Directory listing of county officials and churches
A historical directory lists county offices including Mayor, Clerk, Tax Collector, Tax Receiver, Coroner, and County Policeman. It also names Boards of Education, Supt of County Schools, Roads and Revenues, Notaries, registrars, tax assessors, and church pastors with service times and Sunday School plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.H. Jones
W. J. Hightower
A. B. Keith
County Board OF Education
AVOWS
Paterhee Asinine
J. M. Ridley
W.T. Dowdy
GC. D. Pierce
D. W. Caldwell
Carl Shultz
John WU. Moore
W. L. Ash
Rk. C. Meaders
T. F. Christian
Auraria
Frogtown
G. I. Jones
N. P. Hightower
J. N. Satterfield
N. P. Jones
J R Watkins Co offers free samples through J P court blanks sale
Local notice announces blanks for sale at the Nugget Officer with attorney J C Brannon Gainesville Georgia. Original Watkins Products offered for sale with free samples and invitations to write for details. Memphis Tenn department address listed.
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J. P. Court
Watkins
J. R. Watkins Co
Dept
Memphis
Tenn
Wanted sales agents for genuine guaranteed hosiery
Help wanted for International Stocking Mills in Norristown Pennsylvania seeking men or women to take orders for hosiery for men women and children. Earn 40 dollars per week full time or 1 dollar per hour part time no experience needed.
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International Stocking Mills
Norristown
Fossils Alive: Old Journalists Gather for Banquet
In New York an annual Fossils banquet brings together amateur journalists from the 19th century. Notables include Thomas Edison, Gov. William Sproul, Josephus Daniels, James M. Beck, Senator George Moses, Cyrus Curtis, and others. The piece muses on early printing and career formation.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
William C. Sproul
Pennsylvania
Josephus Daniels
Navy
James M. Beck
United States
George H. Moses
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Public quarrel over engagement shocks onlookers
Marjorie laments a dreadful public quarrel with her fiancé that had bystanders guessing a marriage. Turtle jokes about creditors as Madge notes the scandal and press of gossip around the scene.
Fire drill tops scene as mock blaze at school
A Birmingham Age-Herald report quotes a school janitor describing a fire drill outside a building. He notes there is no actual fire in the basement and the event is purely a drill while bystanders watch from the curb.
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Edifire
Birmingham Age-Herald
I Like Grouch Business and a Better Way Round
A fragmentary exchange shows a man praising a “grouch business” while asserting he can please others if he passes the acid test. A dialog references Jackie Mother and a candid reply about age and marriage.
Dominican Republic Plans Sugar Irrigation Boom
The Dominican republic plans to irrigate about 150000 acres of a river valley to become a major beet sugar producer in the world.
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Dominican Republic
Yukon Timber Demand Drives Local Sawmill Demand
In Yukon, timber is produced for local use with no exports. The 1898 mining rush spurred lumber needs for homes, sluice boxes, and mining camps equipment. Sawmills operated in Dawson, Selkirk, and Whitehorse to supply fuel and timber for shafts and tunnels.
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Yukon
Dawson
Selkirk
Whitehorse
Hair as a Commodity Cargo Reaches Seattle From China
Porty bales of human hair form a cargo arriving in Seattle from China. Each 188 pound bale is valued at over 400 dollars locally. Annual hair imports exceed 500000 dollars and most hair is used to manufacture hair nets.
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Seattle
China
Uncle Boggs Slips In Clever Retort During Session
A Colorado legislature scene recalls Uncle Boggs, a quaint member who mocked a rival with a quip. The opponent, though assailed, remains silent as Boggs adds the final line noting the target “isn’t Saying a word.”
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Colorado
Uncle Boggs
Speaker
Pittsburg
Nine year old Marvin boasts big marble claim in Darlington
A nine year old boy visiting relatives in Frankfort proudly declares that boys in Darlington play marbles and one boy there has 25,000. His aunt doubts the figure but Marvin insists the rival never loses.
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Marvin
Darlington
Frankfort
Indianapolis News
A Glimpse of Mars Disappoints Novice Viewers
Mars neared Earth on June 18 and, when seen through a telescope, appeared dull to the casual observer. The expert notes that published drawings show the best possible view, while the trained observer rarely sees more than five percent of what exists, leaving the novice frustrated by the absence of imagined canals.
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Mars
Earth
Iron saves documents at state capitol after flood
In Phoenix Arizona a violent storm soaked the basement of the state capitol destroying valuable records. An electrical salesman's inspiration led to drying the papers with no loss to speak of. An electric ironing machine restored the mass of water damaged documents though it took several weeks.
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Phoenix
Ariz
State Capitol
Has Made Appeal to Poets The Pygmalion Myth Explored
The Americanna recounts Greek legend of Pygmalion the artist who scorns women yet carves an ivory statue that Aphrodite brings to life. Gilberts play adapts the tale. Lang and Morris wrote poems on Pygmalion and the living image, linking to Cyprus and Galatea.
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Pygmalion
Galatea
Cilix
Agenor
Cyprus
Ovid
Aphrodite
Venus
Gilbert
Phaphos
Cinyras
Papos
Andrew Lang
William Morris
Chicago Journal
Painted goat became Great Northern trademark origin tale
The Great Northern railroad painted goat trademark traces to a Minneapolis newsboy named William Kenney. He later saw the goat’s descendants near Midvale Montana and told James J. Hill that one was the grandson of his old billy. Hill approved the goat as the railroad’s emblem.
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Great Northern Railroad
Billy
Minneapolis
William Kenney
Midvale
Mont
Rocky Mountain
Kenney
James J. Hill
Mr. Hill
Empire Builder
Old timer recalls rifle range tricks from the Philippines
An old timer in a bunkhouse recounts shooting practice in the Philippines. He says the captain rolled an empty beer barrel downhill and soldiers shot when the bunghole faced up. He notes no one failed the test and adds a marine with a marksman badge chimed in.
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Philippines
New Zealand Plant Forms Textile on Argentine Island
A novel textile named formio, derived from a New Zealand plant, is produced on an island in Argentina for sacks binding cord sewing thread and general roping. Over 500000 plants have been grown from a few seeds shipped to Argentina as a scientific curiosity.
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New Zealand
Argentina
Englishman adapts brick machine for clay tamping plugs
An Englishman has modified a brick-making machine to form clay tamping plugs for use in blasting mines. The invention aims to improve the efficiency and safety of mine blasting by producing uniform plugs for more controlled detonations.
Defining the Picture Sport in a Fashion Echo
A Chicago Journal column mocks the so called picture sport woman who dresses in fragile sport clothes yet avoids actual sports. It contrasts her refined tea arrival with players exhausted after games, labeling her vanity and fashion focus as hypocrisy.
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Chicago Journal
Hydraulic Power Totals Show North America Leads
The combined hydraulic horsepower for the United States and Canada totals 50,000,000, about Europe’s level. North America’s output slightly surpasses Europe’s grand total, with Great Britain and Canada draining relative resources. California alone produces twice New York in power, while monthly U S output reaches 1,226,770,000 kilowatt hours and future gains could exceed 500 percent.
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United States
Canada
Europe
North America
British
Great Britain
California
New York
Lamps Used to Study Plant Respiration at University
Large electric lamps with 1,000 watt capacity illuminate a plant study at the University of Wisconsin. Plants grow under the lamps in a room kept at about 65 degrees Fahrenheit to measure respiration and the photosynthesis process.
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University of Wisconsin
Uncle Eben Warns of Job Tricks in a Street Tale
A rustic speaker warns a youth about scams in a rough town while recounting advice to avoid trouble. The narrator uses dialect to illustrate local attitudes toward work and vice, hinting at streetwise cunning in seeking employment.
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Uncle Eben
Hahdy
Also Mentioned on This Page
City GO
D. Baker
Alo
Vernment
Isamen
A. West
Josnith
G. H. Moore
Townsend
J. Sr Son
W. H. Jones
Wm. Loustey
Ully School
L. Ash
John II
Moore
Apr
J. M. Brooks
Onin
W. B. Townsend
Superior Court
Christian Rest
M. Davis
C. Porter
H. Peek
Cantrell
R. I. Baker
John Evans
G. G. Evans
W. J. Free
D. O. Johnson
M.C. Wyley
Presbyterian Church
B. W. Baker
Joy
Carson
Church OF God
Ella Fry
Hall
Nature
FBI, Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
J. C. Brannon
Jackson Building
Gainesville
G H McGuire
Dahlonega
Moore & Earlys
Homer Head
Dahlonega, Ga
Firestone
H. Head
Edith
Mr. Sotherlay
Russia
France
Belgium
Ireland
Netherlands
Germany
Austria
Madge
Marjorie
Jackie
Eben
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