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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1919
Page
4
A correspondent meets a sergeant who explains a mobile American army laundry unit. Two steam heated tanks ride on a wagon as the division relocates, laundering and baking clothes in an hour and handling fifteen hundred washings daily. The unit says it can launder a whole division in about three weeks.
Indianapolis men aboard the New York Central wreck near Batavia N Y describe sailors rushing to aid the wounded and comfort passengers. After the crash the railroad offered small cash settlements but sailors refused and the check was given to the Red Cross for naval relief work.
Government field glasses borrowed for sailors during the war are returning to owners and increasing in value. Each mark and stain symbolizes a contribution to victory and serves as a war-worn keepsake of sacrifice for country.
The article cites United States led food stocks for the army totaling 300.9 million dollars in value with 10,000,000 pounds daily consumption in France and 1,000,000,000 pounds in reserve. It notes 8,000,000,000 meals served in nineteen months of war and contrasts life expectancy from 21 years in the sixteenth century to 45 in the twentieth, with India at 24. It argues science has raised civilized life while ignorance diminishes it.
Jacob Gilbert of Grass Valley California caught a six foot mountain lion in a trap set for raccoons along Clear Creek between North San Juan and Freeman's Crossing. He shot the animal after observing it struggling, deeming it a pest, as the lion lay dead at the trap site.
The essay stresses that enduring truths are those revealing the past and future states of objects. It uses a tree and a crag as examples, showing energy, growth, and geological formation convey more history than mere surface details. The text favors dynamic, story-bearing facts over static features.
Assemblyman Long introduced a resolution authorizing seat covers to prevent undue wear on trousers from unpadded seats. The measure was adopted by unanimous vote in the Ohio house.
A concise quotation emphasizes the primacy of duty over patriotism honor or life urging sacrifice if duty requires it attributed to Silvio Pellico in a historical excerpt.
J H Martin of Mount Vernon Georgia describes a long illness with stomach trouble skin yellowing and weakness. After taking Ziron iron salts with other tonics he reports strengthened nerves improved appetite and renewed vigor.
Aged veterans join wartime service as they find new roles. An old soldier on pension offers his pushcart full of junk for the Red Cross, explaining he gives his time to the country and that his recycling aids the war effort.
Dr W I Noot of the kelp works chemical department says the five million dollar kelp plant at Sap Blego Calai will be abandoned as harvesting and handling costs exceed peacetime kelp product prices. He notes some kelp burners will still make potash from dried kelp mixed with mineral products, while warning the kelp beds face destruction from an attacking factor.
An aluminum pocket piece engraved with Keystone lodge Bethlehem Pa was found on a battlefield in France and later came to C L Fox of Houston Me A Houston Times article prompted a lodge letter confirming ownership by Walter Schonenberger of Bethlehem and asking Fox to forward the disc after his return from France
In Lumpkin County Georgia the court will sell at the county seat on the first Tuesday in June 1919 at public auction for cash the following parcels of land Lot No 1054 in the 5th District and 1st Section containing about 40 acres undivided 48-120 of Lot No 220 in 6th District 1st Section and undivided 7-16 of Lot No 280 in 6th District 1st Section all to satisfy 1918 taxes due to the State and County against unknown owners the lands described as unreformed wild lands Feb 25 1919.
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