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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1924
Page
4
A fragment discusses how energy varies with velocity in autos. It notes that doubling speed quadruples impact, while triple speed yields nine times the blows. It compares impacts from road bumps to dropping from heights and mentions high speeds like 70 and 85 miles per hour.
Patrons are urged to look up the desired number before calling Central. A operator could connect ten people while checking one number, and callers after 11 PM should hold the line for three minutes due to delayed answering. R. C. & FF. L. Meaders offer magazine and paper orders at lower-than-regular prices.
The Atlanta Journal increases its colored comic section to eight full pages in Sunday editions. The paper maintains full Rotogravure sections, society and women’s news, a 32 page Magazine, Cable dispatches, AP and other news wires, market and financial coverage, state news, and an editorial page. Delivery offered for 20 cents a week via Vernon Rider in Dahlonega, or direct to The Journal in Atlanta.
Figures indicate Holland does not dominate windmill production as the Department of Commerce sues. U S manufacturers produced over six million dollars worth of machines last year with a distribution of firms: Illinois five, Nebraska four, Wisconsin three, and one each in Indiana Kansas New Jersey Ohio.
A Boston Transcript anecdote recalls philosopher David Hume crossing the Firth in a gale with Lady Wallace. The boat lurched as Tune remarked they might become fish food, prompting Hume to quip that the gluttonous will fall to him while epicures would target Lady Wallace.
The Cape of Good Hope was misnamed by its discoverer Dias who called it Cape of Tempests amid storms in 1486. Portugal's King John II renamed it Cabo de Boa Esperança, with da Gama later proving the end was near. The Canary Islands name derives from large dog populations, not a canary bird.
The wit of jockey Steve Donoghue is recalled in a tale about an Irish country fair. A farmer eyes a ghostly horse and asks the price. The owner inquires about licensing, and the farmer quips that the sale would be for spirits.
Rules invite Georgia and nearby residents to submit solutions with subscriptions. Entries require a paid subscription, limit one prize per person, allow collusion rejection, and final decisions rest with the contest manager. Contest runs Sept 28 to Nov 8 1924 with tie rules and varying subscription rates for daily and Sunday Constitution.
The Great Elephant Paste Contest closes at 9 P M Saturday November 8 1924. Early submissions allow more time to review figures and submit another solution. Additional charts available by request or self addressed stamped envelope. no changes after registration.
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