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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1917
Page
1
A lesson on the value of excellence in all efforts. A teacher urges a student to perfect marks across all subjects not just the scholarship goal. The tale highlights careful, clear writing and speaking, and forming habits of thoroughness in every task.
A dry goods merchant and other town merchants discuss daily life as a bank draft purchase hints at a broader plot. A visiting printing representative solicits orders for 5 000 drafts 6 000 checks and 2 000 letter heads. Town leaders gather at the hall to address a growing nail order evil.
An Amer ica Magazine excerpt quotes Charles M Schwab urging hard work over fancy spending. He recalls a man eschewing watches until earning ten thousand, warning young men against early pleasure. He argues early diligence yields wealth and duty without wasteful distractions.
Instructions from Southern Ruralist on making durable whitewash for cement brick and wood. Includes lime slaking with boiling water, salt addition, Portland cement and ultramarine blue to prevent gray cement tint, and proper stirring to avoid streaking. Note ends with a regional plug for Lumpkin county news.
Reports note wildlife responses to detonation during war era. Large mammals such as the black game, roebneck, and red deer fled war zones while hare stayed put amid heavy firing. Birds like grouse and pheasant left areas, yet songbirds kept nests and songs. Wolves avoided guns, owls and raptors remained unfrightened.
The article describes young bees hatching from wax cells in a hive. Workers aid by nibbling the cap, enlarging the opening until the head emerges, then the thorax and abdomen follow. After birth the bees pant, recover their breath, and receive nourishment from worker bees.
A fragmentary exchange compares a sallow faced girl to fruit. The remark clarifies a color reference, equating skin tone to yellow peaches in a terse literary aside.
In a brief quip Life magazine notes that Jones wed a very superior woman, remarking that any woman would be superior to Jones and framing the match as the newsroom chatter of the era.
Directory lists city government leaders including W. H. James mayor T. H. Wimpy marshal aldermen G. H. Moor W. Gamp C. B. Wray A. B. Keith J. E. McGee G. W. Vaughn trustees of city school H. Wyers chairman H. B. Smith secretary and treasurer G. Walden John H. Moore B. F. Anderson county officers
The prospectus outlines low yearly expenses from 125 to 175 dollars covering board lodging books fuel lights and uniform. It highlights a superb climate mountain location obedience order regularity and self reliance. It boasts the finest military department and cadet band in Georgia with U S Army officers supervising. It promises thorough instruction in B S and B B courses plus agriculture mining engineering and commercial science. Cadets live in dormitories under officer supervision. For more information write Dr. G R Glenn president.
The Mountain Inn is now open for transient guests and travelers. It promises fine meals and electric lights with running water on 80 acres of Park land. Arnold, proprietor, invites guests to enjoy the shaded, cool grounds and lake views.
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