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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1920
Page
1
A school accident prompts rapid use of scouts for help. A cranking a car injury sends two scouts to the doctor and others to clear the yard while a thirteen year old baby scout volunteers to comfort and assist the injured boy’s mother with first aid at home.
Blake-Young Jobbes purchases a fine car in a petty act of spite. The expense, critics say, meant to signal to the girl that he will not propose again, while speculation swirls about Hake-Tlowso.
The presiding elder notes most of the children are at the Buckaloo place helping a man from the North by collecting and killing snakes for a nickel reward each. His wife objects, but Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge says the kids benefit by earning money and learning business.
An Eastern publishing house issued a dictionary compiled by a naval academy professor. It lists only words that entered general use since the war began and defines them entirely through quoted usage examples.
A reader speculates on voting outcomes noting men may vote to see the girls as elections loom. The excerpt reflects casual beliefs about gender and politics from the period.
A Lusitania life jacket with faded hair strand drifted to the Delaware River, bearing the ship’s name on a seaweed crusted canvas. Found by two railroad detectives after three years at sea and two years at peace, the life belt shows the label life belt and Lusitania.
The article notes radium is valued at about 3 million dollars per ounce and produced at one ounce per year. It states world stores total four ounces and describes the small sealed glass capsule used to protect surgeons from burns during procedures.
A Massachusetts inventor designs a machine described by Popular Mechanics Magazine that replaces laborious manual leather softening. Two broad belts mounted opposite guard a metal plate and press the hide between belt faces to soften it efficiently.
A North Side matron refused to change a fifteen dollar bill for a newsboy collecting for the News. She told him she had only that bill. The boy offered to break it if it was not too large. He deemed it impossible and left.
The United States Public Health Service reports 48 lepers who had been untreated in Hawaii were discharged a year ago and show no signs of relapse. This offers cautious encouragement that the ancient disease may be mastered.
A humorous snippet shows a wife chiding her husband for never giving money while he seeks funds from her when he is short, highlighting recurring domestic financial frictions with a witty exchange.
A movement in New Zealand aims to convert part of the nation's wool production into domestic cloth goods. Only about four percent of local wool is used at home while the rest is exported, and supporters argue capital investment could make NZ woolen cloth more profitable than in England.
Le Temps notes the 1919 French law offering naturalization to Algiers natives, excluding farm hands and some laborers. With universal military service since 1917, all young Arabs may gain citizenship on army release, yet few apply due to desire to keep native customs such as polygamy and inheritance laws. Arabs can vote in local elections, but voter trends show preference against the government.
An elderly shopkeeper amuses his family by predicting an engagement based on buying patterns. He notes the young woman buys paper and envelopes in rising amounts then only a small quantity of envelopes, concluding her fiancé will arrive soon and the marriage will follow.
The note quips about Miss De Leiter engaged to an elderly baldheaded gentleman. The speaker jokes that she will bring the sun into his home while he already has the moon, delivering a witty romantic aside.
Eleck, a nonreader in a small town, sits on the hotel piazza with a newspaper. A passerby sees him holding it upside down and asks about the news. He answers jokingly that there has been a bad wreck at sea, noting a battleship image in the paper.
Uncle Bill Bottletop admits defeat after a failed deal with Si Simlin. Jud Tunkins recalls paying $20 for a promised kickback, only to discover Simlin’s mule left on his back porch, exposing a long running ruse in their exchange.
The article discusses the uncertainty of intelligent life on Mars and the need for evidence. It notes that scientists weigh and analyze distant stars, suggesting that conclusive proof may take time and extended observation.
A visitor notes a violent patient in the ward and asks how he lost his mind. The attendant replies he is the most violent inmate. The exchange jokes that he sought ways to harness wasted energy from tango parlors.
For Sale. Pure bred Durock Low and Durock Hampshire pigs 20 days old. A good yoke of steers and wagon. A pair of fine horses and wagon. Land for Sale 120 acres at Silvana Springs for 700 cash. Farm For Sale 60 acres with improved buildings orchard pasture spring water two and a half miles from Dahlonega on Bree road. Notice Apartments for rent near college and town with storage for 208 cars and car for hire. For Sale 124 acres on new Highway with apple orchard timber and improvements. See T. J. McDoward. Dahlonega Georgia. Also guardianship notice for George W. Rider estate with show cause required by Lumpkin County Ordinary on first Monday in November.
Property on Lumpkin and Hall county line near New Bridge north of Gainesville south of Dahlonega. About 75 acres in cultivation with two storehouses six dwellings two cotton gins a grist mill and crusher powered by electricity and outbuildings. Sale details listed with dates and locations across multiple days.
By order of the Court of Ordinary the administrator will sell at public outcry before the Lumpkin County courthouse on the first Tuesday in November 1920. The estate of W W Murray deceased offers Lot 848 in the 5th District 1st Section containing 40 acres and an undivided one fourth of a 120 acre tract in the North half of the 18th District 1st Section comprising lots 149 150 and 209 totaling about 80 acres. Cash sale. October 2 1920. T F Jackson administrator of the estate.
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