Disagreement Over Blonde Causes marital Rift
A light quarrel between Tom and his wife centers on a preferred blonde. She disapproved, marking a mere difference of opinion as the source of trouble.
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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1926
Page
1
A light quarrel between Tom and his wife centers on a preferred blonde. She disapproved, marking a mere difference of opinion as the source of trouble.
Senator Thomas M Brent writes from Washington to Dahlonega offering praise for Rural Letter Carriers in the 9th District. He notes his regret at missing the May 31 event, commends carriers as loyal, diligent public servants, and blesses the community for hosting the gathering.
Mussolini, hailed as the savior of Italy, is described as deeply superstitious. A former ward of an elderly witch taught him magic lore, and he reportedly ponders moonlight, dreams, and omens, using ecards to tell fortunes.
In South Wood Stock Conn a hen named Pergo earns the title speed demon by roosting on a resident’s car fender and speeding along country roads. Her wings are said to beat at a forty mile per hour rate as she rides the hood of the automobile.
Schedule lists a June 1926 program with a sermon by Dr. Thomas Henry Johnson of Atlanta on Monday at 10 A M and events including Sophomore Declamation contests Sham Battle a Corona Society play and a Champion Debate Dress Parade and equipment turn in Graduating Exercises and an alumna reunion on campus Domestic Science exhibits and lodging options at Wigwam Hotel Mountain Inn and private houses noted for attendees.
Dahlonega High School events include a May 2 sermon by Rev L L Bennett at Oakwood Presbyterian Church, a May 30 sermon, a June 1 burlesque parade drill and a love and carrying knife play, and a June 2 graduates farewell program with class exercises and diplomas. Teachers and speakers include Prof A W Ash and Col John W West.
The program lists events at the College Auditorium on May 81, 1926 with music by the N G A C Band and various performances. Rev R B Hawkins offers prayer, Miss Buelle Smith reads, Col John W West and Hon Thomas M Bell give addresses, and A J Carrington responds. The sequence includes piano duets, solos, readings, and a dinner with speeches by Dahlonega officials, M C Wiley of the Chamber of Commerce, and carrier representatives.
The figure known as Mr Zero, Urban Ledoux, gains prominence in winter by founding charitable tubs restaurants offering unlimited soup bread and coffee for a nickel. He has leased two five story Bowery buildings to convert into 10 cent lodging houses as part of the effort.
In Yukon’s Klondike district gold was first found in 1896 and became one of the world’s richest fields. Placer mining yielded much of the early wealth while the most recent decade saw a marked drop in production though hydraulic mining remains active by several companies.
The Guild theater in New York installs vacuum amplifiers in a dozen seats to aid patrons with partial deafness. Microphones on stage pick up sounds, amplify them via vacuum tubes, and transmit to earphones worn by the user, improving accessibility to performances.
Maxim Gorky writes that a newly printed book brings life into the reader and introduces a living connection with humanity. He notes books reveal new facets of man, inspiring respect and deeper interest in human achievement, as Paris publishes European Literature translated by Alexander Kaun.
A brief exchange shows a man eager for a stroll and a woman asking what delays him. The tone suggests anticipation and a playful, intimate moment as they consider moving forward.
Very Modern Miss Alice Evans of the United States hygienic laboratory, who discovered the germ of sleeping sickness, was the guest of honor at a Washington hotel luncheon. After coffee she observed aristocratic young girls in the lounge, sitting with bare crossed knees and smoking cigarettes, calling them "The shills of society."
A town sportsman jokes about bees while recounting hunters from Kay Lee firing at chickens. Gap Johnson warns he will blast back with buckshot if the harassment continues.
A prize hog on the Jennings farm in Maryland disappeared during threshing. Two months later the family hunted in panic and then found the hog very thin and weak, still living, buried under straw while rooting through the stack.
All creditors of the estate of H. G. Brackett late of Umpkin County Georgia are notified to render demands to the undersigned and all debts to the estate must be paid. Dated May 14 1926. EF Christian Admr
The city tax book will be open from April 20 to May 1 1926 for receiving tax returns of all property within the corporate limits. Returns will be received by Alderman B B Hosley or H T Burns.
The Phones. Every telephone call costs money with low rates claimed compared to others. Business service $2.25, residence $1.75, extension in same house $1.00, in adjoining house $1.75, desk set type 25c higher. Subscribe now, get the new directory and ease your conscience.
Professor J W Gregory proposed using wireless time signals to measure longitude variations to test Wegener’s continental drift theory. He argued drifting motions are seriously considered by geologists, supported by magma beneath crust and coast line fit, but doubted rapidity of drift.
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