Georgia Tax Levy for 1911 From Lumpkin County Court
The Lumpkin County Court of Ordinary orders a seventy two cent tax on each hundred dollars of taxable property for 1911. Allocations cover county, road, bridge, jail, pauper, and jury purposes totaling 72 cents per $100. J. M. Ricketts as Tax Collector will collect the levy, dated September 7, 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Lumpkin County
J. F. Pruett
Court of Ordinary
J. M. Ricketts
Gondeer County
J. F. Prue
Local notes discuss weather, taxes, mail service, and upcoming Gainesville mayoral race
The piece covers a hot September, cabbage shipments, and chestnut gathering. It notes Judge J. B. Gaston running for mayor of Gainesville and critiques cemetery upkeep. It suggests postal service changes and mentions Cherokee and Lumpkin counties with a bridge plan and rail access. It also references farming, dynamite soil tests, and a Pentecostal remark on heaven.
Squirrels, Not People, Should Be Protected By New Law
A verbose critique argues against a new game law, condemning protections for squirrels while attacking lawmakers. The author laments wasted tax money, calls for more officials, and contends public schools will suffer as fat offices grow.
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State Commissioner of Agriculture
Next Grand Jury List and Atlanta Charter Result
The Next Grand Jury List includes Alfred N Moore J M Brook sher J W Woodward S M Kim ney H D Gurley John H Moore T J London E B Vick ery C D Pierce James H Chapman J C Jarrard W B Towns end W G Spencer C M Mote B R Meaders A J Dockery Samuel Jones W L Satterfield Jobn Cochran W H Early 4H Chambers A D Gayden Geo W Cochran A D Jackson W A McGee W J Crane S D Grindle G RK Glenn T J Smith M C Long. The Atlanta charter election is over and readers are glad for it as the charter lost, making the Georgian on this side happy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred N. Moore
J. M. Brooksher
J. W. Woodward
S. M. Kimney
H. D. Gurley
John H. Moore
T. J. London
E. B. Vickery
C. D. Pierce
James H. Chapman
J. C. Jarrard
W. B. Townsend
W. G. Spencer
C. M. Mote
B. R. Meaders
A. J. Dockery
Samuel Jones
W. L. Satterfield
Charter
Atlanta
Items of Interest From Georgia to Cabbage Storage Tips
A mix of opinion notes and household advice. Georgia politics teased, family values praised, and remarks on wealth. Agricultural guidance covers cabbage storage, corn yields, and keeping onions and parsnips for winter. Also letters about newspapers, memorials, and burial customs.
Victor Hugo's Golden Gift to a Paris Chiffonnier
A Paris chiffonnier finds a tiny silver gilt sou venir spoon in a dustbin and returns it to Victor Hugo. The poet rewards him with a copy of Les Chansons des Rues et des Sois, saying it contains as much gold as any jewel case.
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Paris
Victor Hugo
Olympus
Hugo
Hernanj
Rues Et Des Sois
London Globe
G K Chesterton on detective tales in Illustrated London News
Chesterton’s skeptical take on detective fiction notes the familiar bones of the genre. A bumbling, merciful policeman finds a killed man, then calls on the sharp professional and hawkish amateur detectives to unravel a case linking to the archbishop of Canterbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. K. Chesterton
Illustrated London News
Brompton
Hebrides
Link
Canterbury
Authority and a theater job in Alabama anecdote
A young African American man asks a theater manager for authority to get a job. He offers jokes and an impersonation of famous performers, but the manager declines. The man persists humorously, asking if the theater needs a good potter head and a suit, concluding with a quip about not needing old clothes.
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Gainesville
Perry Trasher
Sweety
Alabama
Mistah
Largest sun basket claimed in California exhibited in county treasurer’s office
County Treasurer Glenn E. Murdock displays what is claimed as the largest sun basket in California in his office. The Lake County Indian woman who sold the 92 inch diameter basket spent eight years weaving it and used feathers from woodpecker heads in the design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn E. Murdock
California
Murdock
Lake County
Santa Rosa
San Francisco Chronicle
North Georgia College Offers Special Advantages
North Georgia Agricultural College presents low yearly expenses from 125 to 175 dollars including board lodging books fuel and more. The campus in Dahlonega Georgia highlights a climate mountain setting military department and band, U S Army officer supervision, and full courses in Agriculture Mining Engineering Commercial Science and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
U. S. Army
A&c
G, R, Glenn
Pure Herb Tablets Promise Systemic Health Benefits
An advertisement touts Pure Herb Tablets as more than a laxative. It claims to correct digestion kidneys liver and blood purification naturally without weakness and to benefit almost everyone. Sold at $1 per box with Ashland Ohio manufacture and Dahlonega Georgia agent contact.
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Pure Herb Tablet Co
Ashland
Ohio
W. B. Townsend
Dahlonega, Ga
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Constitution
Huele Remus
Home and Farm
Louisville
Southern Cultivator
National Monthly
Buffalo
N. Y
Southern Ruralist
Housewife
N.Y
McCall’s Magazine
Inland Farmer
Toledo Blade
Toledo
The
News and Farm Journal
Chattanooga
Alabama Times
Montgomery
F.A. Head
General Merchandise
Place OF Business
Sargent Building
Public
F. A. Head & Co
Dahlonega Feed & Livery Stable
College Street
G. H. Moore
Wack
Dahlonega
A. Merritt
Hall's
Wiegenstein
Blue Ridge
J. B. Gaston
Cherokee County
Lumpkins
F. W. Moose
Jim Hunt
Cornelia
Golden Age
Parker Brothers
Alpharetta
Aberdeen
North Georgia Agricultural College
G. R. Glenn
Sam
Toxo
W. H. Jones
J. B. Housley
Clay Creek
Davis
H. A. Butler
Nugget
J. P
Justice Court
G. H. McGuires Feweler’s Store
Homer Head
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