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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1928
Page
1
An aspiring author visits Simple & Simons, asks how long a novel should be, and learns the standard length is about eighty thousand words. The publisher notes there is no statutory limit, prompting the author to declare completion.
Baton Rouge inventor G O Maher unveils a water detecting radio to locate spoils from 1700s Spanish galleons sunk near Panama and South America. A financed expedition will use divers and a treasure vessel, aided by Morgan charts owned by a Tennessee descendant.
A survey by the Bureau of Jewish Social Research shows Jews moving from the Lower East Side tenements to Harlem, the Bronx, and Park Avenue. Brooklyn holds 45.6 percent of the 1,720,000 Jews in New York City, with Coney Island at 96.7 percent Jewish. Mortality is low among ages fifteen to forty five but higher after, as degenerative diseases rise.
Reports from farming communities indicate that eight to twelve horses used in a big hitch raise efficiency in plowing disking harrowing and harvesting. One man can do more in a day with a big hitch than two or three with smaller teams, with Dakota Minnesota and other plains states adopting the method to cut crop costs.
A heartfelt tribute extols the unknown teacher as the true war-winner against ignorance. The piece lauds daily duty, private influence, and personal contact as the source of lifelong learning, citing Henry Van Dyke on a republic’s debt to unnamed educators.
A rough Slovak laborer and his rotund wife visit several New York shops. After the wife rejects coat after coat, the man declares a choice then hands it to her. She rejects it, he slaps her, she rises and says Me like too. The incident is recounted as a dark anecdote from Deathfinder Magazine.
A dog owner informs Mrs Blank that her daughter Mary insulted the neighbor’s dog on the way to school. The mother vows to address the matter with Mary after hearing that the girl called the dog a dirty cur and warned it not to touch her.
Miss Frey of the New York City Department of Education explains that Saturday holidays did not begin in cities but in rural areas. She traces the origin to Colonial days when few Jews lived in communities and farm children helped with work so Sundays could be observed, with families traveling to distant churches.
Norbert Quinn recalls Christopher Morley as a fantasy writer who wished to draw and write successful plays. He contrasts with William who saves for an airplane, declaring ambition as a worthy motive before joking about dropping bricks on Bobby Willets yard.
A boy spends the weekend at Aunt Low's farm where she insists he bathe before bed. The next morning she eyes him at breakfast and asks if he woke up for breakfast as he defends that he bathed last night and kept his hands under the covers.
A London writer notes the Marwari in Bombay as a perpetual gambler and power broker, running futures and a near night market Kutcha Khandi despite legal crackdowns. He dresses in white frock coat, dhoti, diamond studs, and a bright turban, with a keen memory and a phone as key tools.
William Reavell, president of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers of Great Britain, explains how heat from incense and sunlight caused air expansion to move water and open temple doors. He cites the Thebes sun-spot whistle as another example, demystifying priests' miracles.
In a New Orleans scene on St. Charles Avenue a dignified man asks for Clara and a cashier misreads the request. The young woman names Cora and Anna, denying any Clara as she confirms no such person is present, prompting amusement.
The article explains the phrase blind as a bat may derive from a belief that bats are sightless, though bats actually have keen sight and mostly move at night. It notes bats are mammals, and females nurse their young until they can eat insects.
Charles Speed Holman of Minneapolis established a new world record with 1 438 consecutive airplane loops in Saint Paul Minnesota surpassing the old 1 111 mark set by A Fronval in France. Holman flew five hours carrying 97 gallons of gasoline, landing exhausted and declaring no desire to chase further records.
Washington outlines ten commandments for American school teachers stressing heredity temperament and balanced life. Rules urge broader interests, patient calm, avoidance of irritation, preserving happiness at week’s end, fostering goodwill, protecting children’s efforts and play, kindness, and joyful resilience amid daily classroom chaos.
A goldfish found on the floor was revived with artificial respiration similar to human drowning rescue methods. The owner held the fish under water then applied intermittent relief pressure behind the gills. After twenty minutes the fish swam normally again.
Wanted man to introduce and supply the demand for Rawleigh Household Products. No experience required. Earn $150 to $600 a month or more. We supply sales literature and advertising, service methods, and complete support. Profits rise monthly. Address W. T. Rawleigh Co. Dept. G A2863 Memphis Tenn. Ambitious industrious white male.
Mrs. O calls Ruth from her play to dine. The three year old bows her head and prays, folding hands as she says a brief invocation before meals.
A survey by the U S Department of Labor Children's Bureau investigates the rising maternal death rate in the United States. A state-by-state study by bureau doctors will be presented at the fifth annual conference in Washington, seeking causes and contributing factors behind the high mortality figures.
In Silerius Silerius memoirs the Roman states that wives uncover many faults in husbands and also invent other charges, genuinely believing them. One wife he calls the most truthful yet she often charged him with offenses he did not commit, while he admits guilt in his mind and that she knew he was willing to be, and sincerely believed it.
A witty exchange from Stray Stories features a wealthy woman debating how to live with a man she deems intellectually inferior. Her friend advises secrecy to spare him the truth, underscoring social snobbery with ironic humor.
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