Directory City Government Ledger
A historical listing of city and county officials including aldermen trustees school board officers tax assessors registrars county board of education roads and peace officers notaries and various local positions with numerous names and locales such as Auraria Creek Dahlonega and Wahoohoo listed in a formal government directory style.
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GG. Evans
W. J. Free
D. O. Johnson
W. HH. Jones
W. J. Hightower
County Board OF Education
Auraria
W. A. Hutcheson
J. J
Cane Creek
C. GC. Smith
J. P. Crumby
Ll. B. Hatfield
N. P. Chestatee
J. M. Wilkins
N. P. Davis
B. H. Higgins
N.P
H. C. Burges
N. P. Wahoohoo
J. A. Abercrombie
J. P
Bunyan Pierces
N. P. Wahoola
E. C. Jarrard
Pleads For King Of Birds In Alaska
The piece notes many eagles still in Alaska face slaughter as locals blame them for prey on fish. T. Gilbert Pearson of the Audubon Society protests and urges stopping the killings until due process. Former Governor Riggs reportedly favors removing the bounty on eagle killings.
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Alaska
National Association of Audubon Societies
T. Gilbert Pearson
Riggs
Messenger Message About Billing and Employment
A brief dialogue snippet shows an employer asking for a bill settlement while a lieutenant congratulates Briggs on securing steady work. The exchange hints at duties, payment, and career advancement in a concise, period voice.
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Messenger
Briggs
France Finds Valuable Tree For Lacquer Export
France has introduced lacquer sap trees from the Orient, boosting supplies amid India China and Japan markets. Lacquer, valued for durability and bending without cracking, polishes well and is used notably to coat propeller blades in airplane manufacture.
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France
Orient
India
China
Japan
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Editor Corrects Plot Claim In Short Story Row
A Birmingham Age Herald note quotes an author and editor debating a story. The editor rejects the opening paragraph stating the hero returned from France to his old job with higher pay, noting such pay raises are not typical practice.
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France
Birmingham Age- Herald
Cheap Car Sold at Auction for 2100
A Birmingham Herald reader recalls buying a confiscated automobile at auction for 2100. The car was described as dilapidated with hollow seat backs that once concealed six gallons of moonshine. Prohibition officers confiscated the vehicle.
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Mr. Bibbles
Prohibition
Birmingham
Factory life judged by comparison not glamour
Cornelia Stratton Parker argues in Harper's Magazine that factory work shapes a life of constant comparisons. The factory girl weighs each job against the last and home, preferring not to be swayed by outsiders' moral judgments. The piece notes high labor turnover as a key industrial concern and a potential lifeline for workers with spunk.
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Biltmore
Cornelia Stratton Parker
Harper’s Magazine
Giant 52 Foot Water Wheel Served Pioneers in Virginia
In a new film, a colossal water wheel said to be the largest of its kind stands in Virginia mountains. Built in early 1800s to grind corn for soldiers and to induce Native Americans to till the soil, the wheel fed ground flour to the Indians and later to the Confederate army in western Virginia. the mill now crumbles while the wheel remains intact.
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Virginia
Kentucky
Daniel Boone
World’s largest hangar to house U S navy dirigibles
The giant hangar near Lakehurst New Jersey will house the two Navy airships the ZN-1 and the ZR-2. ZR-1 is under construction at League Island Philadelphia and ZR-2 is in England.
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Lakehurst
N. J
League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
England
Eskimo Skeletons Arrive in Halifax for Study
About 30 Eskimo skeletons have arrived in Halifax from the Far North for examination by Dr. John Cameron of Dalhousie University. The bones, brought by the Canadian Arctic exploration party, were found north of the Mackenzie River. Cameron expects more than three years to finish the measurements and study.
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Halifax
John Cameron
Dalhouse University
Canadian Arctic Exploration Party
Canada
Mackenzie River
Cameron
Desert Air Route Opens Between Palestine and Mesopotamia
The British air ministry reports a new air route across the desert linking Ramleh in Palestine with Bagdad via Amman Kasr Azrak and Ramadie. Three Royal Air Force planes arrived in Bagdad after flying the 580 mile path along Ramleh Amman Kasr Azrak Ramadie and Bagdad with legs of 65 55 400 and 60 miles respectively.
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British Air Ministry
Desert
Palestine
Mesopotamia
Bagdad
Royal Air Force
Cairo-Ramleh
Ramleh
Amman
Jordan
Kasr ‘Azrak
Arabian Desert
Ramadie
Euphrates
Kasr Azrak
Cloud metaphor from Yale professor cited in Detroit press
William Lyon Phelps of Yale adds a new mixed metaphor from W. J. George’s novel. A false rumor is described as a cloud that could not dim the couple’s happiness, per the Detroit Free Press.
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William Lyon Phelps
Yale
W. J. George
Detroit Free Press
Seeing Things Mermaid Aboard Sea Serpent Exchange Jests
Dialogue quip between Mermaid and Sea Serpent about summer amusements. Mermaid asks about plans, Sea Serpent jokes about avoiding trouble with revenue authorities.
New Money Trick At Berlin Post Offices
A German peddles pens at 50 pfennig each from office windows to lure borrowers. He asks for a mark as security and promises to return it when the pen is returned. When the pen is claimed, officials deny ever taking it, allowing the man to repeat the scam at another branch.
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Berlin
Kansas City Times
Scotland Turns to Oil Fuel in Galashiels Mills
Amid coal shortages from a miners strike, Galashiels woolen mills shift to oil for boilers. Gala Works has installed oil burners, allowing large boilers to operate with oil instead of ten tons of coal daily. Tweed mill and Victoria dye works also adopting oil fuel plans, with others in town following.
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Galashiels
Gala Dge
Tweed Mill
Vicetoria Dye Works
Edinburgh Scotsman
X Rays Detect Forged Paintings Using Canvas Age
A science note outlines that X rays can pierce imitation paintings to reveal the canvas age beneath. The discussion mentions tests on paints and questions about applying rays to women's faces as a provocative line in a science and convention context.
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Flasher
Dasher
Voice of the Editor on Narrow Resources
A quip from Butler Ga Herald notes editors lack axes to grind due to poverty, framing the newspaper role as logistically constrained and focused on ideas over vengeance. The remark contrasts financial limits with editorial independence.
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Butler
Flerald
Concentrating Wealth and Prison Talk Roars in Pub Clash
A violent citizen shouts that a fivery profiteer belongs in the penitentiary while a landlord questions a plan to boost penitentiaries and ruin hotels. The exchange highlights tension over law and property during a heated meeting at the lodging house.
England patents process to make artificial wood from straw
A new patent in England covers a method to manufacture artificial wood for matches from straw or dried grass. The invention aims to replace natural wood in matchsticks by treating straw fibers to form a usable core material. This could reduce wood consumption and improve production efficiency.
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England
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vickery
Moore
A. Weed
T. JT. Smith
W. IL. James
G. W. Vaughn
J. . Walcker
Trustees City School
John H. Moore
Sutgagg
Sia
Treas
W.L. Ash
J. M. Brooksher
Hk. C. Meaders
W. B. Townsend
Clark Superior Court
Christian Angi
Ghee J. M
Puerta Teeta
R. E
Baker County
John Evans
Corey
B, Anderson
Georgia
Lumpkin County
Winslow Sullens
Superior Court
Winswer
Winslow Sunneds
Jones. Tudge
Dockery& Christian Real Estate Dealers
Dahlonega, GA
Timber and Grazing Lands
National Audubon Societies
Me-o-my
P. A
Jimmy Pipe
Prince Albert
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem, N.C
Scrawlgg
Scotland
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