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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1909
Page
1
Nine Standards of Cotton Grades Approved by Government
The government approves nine cotton grade standards to govern all transactions after September 1, 1910. Boxes in Washington hold the standards, decided by a broad cotton committee and approved by the secretary of agriculture. Access is limited to designated committees, with replicas soon for inspectors at key associations and colleges. The aim is to unify about 380 existing standards and guide buying and selling nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Premier Asquith Explains Flag Incident in Ireland
In the House of Commons Patrick O'Brien of Kilkenny pressed Premier Asquith on a September 18 Castlereagh event in London where a saloonkeeper ordered removal of the American flag. Asquith said flag display in a liquor saloon was illegal and that no insult to the American flag was intended, noting the Union Jack had been removed on a similar occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asquith
Ireland
London
England
House of Commons
Patrick O’brien
Kilkenny
Castlereagh
O’meagher Condon
O’callaghan
United Irish League of America
Joan Redmond
O’brien
America
Ambassador Bryce
O'Brien
Washington
Strange murder verdict in Paris assizes court
A Paris jury acquitted Baudin after finding his wife, incurably ill and tormented by pain, repeatedly begged him to end her life. He surrendered to police, admitted he shot her to spare further suffering, and was arraigned on murder charges. The verdict implies tacit recognition of the right to die to relieve agony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Assizes
Baudin
Bandin
Man Lived Without Stomach Survives Three Weeks
William Smith of New York City underwent stomach removal at Bushwick Hospital Brooklyn and has left the hospital fully cured according to surgeons. He may live a natural lifespan though his diet must consist of predigested foods only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
William Smith
Bushwick Hospital
Brooklyn
Smith
Valuable Bird Nest Missing Jewels and Letters Found
A bird’s nest in a tree fallen on James C Brinker’s Jacksonville New Jersey farm held Mrs Brinker's engagement ring missing fifteen years and ten other rings plus pins brooches and Brinker's old love letters from courting days all part of the nest discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
James C. Brinker
Jacksonville
New Jersey
Burro Attacks Prospector Amid Water Crisis in Death Valley
Jacob George, an Oklahoma prospector, lay unconscious at Willow Springs after a brutal engagement with a thirsty burro in Death Valley. In a failed attempt to drink its blood, he accidentally shot his own leg, while the animal, driven to frenzy by dehydration, delivered a deep leg wound before rescuers arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob George
Okl
Willow Springs
Death Valley
George
Spectacular Aeroplane Flights Over New York City
Wright brothers and Curtiss thrill New York with daring airship feats. Wright circles Statue of Liberty and Governors Island, flying over the North River for seven plus minutes at up to 40 mph. Curtiss tests his biplane, both aviators drawing crowds as ships cheer from the harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright Brothers
Glenn H. Curtiss
New York
New York City
Wilbur Wright
America
Wright
Governors Island
North River
Curtiss
Wall Street
Liberty Island
State of Liberty
Government Aids Storm Sufferers Reach Terrebonne
Louisiana state officials and citizens push relief for Terrebonne Parish storm victims with federal aid promised. Colonel Foote reports back after visiting the stricken marshes and notes tents and rations can be secured while sanitary officials guard against pestilence amid decaying bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Terrebonne Parish
Louisiana
S. M. Foote
Jackson Karacks
Albert L. Mills
Department of the Gulf
Atlanta
Foote
War Department
Washington
Terrebonne
Hurricane Triggers Cotton Market Surge in South
New Orleans reports a hurricane era surge in cotton prices with contracts jumping past 13 cents as damage across Louisiana Mississippi and nearby states cuts yields by an estimated 250000 bales. Analysts warn that the full extent of losses remains unknown as southern buyers seek high prices to keep mills running and farmers hold stocks for higher futures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Sulley
Coton
Friends of the South
Dixie Land
Woman Forgetting Age Detained at Ellis Island
Mrs Linda Baldwin cannot recall her exact age. She says she was between 20 and 40 when she first came from Ireland, lived in Brooklyn six years, and has spent the last decade in Ireland. She arrived on the Oceanic and is now in immigration custody pending age determination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
New York City
Linda Baldwin
Ellis Island
Oceanic
Ireland
Brooklyn
Preacher Refuses Salary Rise Over 400 Dollars
New York City reports the Newton Presbytery must decide if Rev. F. W. Lott of Newport Pennsylvania may accept the Marksboro New Jersey Presbyterian Church pastorate. The presbytery requires at least 500 dollars per year, while Lott declines above 400, saying he does not care for wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Newton Presbytery
Washington
F. W. Lott
Newport
Presbyterian Church
Marksboro
N. J
Strange Religious Rite Sparks City Demand for Expulsion
In Los Angeles eight ward residents urged authorities to expel a Russian sect after members danced frenziedly around an open-air altar where the nude body of a dead girl was displayed for four days. The ceremony ended when protests grew loud as worshipers buried the girl. The rite was described as mourning for girls who died on the threshold of womanhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Resistant cotton varieties grow in Georgia beating black root
Georgia’s Department of Entomology led by Prof. A C Lewis reports resistant cotton strains thriving in South Georgia fields and showing robust bolls free of black root and anthracnose. Seed will be distributed statewide next spring to hasten wide adoption amid a $10,000 state fight against these diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
A. C. Lewis
State Department of Entomology
South Georgia
Salaries Long Overdue for Georgia Teachers
Georgia state officials plan to borrow 100000 dollars from multiple Atlanta and Macon banks to fund 6 percent of a 2250000 dollar common schools appropriation. About 100 counties have unpaid bills totaling 250000 to 400000 dollars for teachers, with pay averages of 44.29 dollars for white teachers and 20.28 dollars for negro teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Brown
Atlanta National
American National
Fourth National Banks of
American National Bank of
Macon
Pound
State of
Georgia
Aussust
Appling
Baker
Baldwin
Banks
Bartow
Brooks
Bulloch
Burke
Butts
Campbell
Carroll
Catoosa
Chatham
Chattooga
Cherokee
Clarke
Clay
Clayton
Clinch
Cobb
Coffee
Columbia
Coweta
Decatur
DeKalb
Dooly
Dougherty
Douglas
Arly
Medols
Wilsingham
Albert
Jannin
Payette
Floyd
Forsyth
Gilmer
Gordon
Grady
Greene
Gwinnett
Habersham
Hall
Haralson
Hart
Meard
Henry
Houston
Jackson
Jasper
Jefferson
Jeff Davis
Jenkins
Johnson
Lakens
Lee
Liberty
Lincoln
Lowndes
Lumpkin
Madison
Marion
McDuffie
McIntosh
Milton
Mitchell
Murray
Muscogee
Newton
Ocomec
Oglethorpe
Paulding
Pierce
Pike
Polk
Pulaski
Stephens
Putnam
Stewart
Talbot
Taliaferro
Tattnall
Taylor
Thomas
Toombs
Fulton
Glynn
Hancock
Irwin
Jones
Monroe
Montgomery
Morgan
Quitman
Randolph
Richmond
Screven
Terrell
Tift
Reciprocal Demurrage Held Valid in Southern Railway Case
The Georgia Supreme Court upholds the railroad commission rule under the Steed acts of 1905 requiring reciprocal demurrage. Railroads must pay a dollar per day per car when failing to furnish cars after due notice, testing legality on both railroad and shipper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Southern Railway
Melton
Dodge Superior Court
Supreme Court
State Court of Appeals
Railroad Commissions
Transportation Service
Commission
State near beer tax drive may indict Savannah dealers
State tax agent R A Ewing pressed Savannah near beer tax collections totaling 68 000 with only partial success so far. If dealers do not settle names will go to the grand jury. Savannah dealers have paid 47 000. the state tax is 200 and no discount applies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
R. A. Ewing
Decision in Big Land Case Upheld in Georgia Counties
In Macon Georgia the United States circuit court adopted the report of Special Master J N Tally in Chandler Land Corporation vs Gee S Baxer Co. The master sustained the plaintiffs titles in a dispute over lands in Clinch and Echols counties. The case involved a large tract of land and drew wide interest from South Georgia landowners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinch and Echols Counties
Macon
United States
J. N. Tally
Chandler Land Corporation
Gee, S. Baxer & Co
Clinch
Echols
South Georgia
Last of the Stage Coaches Sam Houston is Torn Down
The Sam Houston stage coach, in use since 1841, stood in Patterson's livery alley until 1873 and then was moved no longer or preserved. After years of neglect and being marked by bullet holes from battles and holdups, it was torn apart as the railroad replaced the old route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson
San Houston
Cnet
Sam Houston
Texas
Austin
Brenham
India
San Antonio
Austin Statesman
Town Corrects Brownsville Plat Six Miles From Real Location
Judge William Galloway granted a decree to reform the Brownsville plat and fix small survey errors that shifted the town's legal location from its true site. The original 1864 plat misread the starting point as EB instead of W, placing the town northeast six miles away from its rightful position just north of Crawfordsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
William Galloway
James Blakely
Linn County
Crawfordsville
Guardian of Maine Berry Patches
A skull moose terrifies berry pickers at North Orland and Ellsworth. Reported to have killed a horse by chasing it into a wire fence and to have frightened several people whom he pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
North Orland
Ellsworth
Lewiston
Remark on size of cottage with babies visiting grandma
A reader comments on how a small cottage feels large when many grandchildren are visiting grandma, noting the humorous contrast between space and company. The remark reads like a wry, social observation from a civic voice.
Postum improves health of a nervous schoolteacher
A reader shares how coffee caused nervousness and how Postum, prepared correctly, restored health and energy for teaching. The letter praises Postum as a healthful drink for children and adults, noting initial failure, a successful second trial, and lasting benefits. It ends by inviting readers to consider the Health Classic and the ad claim There’s a Reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellville
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Burro
Prospector
Colonel Foote
S. G
Columbia, S. G
John Black
Meminger
J. D
Perry
Post Office Department
National Guards Association of the United States
Thomas J. Stewart
Pennsylvania
Charles J. Martin
Kansas
J. A. Storch
Nebraska
J. C. R. Foster
Florida
W. T. Armfield
North Carolina
Ohio
St. Louis
Cumberland Mountain
Seaboard Air Line
Tampa
Fla
Plant City, Arcadia and Gulf Railroad
Tampa Terminals Company
Florida West Shore Pailroad
Seaboard
Sully
Advange
Mr. Lott
Department of Entomology
Georgia News
United Confederate Veterans
Athens
Northern
L. L. Middlebrooks
Covington
Southern
W. H. Bourne
J. W. Preston
J. H. Martin
Hawkinsville
John W. Maddox
Rome
John O. Waddell
Cedartown
H. H. Davenport
Americus
Davenport
Cecil Rhodes
Rhodes Scholarship Committee
State of Georgia
University of Georgia
Oxford
Winder
Court of Appeals
R. B. Russel
Russell
Ashley McDuffey
Wilcox County
W. G. Randolph
East Baton Rouge Parish
Yancey
McDuffy
Richmond County
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