This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1924
Page
1
A listing of local government officials including mayor aldermen and school trustees, plus county officers like sheriff tax collector and coroner. Also notes clergy and service times for Baptist Methodist and Presbyterian churches, with Sunday School and youth activities listed.
An advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh related conditions. It describes an internal tonic and ointment combination that allegedly relieves mucous inflammation through the bloodstream. The product has been sold by J Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio for over forty years.
Dealers use the Flat Rate Service System to ensure accurate work at a fair predetermined price. Customers know in advance what work will be done when it will be finished and what it will cost with no unpleasant surprises in the bill.
The article notes scarecrows are now often devices rather than tatters. Builders improvise with string, kite tails, and dangling scraps to create movement, which suggests life to deter birds and amuse gardeners. Half-hearted diggers become clever makers when imagination is applied.
A West Virginia traveler rests at a cabin in the mountains and chats with an old woman who offers water. After a long tale of wonders, she quips that if she knew as much as he does she would start a small grocery, ending the encounter with dry humor.
Mrs. Lucy Brown Bennett of Kennebunkport Maine celebrated her ninetieth birthday by displaying prized heirlooms. She highlights a button from her great great grandfather who fought at Bunker Hill and a sheepskin apron fragment worn by George Washington at his Masonic lodge.
A parson questions how to improve dancing and calls it hugging with music. A risky youth suggests removing the music as an alternative, sparking debate about morals and social norms.
Nine year old Mina Grady of Sidney New York who sleep walks climbed through a window left ten inches open and during a spell fell ten feet to the ground. She remained asleep until being carried to a nearby doctor's house for examination and woke only after arrival. She sustained only minor bruises.
Hector Sinclair of Eldorado Kansas bought a second hand copy of Josephus at Albany New York for 2.50. He discovered his own name written inside the fly leaf dated over fifty years ago.
A brief exchange contrasts a driver’s suggestion for a rear view mirror with Henry Carr’s retort that his wife could not see far ahead when she drives. The dialogue underscores a practical debate about visibility and safety on the road.
A brief quarrel arises when a piano tuner offers service for five dollars in advance and asks where the piano is. The woman in the house responds that they have not paid and instructs the caller to go next door.
The late Marie Corelli endowed her Stratford home as a perpetual guest house for distinguished visitors, yet she forbade actors and actresses from staying there. The Times-Picayune notes her eccentricity and ongoing controversy with the stage profession. A separate Minneapolis Tribune quip about a bank cashier and a joke on the Cone system appears.
Hyde Park in London designates a section as a bird sanctuary to honor W. H. Hudson the bird’s best friend born to Puritan stock. A decorative panel will be carved by Epstein the American sculptor as part of the tribute.
In a Boaston Transcript exchange, a doctor recommends a fishing trip for consistency while the wife questions his credibility, noting earlier skepticism about Europe travel. The dialogue reflects domestic tension over medical advice and trust.
The Code of Justinian is a renowned ancient legal compilation prepared during Emperor Justinian I’s reign. Promulgated in 629 after 14 months of work by Tribonian and a ten member commission, it merged earlier writings from Gregorianus Hermogenianus and Theodosius and was revised in 534 leading to the Codex Justinianus of 12 books.
An advertisement claims Calotabs rapidly break up colds flu and sore throats with one or two tablets bed time and water. It promises no nausea and no loss of appetite with a refreshed, purified fever. Sold in sealed packages with a money back guarantee. Also a rural property for sale near Dahlonega Georgia real estate details included.
By order of the Court of Ordinary the estate of 8 B Chester deceased will sell at public outcry on the first Tuesday in December 1924 at the Lumpkin County courthouse. The sale will include parcels 186 228 224 154 and 187 totaling about 200 acres in the 6th District 1st Section to pay debts and distribute among heirs at law. Terms are cash. LaFayerra Onester Executor. This Nov 8 1924.
Georgia Lumpkin County notice of an administrator's sale for debt payment and heirs distribution from the estate of W W Ash deceased. Real estate totals about 251 acres across several lots in Lumpkin County 11th district 1st section. Cash terms. administrator U W Ash signs this November 8 1924.
In the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia In re George W Byers Bankrupt No 9918 A petition for discharge has been filed and the Court has ordered a hearing on Nov 15 1924 at 10 AM in Atlanta Georgia All creditors and interested persons must appear and show cause why the discharge should not be granted O C Funner Clerk
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.