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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1922
Page
4
A performer recalls travel woes from Valentine era tours. He describes lug gage loss en route to a soldiers audience and improvising a show with no props. A presumptive spectator quips the entertainer would not miss his luggage.
An article notes a September speech to the king of Baghdad by the British Chamber of Commerce. It describes trade as a spreading tree and highlights the covenant between Thames merchants and those of the Tigris and Euphrates, underscoring ancient regional ties.
A Jeffersonville wife traveling with her brother and several children by auto breaks down forty miles from home. A kind stranger picking them up reaches Louisville, where a prohibition officer stops them for a check. The car owner refuses payment, saying he is glad to get his freight home safely.
A humorous clipping recalls an elderly England traveler lamenting drought while a younger companion notes the dry period. The woman seeks tea, quipping she would not worry if water vanished, reflecting a tea-obsessed society’s small comforts amid scarcity.
A mystery quip from Mr. GUp ping about paying the last rent instalment. He vows to build his own home and “make him a little speech” that will be a treat to the landlord’s office staff. The Birmingham Age-Herald records the remark with curt humor.
A prosperous man in the smoking car asserts business connections in Cuba. A perfumery salesman questions the statement as potentially suspicious. The exchange appears in the Birmingham Age-Herald.
A woman declares her face is her fortune while a man counters that wealth does not guarantee happiness. The exchange underscores themes of value, appearance, and fulfillment between two speakers.
A shop proprietor chastises staff for poor sales then declares to a customer that there is plenty downstairs. The customer laughs hysterically, leaving the shop. The assistant explains the line refers to a lack of rain, not stock.
A New South Wales correspondent reports snakes do not dig their own burrows but use ready-made holes of rodents and lizards. He recalls a 4 ft black-backed female snake twisting and entering a hidden hole after manipulating a bovine manure lid, then re fitting the lid and watching the creature re enter the same hole over several days.
A swan at Fresham pond in Surrey died after stealing a jam tart spoiled by wasps. The bird gulped the tart and cried out in pain before thrashing the water and dying, as a flock of swans watched in fright. The page also includes a quip about tailoring and a saying about a gentleman forgetting his clothes.
A South Boston man calm with his own mush during surgery requested music. He objected to anesthesia but then fetched his harmonica, jumped on the operating table, and played a cheerful tune while doctors removed a bullet from his thigh.
A fragment from an oral memoir describes open roads and visitors in a Syrian village. The narrator recalls a European style guest room, white walls, and rugs from Kurdistan while noting a holy Syriac Bible and a striking but feared traveler named Hady the singer with a long ivory dagger.
A Galveston News note remarks that men are conservative in some ways yet avoid saving their sinciest socks for windy days, highlighting quirky habits and masculine thrift.
The Buffalo Express notes: Our friends may forget, but the man who sends out the quarterly demand for the income tax never forgets. The remark reflects a street-car philosopher’s view on tax collection.
Notes and deeds for JP court sale listed for Nugget of Piol, with various options and land details noted. Auction actions and timing implied by court blinks.
A hen owned by a Byron Center Michigan man reportedly set an egg laying record by laying double yolk eggs daily for three weeks and then producing a six ounce egg nine and five sixteenths inches long with half inch girth and two yolks inside, a normal sized egg overall.
In Clarkesville Georgia Roskrt McMinvan announces his candidacy for the office of Solicitor General subject to the September primary. He asks Northeastern Circuit voters for their support.
A deep shaft at Yakutsk Siberia to find water failed to break the permafrost at 882 feet. In Alaska similar attempts reached 200 to 267 feet but did not reach unfrozen ground.
In Wauchope Australia a kitten named Tabby is born with immovable hind legs giving her a rabbitlike gait and appearance. The deformity makes her walk upright with a hopping motion similar to a rabbit.
A Shanghai student applies for employment with an ambitious self description. The applicant notes a twenty first year age and a desire to enter business life. They claim exceptional English and typing skills and seek a salary of $30 per month, urging earnest consideration.
Pearson's Weekly depicts the robin as a solitary, plucky bird that sometimes hops or walks, and it claims the robin is the inventor of pottery. It describes nests as clay pots set in straw and suggests firing finished nests to yield workable earthen pots.
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