a broken umbrella handle by cleaning out the hole, filling with powdered sulphur, heating the rod end red hot, and pressing it into the sulphur to fuse and cement the joint.
Turkish is spoken across Europe and Asia with a uniform structure that allows understanding from European Turkey through Asia Minor to Central Asia, making Ottoman Turkish broadly intelligible for travelers.
A science note explains that many pink flowers can turn blue when exposed briefly to ammonia fumes, while blue flowers shift to pink when exposed to acids.
The piece notes investigations often lose grip from start to finish yet a few endure as compelling as their opening premise. It reflects on investigative craft and reader anticipation through careful pacing and structure.
Science has advanced to estimate cyclone sizes from 50 to 600 miles and possible paths up to 5,000 miles. In a few years modern science has expanded knowledge of cyclones and sailors now know where to expect them and the wind directions they follow.
Sleep the Restorer urges early to bed and early to rise as a health maxim. Emphasizes plenty of fresh air in the bedroom and a hot bath before retiring to relax nerves and aid sleep.
A historical account credits Jubal with inventing the harp 8875 years before Christ and notes David playing the harp before Saul in 1068 B C. It mentions the harp in Treland during Geide’s reign around 859 B C G.
The $8 gold piece was authorized February 21, 1858 and discontinued September 26, 1890. From 1854 to 1889 inclusive 589,792 pieces were coined, with most surviving examples now in collectors' hands.
The survey notes about 440 newspapers in China with only around fifty achieving strong circulation. The typical average is under 3,000 copies per issue, while one Shanghai daily claims a 30,000 circulation.
Many children are disagreeable because they lack engaging games songs and occupations that stimulate the mind and provide constructive activity. The text argues children need purposeful tasks to satisfy their need to do and create.
A Chinese consul warns that foreign trade groups and business methods are labeled by nationality and that the imprudent actions of one American firm harm many others. He suggests a more careful, unified approach to American business conduct abroad.
A Buffalo Times quotation laments the thief of time as procrastination. It notes that delaying by one person causes delay for others and many, highlighting the communal impact of tardiness.
A Buffalo Times note mocks shoes made of grass in Spain claiming they last 25 years and suggesting people would rather eat grass than wear such footwear. The quip questions practicality and desirability of long lived grassy shoes.
The Buffalo Times notes a shift away from old fashioned masculine grooming habits as barbers face changing client expectations. It questions what has become of the man who once shaved the back of his neck and urges the trade to modernize.
The Chicago health bulletin notes that plants fail without sunshine and urges abundant sun for people at home and in the workshop. It emphasizes bright, sunlit spaces as essential to well being and productivity.
A mother should stick to essential lessons every day until proper habits are permanently formed in the child. The guidance emphasizes consistency and persistence to shape behavior over time.
A Kansas City Star quip notes the keen hearing of vaudeville artists who seemingly answer an encore before it begins, capturing the sharp wit and timing celebrated in old theater culture.
A Philadelphia Record item notes that some individuals retreat into self with a cool welcome and inward focus, suggesting temperament rather than external circumstance drives their behavior. The column mirrors urban social commentary of the era.
A playful note suggests using honey and syrups instead of sugar to secure an early win and keep morale high. Disney referenced as a symbolic ally, implying a metaphorical recipe for success rather than a literal action.
Specimens of Egyptian reed pipes dating back over eight centuries have entered museums. The pipes may hold clues to the scales that survived from a mystical ancient art. A writer suggests primitive man placed holes at equal distances, creating scales by natural mechanical logic.
The essay reflects on James Thomson's famed Seasons and his poem The Castle of Indolence. It notes his reputed laziness and claims he hardly stirred to fetch fruit, writing most poetry in a reclining position and his best work in bed.
A concise look at famed military leaders who achieved greatness despite small stature. The piece highlights Alexander the Great Caesar Napoleon and Luxemburg along with Moltke as diminutive yet influential figures.
A reflective excerpt urging action in the present and choosing love over cynicism. It emphasizes human helpfulness as life’s purpose learned from sorrowful experience.
The text explains that cyclones bring rain and cloud bursts when air is saturated. It notes a whirl forms as heated air rises, creating a strong updraft that condenses vapor in the upper funnel until the mass breaks its own weight.
Shelley enjoyed leisure on the water shaping poetry while Coleridge, though gifted, produced only fragments due to a perceived lack of will to work.
The piece reflects on a growing child who finds himself the most interesting person, and suggests we teach him to conceal his self fascination. It recalls a boy who listened with delight as his mother bragged to neighbors about his cute manners.
The piece contrasts harsh Tudor executions with modern legal practices, noting the deadliness of boiling for poisoners and a brutal shaving and feathering punishment for thieves, then remarks on advantages of living in the twentieth century.
Gertrude Capen Whitney notes that what doctors call nerves may reflect a wider shift in perception and expression across stages of experience. The quote reframes nerves as natural variance in personal orbit and realization.
A new device fits a hood over a bath tub end to confine steam from the hot water supply allowing a person to take a steam or hot air bath at home.
A reflection on military discipline urging vigilance and sacrifice. The speaker warns that neglecting the commander’s bidding harms the army, making each member appear useless for war. It emphasizes the need for sentry duty, trench digging, rampart casting, and risk taking to uphold wartime readiness.
The Massachusetts legislature considers reducing legal lobster length from nine to eight inches. Critics claim the bill advances lobster extinction by allowing more juveniles to be caught, noting Maine’s longer standard is not sufficient. The Boston Post comments that the 9 inch limit is already short.
Those who employ Chinese cooks say they follow recipes with strict scientific precision, like druggists with prescriptions. Their results are consistently satisfactory as they avoid waste, never burn or spill, and cook just enough to finish each task.
The West’s cyclones are called tornadoes and are violent whirls though narrow. many storms with 40 to 60 mph winds are not cyclones or tornadoes. True cyclones or tornadoes vary in width from rods to several miles, with wide ones being rare and unusual.
A nine year old Sophie felt pain and was told by a doctor it was growing pains. A family friend later asked how she was and she replied she was better but still growing, implying a humorous misdiagnosis.
The passage urges taking life one day at a time to maximize present strength. It warns that dwelling on past mistakes or fearing the future drains energy and reduces effectiveness in the current moment.
A Franklin quote notes that experience teaches beyond advice and conduct. It warns fools gain little from counsel and those who will not heed reason will suffer consequences. The line highlights the value of learning from mistakes rather than through instruction alone.
Scientists argue taste is a result of imagination and perception. Experiments mislabel foods like onions as potatoes when sensory apparatus fails. Public understanding remains unsettled as the nature of taste resists simple definition.
A compact satirical note quotes a rural sentiment about patience and steady driving. It emphasizes keeping a steady hand and preserving the horse and wagon through turns, avoiding a spill in a briar patch.
A cheerful exhortation to happiness as a public virtue. The quotation credits Sir Joby Lubbock and emphasizes that personal cheerfulness boosts the happiness of others. The tone mirrors a civic or inspirational note found in historical columns.
A reproachful dialogue reveals a bride questioning why her partner hid debt. She remarks the unhappiness suggested money was lacking, implying financial strain affected their relationship and trust. The exchange centers on secrecy, blame, and financial hardship within a marriage.
The note traces Doctor Capsule’s path from near starvation as a general practitioner to wealth, highlighting a shift to specialization and perceived justice. It frames a career transformation as a rise from hardship to financial success.
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