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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1919
Page
1
The piece argues moving pictures will transform education by visualizing geography and history. It envisions students seeing mountains, rivers, ships, and war scenes on film, improving memory and understanding. It predicts schools adopting film libraries, theaters supplying equipment, and improved projection to protect children's vision.
Photographer A. Dockham of Lafayette National Park photographed two young bald eagles in a nest near Tagle Lake Maine. He erected a six foot high platform and clamped a camera to a ladder, recording from about 20 feet up. He stayed in the tree for five hours to capture the shots.
The expansion of free clinics to smaller cities showed clear need as Danville Virginia opened this month with a brief lecture tour and pamphlet distribution. Ninety-two people sought treatment after the outreach.
An recruiting pitch invites men to join the Navy with promises of world travel, training, and advancement. It boasts free uniform, paid holidays, full pay on board, and two year enlistment terms aimed at forming stronger, capable sailors.
A proposal suggests using rat skins for leather to reduce the rodent problem in the United States. An estimate cites 10 million rats causing damage, with 5,000 skins needed daily for a tannery. The plan hinges on catching rats and delivering skins, noting leather shortages and potential use of fish skins.
Mrs Evelyn S Trenbath wife of Rev Robert W Trenbath rector of St James Episcopal Montclair NJ announces a cure for poison ivy using green leaves of common catnip rubbed on the affected skin until juice runs She claims it never fails even in advanced cases and notes the plant grows behind barns and may repel ivy when planted nearby
A Hawaii observer notes ongoing dramatic activity at Kilauea with no sign of a pause as a vast lava column rises. A wide stream From the southwest brink moves toward the Kalu desert, flowing steadily rather than in spectacular torrents, building mass at its base.
The campaign to eradicate venereal disease claims success with only five segregated districts left in the United States Public Health Service and red light districts closed in over 130 cities across 29 states. It argues reopening any district is disloyal to the government and to vulnerable women and children, urging the slogan They shall not open. States listed include Alabama Arizona California Colorado Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Michigan Mississippi Montana Nevada New Jersey New Mexico North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Virginia Washington West Virginia Wyoming.
Johns Hopkins scholar Dr. Robert Armistead Stewart reports that Japanese is closest to ancient Hebrew, with strong likeness to Arabic, suggesting a Semitic origin and a secondary Indo European connection to English. The study implies original unity of Aryan and Semitic speech and urges closer ties between Japan and English speaking peoples.
A platinum ingot weighing 23000 ounces and valued at 2415000 was brought into the country from Russia as the personal baggage of a Massachusetts businessman. He secured it for the government at his own expense, risking dangers and hardship over more than a year, and died four hours after returning home from exhaustion.
A Trinity M. E. Church couple in Washington decide to aid a native Chinese missionary as part of the centenary movement. The couple, who fed their cat at $38 a month, say they can now donate $50 annually toward foreign mission work amid a plan to spend $105,000,000 on war reconstruction and missions over the next five years.
A terse dialogue fragment shows a dentist fearfully contemplating nerve treatment while a book agent dismissively urges proceeding. A judge presides over the exchange with a dry, sardonic tone.
Milwaukee citizens report a medicinal taste in tap water. Tests ruled out chlorine as the cause, detecting a wind related contamination originating from two distant plants three and eight miles away producing coal tar products.
The Yonkers Statesman notes the money in circulation in the country rose to 54.56 dollars, about five dollars more than a year ago. The exchange hints at reasons for the increase and points to a five dollar gap from the previous year.
A Bohemian gold beater was refused work for wearing a light suit and waistcoat. A foreman explained that workers must wear dark clothes so gold dust does not cling and get left behind when leaving the factory. The rule helps prevent loss of small gold grains.
Strasbourg plans a memorial for Rouget de l Isle and his Chant de guerre de l arme du Rhin later known as La Marseillaise. The memorial committee chair is a direct descendant of Mayor Dietrich whose house hosted the song’s first performance.
Galveston Texas fishermen recount a bottle-nosed porpoise attacking and killing a six foot shark near the Galveston Causeway. They describe the seahog striking midship, ripping the shark open, and tearing the body apart to defend its young.
A Portland Telegram excerpt recalls a clergyman visiting historic St Andrew s for the first time. The caddie quips about a yawning abyss and hell, then the cleric learns a bunker can yield a fine shot before the caddie remarks on taking the niblick at the end.
A Birmingham Age Herald excerpt contrasts the need for slang with formal speech. A fussy old gentleman chides a man for to toddle along while the citizen jokes that strict word choice would ruin baseball game reviews and umpire heckling.
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