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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1919
Page
1
A massive balanced rock near Lanesboro Massachusetts sits precariously on a rocky edge above a formation. An old farmer tried to move it by yoked oxen, but the rock would rock yet stay. Geology suggests glacial ice flow placed the boulder in its current position.
Reported use of West Indies molasses known as black strap to ferment alcohol yields glycerin from residue. Treasury展示 displays 100 gallons of a clear dynamite glycerin and samples treated with nitric acid produced nitro glycerin comparable to market products.
A historical note on the rabbit skin trade describes vast prewar production in Great Britain and Ireland and a global market. War disrupted imports from Europe and Australia, boosting prices. Better skins are sold by the dozen, with dressed skins called cony in fur shops, and American breeders pursuing high quality fur rabbits.
A power hacksaw weighing three and a half tons, driven by a three horsepower motor, cuts through steel billets 26 inches thick. The blade does not wear in a single cut but becomes unstable after three cuts, raising the estimated cutting cost to about one fifth of the former price.
A narrator recalls a cautious speech about a grisly murder in a late 19th century vignette. A colored laundress relays the gruesome case with restrained terms, later echoed by the victim’s mother who bursts into sobs and declares the act to be “so unc alled for.”
Chief of police George W Coffin discusses reorganizing Indianapolis police to speed operations. A letter from an eastern company urges creating an aviation section with a wireless telephone machine. The plan claims aircraft communication could save lives and millions in disasters within twenty miles of the office.
The article praises General O Ryan and the American Twenty seventh division for a pun drawn from a Gas Attack edition showing stars arranged as Orion. It notes the division’s achievements including the capture of Mont Kemmel and a thrust through the Hindenburg line south of Canefan, highlighting the general as a military star.
In southeastern Alaska the Sitka and Wrangell clans of the Thlinket tribe renounce years of feuding. Peace is declared and disputes will be settled by white law. Younger members educated in government schools favor harmonious relations as elders fade.
The first newspaper in America appeared in Boston on September 25 1600 named Publick Occurrences but was suppressed after one issue for political reasons. The Boston News-Letter became the first enduring American paper with its initial issue on April 20 1704 and ran for 72 years.
The article cites Nebuchadnezzar era Babylonian law prescribing doctor fees. It notes the code of Hammurabi fixed payments for procedures with a bronze lancet, ten shekels of silver for a cured severe wound, and five for curing a cataract for a gentleman, with lower sums for patients of freed men.
The Lumpkin County Grand Jury for April Term 1910 submits general presentments. They approve the Justice of the Peace dockets, note missing county book audits, and appoint a finance committee to review books. They commend jail and courthouse upkeep with repairs urged, elect J A Dockery to the County Board of Education vacancy, adjust pauper allowances, flag road and bridge repairs, and urge enforcement of auto tag laws. They appoint several Notaries and Justices of the Peace, endorse an $80,000 road bond proposal, request higher clerk pay, thank the foreman and Judge Jones, and acknowledge Solicitor Collins and the Bailiff.
The Zionist organization announces Jerusalem is freed from the mosquito post through the efforts of American sanitarian Louis Cantor of the American Zionist medical unit operating in Palestine. Cantor’s campaign patrols 850 cisterns and improves sanitary conditions to curb typhoid and malaria carriers.
Japan enjoys extraordinary business conditions as European products withdraw from competition in Asia and Australia. The spinning industry profits massively in 1917, securing its position as Japan's leading manufacturing sector.
Harold asks why a cow chews at night and learns about daytime eating and nighttime chewing in a playful exchange with his father. The tale captures a child’s curiosity and a simple biology lesson.
A Paris Cluny museum curator found a frying pan in a Saint Denis restaurant wall that bore the arms of France and Navarre and the inscription Requiescat In pace. The pan, once on Louis XIV’s coffin, was taken during 1798 cathedral tomb looting and later turned into a frying pan.
A nineteen year old groom and sixteen year old fiancée, after saving $100 for marriage, die as they approach a courthouse license. An entering couple and their five children observe them. The girl jokes about waiting to save another hundred dollars rather than proceed. Reported by the Indianapolis News.
A Little Journal discussion explains global wool output would yield only fourteen ounces per person for tropical-free clothing, enough for a single pair of knee length trunks. It notes most worn wool comes from reworked wool called shoddy, while the narrator and his uncle state they do not wear it.
The article traces U S war debts from 1793 80 million plus to 1868 2 773 billion after the Civil War and notes varied repayments and growth. It urges consistent saving and avoiding postponing deposits to cover debts.
The stick habit is more common in England than in America. In New York Boston Chicago or any American town a young man is seldom seen carrying a stick. He is too busy to bother with wood and must keep one hand free for a newspaper a cigar and hat lifting.
A reader notes a typographical error in the issue, joking about the many chances the paper has to get things wrong and wondering why more errors aren’t found.
An elderly man in workman garb quietly gives his monthly tithe at the Red Cross canteen at Union station. He donates 16.98 dollars cash, then leaves with a contented smile, refusing to reveal his identity while staff note his regular pattern.
A massive log raft at Haparanda Sweden measures 887 feet long and 5544 feet wide with a 10 foot rise above water and 1644 feet below. Constructed in six months it carries wood equivalent to four large steamers and travels to Copenhagen Denmark. Seven crew members operate the vessel secured by steel cables and wires.
A Japanese consulate has been established in Panama City reflecting closer commercial ties with the republic. Japan now exports canned goods furniture skins woven wares and textiles to Panama, totaling 18 684 000 in 1917, with virtually no imports from Panama at that time.
In Indianapolis young Martha Hedrick, daughter of court reporter W. M. Hedrick, listens as her sister argues to see the second installment of The Cannibals and notes Douglas Fairbanks as an added attraction. She then pleads for a visit to Judge Ewbank, the Narion Circuit court official.
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