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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1921
Page
4
A Brooklyn Standard Union excerpt ponders how older detective stories feel quaint with no wireless, subways, or autos. It highlights era specifics like coachmen and clubmen, imagining a DeWitt Clinton era romance amid bygone city life.
In a questioning exchange, an interviewer asks Fatwun if he is Leenwun the husband of a renowned cookery lecturer. Leenwun confirms his identity as the man her experiments involve.
A humorous discussion in Leslie's Weekly riffs on pies taking sides and appeals to masculine vigor. Raisin filled desserts are pitched as energy foods for tired men, while the piece muses on elevating raisin cake as a bold alternative.
A French scientist and chief of radiography for Paris hospitals shows an X ray device can photograph subjects through a stone wall more than 25 feet away. He obtained clear images of metallic objects, with rays penetrating marble, oak, plaster and a thin lead sheet.
In a lively Richmond Times Dispatch item, Willie attempts to lick evidence from his ears in a jam theft case while Alfred, newly accepted, reads in the evening extra that her father faced bankruptcy. Mrs. Jones declares the fish he claimed to catch were salted herring.
Airplanes will transport mining machinery to a Utah mine and return ore within hours, dramatically cutting the current six week mule team round trip time. The plan aims to boost efficiency and shorten supply cycles for mining operations.
The British post office has adopted insulators with slotted heads for its telegraph and telephone lines. Wires are attached by screw caps, improving connection security and ease of maintenance.
Commissioners Meadors Asti and Moore announce the 1921 tax schedule for Lumpkin County Georgia. State tax remains 5 mills educational tax 1 mill outside Dahlonega, total in county 10 mills plus 1 percent county levy for road bridge paupers war jail and other purposes resulting in 1.60 dollars per hundred outside city limits and in Dahlonega. Amounts fund indebtedness road general and other services for the year 1921.
Georgia Lumpkin County October Term. Governor H M Dorsey sues Gordon Hyde John Wilson A B E Garmon and Newt Whidby residents of Lumpkin County. They must appear at Lumpkin Superior Court on the 8th Monday in October 1921 to show cause why judgment should not be rendered for forfeited recog nizance. Witness Judge J B R Jones August 22 1921. T F Cantstran C T C
A Brooklyn vendor has created painted on glass curtains that mimic lace draperies. The artificial curtains appear real from ten feet away, stay clean, and never blow into meals or get soiled, offering a novel housework aid as homes modernize with electric appliances.
Charles Schaeffer of Irwin Pennsylvania hid $315 under a parlor carpet after selling a car. The family searched in vain until a noise in the cellar led Schaeffer to a rafter where eight baby rats revealed the missing $10 bill within their nest.
Historians challenge the pirate image. Captain Kidd, once a New York citizen, is reexamined by Albert Bushnell Hart in Mentor Magazine. A page of evidence shows an inventory of Kidd’s Gardiner’s Island loot, the only treasure ever found.
Old coins like the silver 5 and 3 cent pieces the nickel 3 cent piece and bronze 2 cent piece remain legal tender but are no longer minted. The half cent coins from 1703 to 1857 are prized and still redeemable though rarely used. A trolley fare with ten half cents evokes curious images.
A bill in Angora seeks to require parliamentarians civil servants teachers and councillors to wear Turkish made clothing. A registration rule would allow wearing abroad items with proof. An opposing deputy was heckled after tearing his tie while supporters shouted for native manufacturers as debate continued.
The article traces asphalt from Babylon to modern times. It notes ancient beds may have been in Egypt, cites early European tests in Neufchatel and Geneva, and credits Hiri nus and Count Sassenay for pivotal paving milestones. It mentions gas-work refuse and the Claridge patent guiding American roads, including Trafalgar Square paving in January 1564.
An elementary class visits a table with a salamander as the teacher explains its habits. Arthur lingers after others return to their chairs, saying he is waiting to see the amphibian become a pet.
A young woman recalls practicing her first piano piece and a theater outing with a male friend. An impersonator performed the same piece in front of her, imitating a girl showing her best beau a debut piece, misplaying it and prompting her friend to laugh.
A neighbor and a gaunt Missourian spar over political opinions in a terse exchange. The Missouri resident asserts the right to hold views, while the neighbor objects when those views are voiced directly at him.
A man stepped from the sea wall into the Potomac river and vanished beneath the water. A sea plane pilot at 500 feet spotted the plunge and, diving, helped a companion flyer pull the drowning man to safety.
A brief, fragmented note from the Louisville Courier-Journal quotes a casual encounter in which a man offers a drink and jokes about paying for a necktie, reflecting colloquial historic newspaper chatter.
Public outcry sale by order of the Floyd County Court of Ordinary on the first Tuesday in November 1921. One fourth undivided interest in lot No 1059 12th District Lumpkin County Georgia. Property of the estate of Miss Imogene Ross deceased. Cash terms. October 8 1921 W H Ross administrator.
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