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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1922
Page
4
A Denver landlord installs a basement dish washing machine operated by a man to ease housekeeping amid labor shortages. He envisions a basemen t delicatessen and dumb waiter meals and predicts kitchens will shift toward dish washing as a standard service for tenants and separate homes.
In My Life Song she recalls starting in Florence at sixteen with an engagement of twenty pounds a month and claims her voice has earned over five million dollars. She says impresarios continually offer tours and that she has never had to solicit a job. She notes she avoided the barefoot girl legend and praises her career’s stability.
A correspondent cites M. Poincare noting one good bird in the band beats many in the bush. The writer questions embellishing proverbs and criticizes an overblown phrase about being between the devil and the deep blue sea as irritating and unnecessary.
Goucher college senior girls vote on a bride price and upkeep costs. The referendum tests Eugenist claims that college girls are lax about marriage. It finds the weekly minimum for economic safety would be $48 for a married couple, with kitchen and clothes costs breaking down to $18,182 and $8.75 per week respectively.
The film industry has grown rapidly in the United States. Critics once split on its future, but it now serves 16,000 American theaters and is projected to do about 1 billion dollars in business this year, per the Columbia Dispatch.
Reports from multiple regions indicate mourning doves have rebounded in the countryside. A USDA Biological Survey representative touring northern Mississippi and western Tennessee observed large flocks, drawing comparisons to past wildbird migrations and recalling broader wildlife resurgences. The account notes rising dove populations amid lingering ecosystem concerns.
A candidate announces for the Northeastern Circuit judgeship in the Democratic Primary. The applicant notes over thirty years as a practicing lawyer and seeks fair impartial conduct if elected, acknowledging a prior defeat to Judge Jones and thanking supporters.
Roper McMillan of Clarkesville Georgia announces his candidacy for the office of Solicitor General subject to the September primary. He asks for support from voters and endorsers.
Sales will occur at the Lumpkin County courthouse on the first Tuesday in June 1922 between legal hours. Levies include a 40 acre rural lot occupied by Allen Stringer and various personal property at Findley Ridge Mining & Power premises. Also listed are a rubber tired buggy and farm equipment.
Advertises blanks for notes deeds and JP court records available at the Nugget Office.
Advertises opportunities for men and women to sell Watkins products including remedies spices toilet requisites and auto accessories. Claims over 150 guaranteed products and promises exemplary quality with free samples. Address: Watkins Co Dept 70 Memphis Tenn.
Local ad from Flowery Branch Georgia offering potato plants direct from farm with delivery options. Pricing listed as 800 31,00 and 31,000 per unit with express and post options. Also mentions cabbage plants and other seed offerings and requests remittances to MAJOLU CROW.
Georgia citizens rally behind a proposed good roads bond issue as a path to economic recovery for farmers hit by the boll weevil. Statewide support comes from Farm Bureau and Chambers of Commerce, with auto owners paying via gas tax and license fees.
Mrs. T F Parks of Dutton Alabama praises Thedford’s Black-Draught as a long trusted liver medicine. She cites relief from indigestion constipation sour stomach and headaches and notes its sixty plus years of use. The ad urges readers to try Black Draught and to insist on Thedford’s genuine product at drugstores.
Q S Street argues that manners have improved with the young becoming more agreeable conversational partners. He criticizes envy of liberty and praises directness over ironical deference, noting less noise in a party of twenty and fewer monologues as society shifts toward more casual talk.
In a formal domestic scene the head of the house demands if Mrs Subbs told the cook he finds meals unsatisfactory. Mrs Subbs replies affirmatively and reports the cook’s witty retort that there are no strings on him and he may dine elsewhere if unhappy.
A conversation among friends recalls the hardships of financially supporting a banker’s wife. The widow of a cashier comments on the banker’s wife needing to pretend wealth despite not having money. The exchange hints at social pressures in finance households.
A Paris frieze by Constant Boux illustrates human evolution from primitive life to contemporary scenes. The text includes quoted courtroom exchanges about a man ogling a young woman, cited from the Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Austrian government plans to work ancient gold mines in the Ziller and Lavant valleys on the Tyrol Salzburg frontiers. Prospects show a yield of just over an ounce of gold per ton, with activity not seen since the Fifteenth and Sixteenth centuries.
In a terse exchange, Crawfore notes potential trouble from revealing neighborly faults while Crabshaw guesses truth could bring more trouble. The dialogue hints at hidden tensions in a small community.
A witty remark compares historical fogginess to the frequent phrase mists of antiquity. The exchange hinges on wordplay about vague eras and the enduring trope of obscurity in olden days.
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