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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1910
Page
1
Speaker of the House loses control of the Committee on Rules in a surprising power shift. The move signals a restructuring of committee influence and potential floor action changes.
In a stormy Washington session, 191 to 155 insurgent Republicans and Democrats ousted Joseph G. Cannon from the rules committee weakening his power. The house rejected removing him from the speakership, while a new Republican rules committee was planned. Champ Clark framed the fight as a revolt against a bad system, not a personal attack. Norris proposed a ten member rules panel with six from the minority, to be elected within two days. Burleson’s attempt to declare the speakership vacant failed.
An article discusses a Washington demonstration of the typhoid fly and urges nationwide moving pictures to spur efforts against typhoid fever. It notes the disease causes tens of thousands of US deaths yearly and advocates strong prevention through water, milk, and food safeguards.
Cotton operator James A. Patten describes his Manchester exchange experience in New York. He says there was no violence, only crowd shouts and pressure as he and James Brown exited the trading floor amid jeers of yankee and boos.
The Georgia Supreme Court rules Governor Hoke Smith could remove McLendon from the railroad commission and that the General Assembly may sustain or restore removals, holding no conflict with state or federal constitutions. The decision reverses Judge Charlton and sustains the ex-governor’s action.
The eight by five foot six inch, 17 000 pound pink marble block quarried near Knoxville is bound for New York to carve the Justice statue for a Bronx court house. The base block measures seven by six feet eleven inches by four feet ten inches.
Soil survey work in Bulloch and Sumter counties continues under requests from Georgia officials. Surveys have already been published for Cobb and Tift, with Pike and Hancock reports soon available. Franklin County’s survey was completed in 1909 and will be issued soon, as the Bureau of Soils aims to survey every county hosting an agricultural high school and extend findings statewide.
Georgia Lumpkin County sheriff announces public sale of multiple land parcels in various districts for cash on the first Tuesday in May 1910. Parcels include numerous lot numbers across the Fourth Fifth Sixth Eleventh Twelfth and Fifteenth Districts, all listed as unreturned with owners unknown, to satisfy 1909 taxes. Sale held at the Lumpkin County courthouse.
The Georgia State Board of Health offers free antitoxin serums and Pasteur vaccine for hydrophobia to aid the poor. Free microscopic examinations and bacteriological tests are available through county physicians upon request. Antitoxin for diphtheria is provided in any quantity, with services shared by all residents.
Atlanta reports State Entomologist B. H. L. Worsham has plans to plant 2500 to 3000 bushels of a resistant cotton seed in Dooly Schley and Sumter counties after tests showed strong evidence it resists black root. Distributions reached 1200 bushels sent to applicants last spring, spreading seed to about 2500 farms statewide.
A Thames fishing note describes water hens, thrushes, kingfishers, grebes, herons, pigeons, quarry, and gulls seen by anglers. Dabchicks increase, reducing fish, while kingfishers grow due to preservation. Some gulls grab pike bait, providing comic captures. Separately texts debate vibrations and scientific certainty, criticizing weak excuses.
A storefront announces a guarantee that every item sold is as represented and priced at or below competing stores. If customers find a better deal, the guarantee will make it match. The ad notes exclusive articles carried by the store.
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