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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1926
Page
1
Leave Atlanta 7 30 A M and 8 P M with best cars and careful drivers. Hotel at 17 North Forsyth Street near Bus Station and Mid Town Inn.
A Liberty article by Sidney Sutherland explains how fences price stolen jewelry for Whittemore gang members. Fences estimate loot from 25 percent of true value, rising when loot is easy to dispose of or unset diamonds, reflecting risk and relation with the gang.
In fourteen huts on the rim of a deep craterlike hole in South Africa lights illuminate diggings below. Premier mines use 1,500 and 2,000 watt mono plane lamps with mirrors to light shafts up to 1,600 feet. By end 1924 mines yielded 23,500,000 carats. the vented pipe crater measures about 2,000 by 1,500 feet.
A. H. Davis of the National Physical Laboratory London used photographs of ripples in a model tank to mimic sound waves from airplane engines. The setup reproduced hangar and field buildings to study shielding by sound screens, enabling quieter takeoff prep at the air drome.
A New York house uses a form letter to answer inquiries about violins believed to be Stradivari. Experts note thousands of Cremona imitations appeared during his lifetime and after, yet only a few hundred Stradivarius instruments remain registered.
Air mail pilots favor strong winter winds over calm conditions to cut travel time. Cheyenne to Rock Springs, a 258 mile crossing, set a record of 1 hour 30 minutes in December 1925. Average winter flight times beat summer by roughly one hour.
The Klondike region in the Canadian Yukon spans about 800 square miles between the Klondike and Indian rivers. Placer mining occurs in beds of these streams and their creeks. Access historically runs through Alaska, with many claims reaching the international boundary, though the rich zones lie within Canadian soil.
Under Prof Jean Baptiste Beck the University of Pennsylvania Romance Languages plans publication of all extant Twelfth and Thirteenth century lyrics. Beck, a leading authority on medieval music, notes a remarkable outburst of lyric creation during these centuries.
One thousand bottled messengers will be released in two batches of 2 500 each to measure tide and current actions in New York Harbor and nearby waters. Each bottle contains a card asking finders to record discovery time and place and forward to Arthur Tottle chief engineer for New York City.
The British cabinet appointed Youthful Governor Lord Somers as Victoria governor succeeding Stradbrooke. He is the youngest British governor, just past his thirty ninth birthday, served in the tank corps in World War I, and since 1924 has been a lord in waiting to King George.
In an interview the headliner recalls beginning training as a contortionist as a child. He notes a large family of eight siblings and traveling in a single family car, a cozy club coupe, illustrating humble beginnings reported by the Detroit Free Press.
Governor Walker orders Lumpkin County Tax Collector to pay over state tax funds to Bank of Dahlonega as state depository after bond approval. Publication notice required in a general circulation newspaper in the bank’s city.
Dr Louis I Dublin notes 5 500 000 aged persons in the nation with New York state hosting about 500 000 and New York city over 200 000 The city is described as the youngest large city in the world and aged persons now make up about 49 percent of the population Two thirds of aged persons are self supporting while the rest rely on pensions relief or family aid
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