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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1914
Page
4
Australia faces a new complication from introduced species. Paspalum, once boosted as a dairy enabler on the north coast, has soured and grown a tangled root system. Efforts to eradicate it prove costly as dairy farmers drift from crop rotation.
A fragmentary exchange shows a tired couple arguing after a night out. The husband jokes about breaking wings and needing repairs while referencing an angel and blurred blame.
The article highlights working men poets like Matthew Tate and Alfred Williams of Swindon who work at the forgery and study classics, with Lord Ridley offering a free house for life. It notes McGill a young rail navvy publishing poetry, Cons table Mitchell a policeman poet, and Miss Ethel Carrme author of Songs of a Factory Girl now in a second edition.
In a Vermont setting Farmer Corntessel and She-What discuss edible fungi and whether mushrooms or toadstools affect you after ingestion. The chatter touches Mrs B's new gown at the ball and local character Vermont Crabbe weighs in with dry wit.
The article lists methods to stop hiccoughs including damsons eaten, slow water drinking with ear pressure, granulated sugar swallowed slowly, breath holding for 20 to 30 counts, champagne in severe illness cases, and expert abdominal massage as possible cures.
A diner jokes about half a fried chicken while a server explains they cannot split an order. The exchange captures a humorous dining moment and the waiter's constraint on serving incomplete portions.
Christmas cards are about seventy years old, with Cuthbert Bede credited for a 1845 design at Durham University and Horsley claimed as inventor for Sir Henry Cole in 1846. A specimen has sold for as much as 250 dollars.
Smith says he is fairly driven to poker. His wife confronts him with hammer and tongs, creating a volatile home scene framed around gambling pressure and marital tension.
Fifty freeholders of Cheorgia Parente County filed a petition asking for an election on July first Wednesday 1914 to decide fence or stock law under Section 20386 Cody of 110 and following Sections. The Ordinary will pass upon the petition on May 30 at 10 o'clock.
The May 4 sheriff sale in Lumpkin County will occur at the courthouse in Dahlonega. Land parcel No 158 in the North half of the Thirteenth District First Section contains 39.7 acres more or less. Property seized under an execution from the Lumpkin County Superior Court in favor of R H Wheeler, Erekim Patterson, and Elbert Patterson.
An administrator's sale authorized by the Lumpkin County Court of Ordinary will occur on the first Tuesday in June at the court house in Dahlonega. The city lot on Spencer Street, part of land lot 984 in the 12th District, contains about one fourth acre and is sold to pay debts and for heirs' distribution. O Savarz, administrator of Winnie Jefferson deceased, notes this 4th day of May, 1904.
Parties preferring public transport can take the mail hack from Dahlonega departing at eight oclock in the evening. The hack is due to arrive in Dahlonega by 8 20 P.M. Fare is stated as $1 50.
A witty quip contrasts perceptions of a man’s character with his appearance, noting he was not as dark as rumors imply and not as white as self decoration suggests.
A playful exchange centers on a wedding where a guest questions a singer’s tone and a best man’s role. The dialogue highlights light humor about drunkenness and the wedding moment.
A playful exchange centers on an earnest assent to a movement that would suppress slang in everyday speech. One speaker answers with a coy “cackle” as the other presses for agreement. The fragment hints at social manners and linguistic reform.
A terse exchange questions susceptibility to influenza and the speaker reflects on personal illness. The dialogue hints at social attitudes toward illness and exposure, illustrating concern about transmission.
A fragment notes a hunting trip with Dee and an implied miss or error involving three guides. The text is unclear about who acted or what occurred, offering little concrete detail beyond the question about luck on the outing.
A readable fragment questions how to uplift a stage and asks what is wrong with its wings. The exchange suggests a technical stage issue, possibly a theater maintenance note or a humorous dialogue about construction limits.
A dialogue fragment notes a man on a layk-? and questions whether the phrase implies he is “a bird.” The exchange hints at a witty, cryptic wordplay characteristic of the period's humor without providing full context.
James A. Dockrey seeks Democratic primary support as a Lampkin County representative in the Georgia General Assembly promising fearless service for county and state. William Severn requests endorsement in the Democratic primary citing his record as State Treasurer and urging voters to consider his candidacy based on past management of public finances.
Public sale to highest bidder for cash of several forty acre lots in Lumpkin County Georgia 1914. Parcels include lots 88 173 176 338 839 340 343 in the Fifteenth District First Section and other designated lots. Unreturned unimproved wild lands to satisfy tax executions for 1918. March 28 1914. T M Ray sheriff.
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