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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1912
Page
1
A client seeks legal advice on a neighbor dispute and offers a $100 fee for full representation. A Scotland story then recounts a night of mischief in Glasgow where a kitchen range fire spurs impostor visits, police questioning, and a cold chisel cleanup after the blaze.
Captain Thomas Bennett recalls a tale from the Gloucester shad fishery near Philadelphia about a man who asks a coal dealer to weigh him after illness. The clerk misreads the weight as a ton of coal and calls out 2400 pounds, creating a humorous misunderstanding.
The Madonna lily is native to the Levant and has bloomed around Easter for centuries. It has been cultivated in northern Europe since 1596 and widely featured in religious paintings and church decor as the sacred lily.
A woman remarks her husband does not belong to lodges or clubs and hardly travels. He stays at home every night and seemingly lives without amusement, leaving others puzzled by how he manages such a routine.
Mrs Wayupp says their family settled in Boston while Mrs Blase objects to the tradesmen’s talk before a judge in a terse courtroom exchange.
A humorous exchange recalls a car trip and a rowing mishap with light brag and nautical slang. One speaker jokes about an ear turning while motoring, the other about catching a crab while rowing.
A witty exchange notes a marriage built on money and alimony, suggesting its quick end. The remark frames the union as transactional, reflecting societal views on financial motives in relationships.
On the Norman coast near Havre and Dieppe laborers gather pebbles for sale to the United States where crushed pebbles form porcelain teeth. The Persian throne in the shah’s audience hall is a jeweled four foot high platform with ornate lacquerwork and pil lows, showcasing exquisite finishes and arabesque designs.
A contested will in a neighboring state, once valued at 1 million dollars, has shrunk to about 23 thousand as rival heirs press their claims. The drawn out dispute illustrates the costly nature of litigation and how it erodes wealth rather than generating income.
A man with a broken neck from an incident two months ago in Sparrow's Point Maryland was returned to his Gloucester City New Jersey home with a plaster cast on head and neck. He can sit up and expects full recovery soon after doctors gave him intensive care and kept him alive beyond initial 24 hour prognosis.
A theatrical manager lamented an Irish leading man refusing King Henry VIII. The actor replied he could not take VIII but offered to play Henry IV twice, claiming it would be the same. The exchange highlights stage humor and wit.
The article notes that many flowers such as nasturtium begonia clover wood sorrel and bluebell have eye like leaf structures. These eyes are tiny protuberances with a gummy transparent core that focus light onto a sensitive patch, forming images of surroundings though true sight is uncertain and no animal brain is involved.
A Charlts England couple married seventy years lived on Woolwich road. The wife died at ninety two and the husband, in grief, dreamed two graves were being prepared. The next day he died at ninety four and a double funeral followed.
A Philadelphia teacher notes children infer moral shifts in fables, recounting a wolf and lamb tale. He tells a boy, Tommy, that the lamb would be eaten if not good, and Tommy answers that if the lamb had been good they would have eaten him.
A young boy at a summer hotel misreads grand opera phonograph records as warlike dog fighting sounds. During Lucia, as the prima donna escalates, he brightens and whispers to his mother that the performance is about to become a dog fight record, reflecting playful misinterpretation.
Two Boston women sue local dealers for 18000 dollars claiming bread contained a nail that chipped a tooth and lobsters caused illness. One seeks 8000 dollars from a baker for the tooth injury, the other 10000 dollars from the lobster seller for job loss allegedly tied to lobster illness.
A prominent citizen replies to Mrs Leeder Myx and Mrs McGoovius on woman suffrage. He lists seven opponents within the family: Mrs McGoovius and their six daughters. He uses a sharp quip about cutting ice in case of a family division.
The article argues that Shakespeare likely meant the Bermudas or Summer Isles in The Tempest. It notes the Bermudas were discovered in 1522, forty two years before Shakespeare’s birth, and that Western knowledge of the islands had spread long before his last play.
In a domestic exchange a mother cautions Mabel that Mr Poonkley is not serious while Mabel asserts he announced his candidacy and vows to prove others desire her. The dialogue hints at romantic competition and social expectations.
The East Sussex county Asylum chaplain at Lewes cares for 1000 patients and 200 attendants. He organizes football matches he referees, billiard tournaments, cycle runs, gramophone entertainments, and acts as MC at dances, while also staging theatre and entertaining in sick wards.
A long offer lists many combinations of reading materials and prices for six months to a year. Subscriptions include Tri Weekly Constitution, Weekly Chattanooga News, Farm Journal, Weekly Georgian, and various magazines such as McCalls and Southern Ruralist. Substitutions allowed for several bundles. Address to W. B. Townsend.
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