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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1909
Page
1
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports that for the year ending June 30 1909 railroad accidents killed 2791 people and injured 68920, compared with 8764 deaths and 68989 injuries the prior year. Derailments and collisions totaled 517, with 272 affecting passenger trains.
Two bombs exploded in buildings housing gambling clubs in downtown Chicago. The incidents are the third second and thirty third in two years targeting illegal gambling venues. No injuries reported though bombs have appeared intermittently near bookmakers and gambling establishments amid clashes over illicit operations.
English suffragette Mrs Chapin smashed a bottle of acid at a Bermondsey by election ballot box to protest women’s exclusion. The liquid burned several election officers and she was ready for arrest, while a second booth saw minor damage and burned fingertips of staff.
Cadet Enn a Tene Byrne of Buffalo New York a fourth year member of the United States Military Academy at West Point dies in the cadet hospital after a fatal neck injury suffered in the Harvard Army football game. Officers and cadets mourn the loss and West Point may not play further football this season per Colonel Hugh L Scott after academy athletic review.
Twelve foreigners died in a dynamite explosion at Cambria Steel Company coal mine two miles from Johnstown Pennsylvania. Three men escaped by life ladders through gas and falling slate as rescuers cleared debris and waited for state mine examiners.
At the National Dry Farming Congress in Billings Dr Adolph Aaronsohn revealed a wild wheat found on Mount Hebron slopes in Palestine He will lead an extensive survey covering thousands of square miles where the grain grows under Turkish rule and he plans a thorough investigation.
The Indian secret service continues a vigorous effort to suppress liquor among Indians in Wisconsin. Despite local prejudice and organized liquor interests, smaller towns report progress as roaming Indians obtain less liquor.
Montgomery notes the state treasury has $60,000 in balance and must borrow at least $50,000 to meet November demands. Governor B. B. Comer may borrow up to $300,000 and is negotiating a loan to come in when needed.
Nashville financier J O Leake buys Belle Meade four miles west of Nashville from J M Dickinson secretary of war. The 1400 acre country seat changes hands for 110000 dollars in a frontier sale.
Census bulletin notes 1906 US church membership near 33 million with Protestants 61.6 percent and Roman Catholics 6.7 percent. In nine months of 1909, $13 million in southern church structures were planned or under way across 14 states plus DC Oklahoma and Missouri, led by Methodists $4.4 million and Baptists $2.7 million.
The Chicago Standard names Samuel W. Van Nostran as the model husband at the second hubby show. His wife credits him with good nature before breakfast, generosity, home-loving ways, and skill with a chafing dish. He is 35, married nine years, and also wins for sewing a button.
Judge Bernard died at his daughter's home in Tallahassee after a storied career. He served as adjutant quartermaster to General Robert E. Lee during the Civil War, later became Tallahassee's first Democratic mayor, and then Leon County judge.
Nashville Tenn Mrs R W Mac Donell general secretary of the women's board of home missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church south says the Savannah meeting misrepresented the board which did not take any action on woman suffrage nor say a word on the subject. The board concentrates on church and ecclesiastical affairs.
Professor Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, noted aeronaut and Mount Lowe Observatory head, builds a dirigible balloon to circumnavigate the globe without refueling. With over fifty years in aeronautics he holds the world's balloon speed record of 800 miles in under nine hours.
State Farm at Milledgeville reports strong results with 223 bales of cotton sold locally and expectations of total farm revenue exceeding twenty thousand dollars. Commissioners Rue Hutchens and Wiley Williams note 250 prisoners, including women, and self sufficiency for the year with hay and corn to meet needs. General Evans previously sold 100 bales at about 18 cents.
War department notification to Adjutant General Scott assigns Sergeant Henry F Lester Jr of the first infantry to Georgia with headquarters at Atlanta. He serves under General Scott and will instruct companies in equipment care and repair and aid in perfecting state service.
Savannah to Bremen carries 21 895 bales of cotton valued at 1 534 108 and 700 barrels of resin valued at 5 828 making it perhaps the most valuable cotton cargo ever cleared from an American port. The Chattahoochee River is noted as the banner stream with profitable traffic and lower rates for merchants along the route.
The Central Bank and Trust Corporation, administrator of the Neal Bank, petitions in superior court to pay depositors a 15 percent dividend on November 20. Funds on hand plus $214,845.98 from Neal Bank property sales cover most of the $240,000 needed. $25,000 more is expected from further sales before November 20, with borrowing as a contingency if sales fall short.
Dawson Georgia awards four prizes totaling 100 to farmers who raised the most corn per acre. First prize $40 goes to H T Bridges for 110 38 56 bushels per acre. G F Smith wins $30 with 99 20 56 bushels. J L McLeod takes $20 with 64 13 56 bushels and J C Hill $10 with 57 bushels.
Americus Ga Sumter County commissioners authorize buying every bale of pea vine hay produced in the county at 16 dollars per ton to secure provender for livestock. They have purchased large hay quantities and will buy car loads of home raised corn for livestock and bread for chain gang workers. The county operates 100 convicts and 100 mules in road work, with surplus corn and hay finding a market locally.
Capudine claims quick relief for headaches from colds heat stomach or nervous trouble. The ad emphasizes pleasant taste and immediate action with prices 10c 2c and 50c available at drug stores.
An illustrated account reports Austria-Hungary's snake control in Bosnia and Herzegovina. From 1906 to 1908 authorities funded rewards, yielding 30 056 snakes killed in 1906 and 280 718 in 1907, mostly poisonous, while poisoning victims declined. The note closes with a promotional aside about Postum and health claims.
A local ad promotes home shopping with full stock, catalogue pricing, and freight only. It lists sole agents and trusted firms, explains one price and cash terms, offers refunds, and urges town trade to keep profits local while stressing sanitary groceries and immediate bill payment.
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