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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1912
Page
2
The Dahlonega paper notes social and political items including a brass band at the lunatic asylum, Ohio politics with Harmon, a woman mayor in Dayton Wyoming, a $100000 attorney liability for Morse, and calls for honesty in local campaigning. It cites national events, flood losses in the Mississippi Valley, and pension rushes with 900000 coffee bags and other items. It urges party loyalty and voting for H H Perry of Gainesville.
A $2.50 Dahlonega gold piece minted by Templeton Reid from Columbia Mine gold in McDuffie county, strapped to a 1897 stamp mill, sold this week in Georgia to an Augusta numismatist for 300 dollars. The piece links to Mrs. J Belknap Smith and Yale’s Hammond Laboratory. Three such coins exist along with $5 and $10 pieces. The Dahlonega mint later recoined many pieces after 1888.
Macon Telegraph correspondent reports Dr G R Glenn president of North Georgia Agricultural College at Dahlonega delivered an impressive address at the Sixth District A M school commence ment exercises in Barnesville. He urged widespread agricultural education to feed a projected Georgia population of eight million in fifty years and praised schools for providing essential information while envisioning rural life improved by modern conveniences resulting from educated farmers. The address left a favorable impression on the audience.
The report lists 1207 inmates at Oklahoma State penitentiary with 206 trusties and mentions a single editor and three preachers among workers. It also notes a Rawlins Wyoming murderer who hanged himself smiling, and cites fishing laws restricting gear February to July. A Georgia road project is discussed with Creighton and Dahlonega, and a Portland convention visit by Ben Smith is noted along with several medical testimonials for Foley Kidney Pills.
Notice to teachers announces the annual summer examination for Public School Teachers of Georgia set for June 13 and June 15, 1912. Those in Lumpkin county meet in Dahlonega with exams starting at 9:00 a.m. J. J. Sparore, County Superintendent of Schools places the notice and notes the reading from specified books.
In Macon special officers patrol on motorcycles to deter offenders amid calls for neighborly support. The piece argues against greed after office, urges vigilance for disease risks from neglect, and promotes Foley remedies for coughs and urinary issues with testimonials.
By order of the Court of Ordinary the administrator will sell at public outcry on the first Tuesday in June 1912 at the Lumpkin County courthouse. The sale covers 125 acres of Lot No 46 in the First District, Habersham now Lumpkin, lying north of a described line. Cash terms. May 6 1912. G G Evans administrator Isabella Peck.
Marty Smith was found dead in his field between the plow handles near Commerce. H. L. Knight of Covena Georgia reports a kidney problem cure after using Foley Kidney Pills two bottles. He says the remedy relieved nightly urination and back pain significantly. Sold by all merchants.
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