Local notes warn about pay delays and local antics
The piece reports teachers in summer schools will not be paid soon as funds were borrowed for older claims. It highlights local incidents including a wasp nest fire in Nimblewill, fodder hauls by Will Jenkins and his brother, and a wandered con man named Whitmire who borrowed items and left town. It also mentions court next week and calls for local business and vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Waters
Nimblewill
NuGarr
Grand Jury
Whitmire
Henry McGuire
McGuires
Rural Troubles and Town Gossip In Dahlonega The Retail Merchants Plan Prices
In Dahlonega a string of cons and petty scams is recounted from a jeweler who warns locals about tool loans to a phony repairman. The Atlanta Retail Merchants Association seeks laws to seize debts from workers. Across notes a faded beauty warning and local headlines cover a fiddlers convention, a Griffin elopement dispute, a grave election forecast, a 260 acre Burke county farm sale, and Macon fire chief’s auto wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Retail Merchants Association
Time by wireless waves to replace pocket watches
Charles Higginbotham of South Bend Ind predicts watches will be melted for metal and central wireless clocks will replace pocket timepieces. He envisions a man carrying a dialless device that synchronizes instantly with distant clocks via electric waves to show exact time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Charles Higginbotham
South Bend
Ind
Higginbotham
South Bend Watch Company
Vegetables as Medicine and Local Commerce Observations
A rural column lists vegetables as medicines noting watercress for blood purification and lettuce for nerves, with cautions on tomatoes for gout and celery for nerve support. It adds beetroot, parsley and cranberry notes, plus a lemon juice gargle tip and advice on spinach and carrots for various conditions. The Cordell Beacon reflects on mail order catalogs beating local merchants and the value of local papers for advertising. It ends with a note about secular nights and lodge attendance versus staying at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordell
Cordell Beacon
Kaiser William Joker Pranks Guests in German Boar Hunt
Anecdotes from Pall Mall Gazette recount Kaiser William II playing pranks at a hunt. He flashed fake licenses to a keeper and teased guests about licenses, leading to fines. In another tale at a court ball a nurse answered a ban on naval marriages with a sharp retort, highlighting wit at court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Tye
Pall Mall Gazette
Kaiser’s millinery project spurs women to learn trades
A German tale recalls how Kaiser Wilhelm II used Princess Victoria Louise to spark a nationwide shift toward millinery skills among impoverished middle class women. For months a court milliner trained the princess, and the wider aim was to teach poor families a marketable trade, though it is unclear if she ever wore a hat she made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Louise
Imperial Palace
Berlin
North Georgia Agricultural College Ad Highlights Low Costs and Military Training
G R Glenn president of North Georgia Agricultural College in Dansonega Ga promotes low yearly expenses from $125 to $175 covering all essentials. The item touts Mountain climate and lack of city distractions along with military department cadet band and disciplined dormitory life under U S Army supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Georgia Agricultural College
G. R. Glenn
A.M
Dansonega
Georgia
U.S. Army
Gallant rescue at railway inquest saves five children
The inquest at Prees Tweene Shropshire heard Hirjah Davies describe rescuing five children from an oncoming express. He pulled two from the line and urged three others to safety as a ten year old was killed and another child mutilated by the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preestweene
Shropshire
England
Hirjah Davies
Express
Courteous Bow Street Policeman Inspires Traveler
A traveler at the St. Regis in New York recalls visiting London and notes Bow Street police kindness. He praises the humane treatment of prisoners and swift justice, recounting the officer’s reply that higher civilization yields greater justice.
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Bow Street
London
St. Regis
New York
Eart
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Will Jenkins
Tom
John Whitmire
Tallulah Falls
Lumpkin County
Mr. Johnson
Dawsonville
Harvey Wallace
Joe Brown
Browns
Uncle Joe
Vernon
Moore
Dahlonega
G. H. McGuire
Macon
Griffin, Ga
Burke County
Columbia
Craig R. Arnold
Mountain Club House
Constitution
Fhome
Louisville
National Monthly
Buffalo
N. Y
Southern Ruralist
the Housewife
McCkll’s
Inland Farmer
Toledo Blade
Toledo
Ohio
The
News and Farm Journal
Chattanooga
Alabama Times
Montgomery
W. B. Tov
F.A. Head & CO
General Merchandise
PLACE
Sargent Building
Public Square
F. A. Head & Co
Fabiles College Street
Gainesville
Cheney
Kaiser William
Kaiser Wilhelm
Princess Victoria Louise
W. H. Jones
J.B. Housley
Clay Creek
Davis
H. A. Butler
Pure Herb Tablet Co
Ashland
W. LB. Townsend
Dahlonega, Ga
Nugget
J. P
Justice Court
G.H. McGuires Seweler’s Store
Homer Head
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