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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1924
Page
1
A historical notice details city and county officers including mayor, trustees, school board, sheriff, coroner, and tax assessors. It also lists regional notables for roads and revenues, registrars, county police, and several church congregations with service times and leaders.
Col Sam G Brown of Lawrenceville Ga candidate in the 9th district gains a voluntary endorsement from Thomas A Maynard president of the Winder National Bank a leading lender and large landowner. The letter cites Brown’s stance against non taxable bonds and support from farmers and business men. Maynard’s note says he will assist Brown and hopes to see him in Winder.
The heroine of Ivanhoe was named Rebecca in honor of Rebecca Gratz a Philadelphia Jewess famed for beauty and philanthropy. Washington Irving praised Gratz during his 1817 Abbotsford visit and inspired Scott to model a character after her in his next novel. Ivanhoe appeared in 1819 naming the heroine Rebecca.
A Scotch professor extols athletic exercise and cites Roman youths swimming the Tiber. The student Mr. McAllister smiles, noting the humor that the Romans would need a way to retrieve their clothes after the swim.
The Detroit News reports that some fish survive droughts by torpor or mud immersion. Temperate species lower metabolism without full torpor while tropical fish may endure long dry spells in mud layers. In India ponds, fish reportedly survive multiple years and reemerge unharmed after water returns.
The Detroit News explains kilowatt hours and how volts, amperes, watts, and watt hours relate to electricity costs. It clarifies that kilowatt hours measure consumption and that dividing watt hours by 1000 and multiplying by cost per kilowatt yields operating cost.
The willow pattern is an ancient Chinese pottery design dating to the 13th century and later reproduced in Dutch potteries. The Detroit News notes a legend where a nobleman’s daughter runs away with a youth, a ladder aids the abduction, a pursuing father seeks punishment, a boat hints at escape, and doves signify their happy marriage.
A European physician challenges the view that goitre stems from thyroid iodine loss. US cases cluster in Michigan and Idaho where water iodine is lowest, while shoreline areas with high surface water iodine show fewer goitre cases. The inference that iodine supplementation reduces goitre is supported by registered facts.
In Plymouth a young traveling salesman on its first order trip meets an old commercial traveler from G B Burgin's Many Memories. The veteran recalls harsh treatment yet claims he has never been insulted in forty years on the road.
A London detective visits a sign painter after joining the intelligence bureau. He orders a sign that includes his name in large letters and a short description beneath. The painter outlines the name and adds the legend Intelligence, Ltd. as requested.
A child quizzes her grandfather about hair growth and grass on a busy street. The grandfather explains, while the girl points out concrete stops grass from growing. The exchange highlights a humorous misunderstanding about growth barriers.
In a terse exchange the American Housewife laments a divorce and jokes that the wife has returned to Alabama. The mother responds that she will remarry quickly as the child plans to court anew, highlighting lighthearted, regional humor.
The New Haven Register quotes a farmer's boy age eight begging for water while working in the fields and receiving a moral reply urging perseverance. The exchange invokes a biblical verse about thirst.
A mother recalls George being a promising young man but notes his absence after she compared him to her daughter at a similar age. The dialogue highlights a simple family moment about relationships and timing.
A well known comedian finished his speech and a lawyer rose to ask if it is unusual that a professional comedian should be funny. The comedian replied that it is unusual for a lawyer to have his hands in his own pockets.
A Nebelspalter quip from Zurich plays on wit as a professor claimed to know everything. The wife retorts that she knows even more, finishing the joke with a sly exchange about cleverness.
In a lively exchange Miss Pinny accuses Mr Seath Snapper of lacking gentlemanly manners, while Miss Foxey responds in disbelief noting talk of his riches. The dialogue showcases social teasing and reputational chatter among the women.
A courtroom moment features a judge asking the charge as officers report a driver was pinched for speeding. The scene plays on a pun about the phrase pinched and the courtroom context.
The article surveys myths of a northern Mount of the Gods and a southern Mount of Demons, linking China’s Kwen Lun Pearl Mountain to a celestial paradise. It notes Taoist reverence toward a metropolitan Pearl Mountain, with rivers and heavens revolving around it, and compares Egyptian Babylonian Assyrian Persians Hindus beliefs of polar sacred peaks.
A short dialogue frames the cost of entry and exit from entertainment. The exchange asks what it costs to get into and to leave, answering that entry costs nothing while exit demands a price. The piece uses a clever, reflective tone to comment on access and consequence in show business.
A young man asks to marry a daughter, is declined by the father who accepts a parting handshake. The suitor smiles and jokes about sending cigars, saying the daughter nearly became his wife before the rejection.
A kind lady seeks knife tuning advice from a scissors grinder. He replies the trade is poor and hints the man might do better in another line. The exchange reveals themes of ambition and misfit talents in a small-town setting.
In a witty exchange, Minx notes a man is usually nervous when proposing and Jinx retorts that the girl is always nervous when he doesn’t. The dialogue highlights gendered nerves in courtship with a sharp punchline.
A humorous exchange contrasts ancestry pride and modest lineage as Mrs Oldfam asks about notable relatives and Mr Newgilt replies only of his great grandfather who didn’t amount to much.
An exchange notes a boxer or fighter claiming swift ascent by defeating a champion. The reply confirms rising fast, stating the climb took three rounds. This brief reflects competitive bravado and the sport’s quick escalation.
Jumbled notice lists sale items and land deeds and a missing female cream colored dog. Finder should notify C. Burns in Dahlonega. Also mentions 150 bushels of corn and about 20 bushels soy beans. See E N Mororson, Manager College Farm.
Owner T. J. Survie offers the Burnside Lot on the public square in Dahlonega Georgia. The vacant sixty one hundredths of an acre is ideal for a hotel or business block. Terms and price available from the owner in Dahlonega.
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