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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1912
Page
1
The piece recalls Lew Dockstader hiring a colored worker who shares insomnia and dreams of heaven denied by Saint Peter and hell barred by Saint Nick. The worker laments ending up back in Harrisburg, delivered in dialect and reflective humor.
A middle aged man recalls a former habit of perfecting every small detail and losing 15 years to it. He now focuses on essential requirements and avoids endlessly picking at slivers, believing life lasts longer and work improves when not overemphasizing trifling details.
In Ariege southern France during mass at the Church of Les Cabannes a rock known as the Rocher de la Vierge toppled from an overhang and smashed through the roof. The priest died at the Elevation the Host and a chorister was badly injured with a leg broken. A hot sulfur spring issued from the ground after the rock fell, believed to have contributed to the collapse.
A rich sulphide lead seam has been found in Spittal Caithness with several workmen at the quarry. Prospectors report large quantities lie under Wick Harbor clay and along the Fault extending to Watten, suggesting promising mining prospects.
The piece argues that modern melodrama, though echoing past sentiment, differs in delivery not essence. It notes yesterday's neatly balanced oratory gave way to brisk, forceful speech and modern dramatic convention while audiences remain drawn to heightened sentiment and bold heroism.
The Gentlewoman notes Parisian men and women mimic English dress but with flawed taste. French men fail to achieve true Anglais style, favoring odd vests and barbaric pins, while Parisian women blend English influences with distinct local fashion.
In the Italian senate Signor Falcioni the under secretary for the interiors wore a patterned morning coat instead of the standard black frock coat causing several senators to walk out. He later returned in a frock coat and was cheered after delivering his speech.
The Rev. Robert Hugh Benson, once a novelist, is named Monsignore Benson after papal promotion. His father was an Anglican archbishop, marking the first archbishop’s kin to join the Roman Church since 1606.
Bemidji correspondent reports County Commissioner Hele Clementson says bulldog flies half an inch long are killing moose along the boundary near a Rapid River lumber camp. Two moose were killed last week and many others driven into rivers or camps, with deer fending off fewer losses as the pestilent insects swarm and water-searching runs cause drownings.
A Presbyterian minister with conservative ideas visits a Methodist revival. He resists vocal exhortation while a Methodist brother urges him to join the work. He quips about temple building and a rebuke about blasting rock, as the Lord will look after the temple.
At a Baltimore dinner Senator Rayner recounted a tale of a northerner touring the South who found Taliaferro everywhere from actors and lawyers to undertakers and hotels. He discovers a vast mill stamped with Taliaferro Manufacturing Company and exclaims they turn them out by steam.
A light folding cretonne slipper with no heel offers compact travel wear. A woman crafted a pair without a pattern by using crocheted soles, sewing the cretonne over the instep and binding the top, suited for overnight sleeper trains.
A traveler notes Arab funeral practices east of the Jordan where neighbors replace a dead horse or baby to ease grief. A man may provide a horse to a bereaved neighbor, seven days of care for the lost child by a relative, and even a lamb offered to comfort a mourning mother amid memory and reconciliation.
The text reports tests showing two horses at 1,600 pounds each can pull 8,750 pounds, 550 pounds over their combined weight. An elephant at 12,000 pounds can pull 8,750, 8,250 pounds less than its weight. Fifty men totaling 2,500 pounds can pull 8,750, equal to the elephant’s capacity and more than their own weight.
Alaska yields rich fisheries and mineral wealth with gold coal and copper. Agricultural stations lie within seventy five miles of the Arctic Circle. Vegetables grow near the Arctic Ocean. Stock raising advances across Alaska and its islands while wheat oats and barley thrive under northern skies.
A scheme to raise an obelisk at Isandhlwana commemorates 21 officers and 590 men of the Twenty-fourth regiment who died in the Isandhlwana and Rorke's Drift actions during the Zulu war. Chelmsford’s Zululand invasion began January 11. the Isandhlwana camp fell to about 10,000 Zulus January 22, with 806 British deaths. The next day at Rorke's Drift, a garrison of 80 faced 4,000 attackers and held out though 350 died.
In a chatty society note, a caller asks for a favor to meet next Friday but is met with a reply about being on picket duty with the shirt waist strikers. The brief captures social friction during labor unrest and the clash of personal plans with activism.
The fragment shows a dialogue about enjoying nature and a character expressing fondness for palm rooms. It highlights a simple outdoor vibe and a preference for natural spaces. No clear event, date, or full context is provided in the excerpt.
Eighty to ninety cents buys various six month or twelve month bundles of magazines and papers. Offer lists multiple combinations including Tri Weekly Constitution Weekly Georgian Chattanooga News Farm Journal and more with prices from 50 cents to 1.85. Address W B Townsend Dahlonega Ga to subscribe.
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