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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1927
Page
1
Kansas City Star recounts Heinrich Heine a towering German poet of the 19th century whose genius lived beside contradictions. Heine fused poetry and journalism liked Napoleon admired despotism yet mocked sentiment and endured paralysis with resilience on his “mattress grave” before dying in 1856 in Paris.
A drought endures as peasants stage a ritual by dressing two men as fish and parading them through Changhsinden while water soaks them. The dramatic rite coincides with ominous weather and rising nationalist tensions, drawing comparisons to traditional rites in nearby temples.
Nebraska Wesleyan University researcher M Gregg reports that cats and many animals see the world in gray, not color. Dogs and raccoons also lack color perception, with foxes learning fastest, cats next, and raccoons slowest in food-signaling experiments.
The stem or trunk is the main axis from roots to crown. It contains bark, wood, and pith with cambium between wood and bark. The cambium drives new wood and bark growth, making it the most vital tree part.
Researchers report a new formaldehyde based poison for mosquito breeding sites in France. The compound spreads in sand and claims to spare fish and other aquatic life while targeting larvae.
Fresh stone for tools came from the ground. A piece split edgewise on a hard base, struck with another stone. Fragments trimmed to leaf shape with horn or bone pressure. Stones carried to camp, buried in damp soil to stay even tempered. Finishing with a bone or buckhorp pressure tool formed margins stems notches and sharp points. Heat played no part.
Aldous Huxley argues in Vanity Fair that while interest in the future is vast so too is curiosity about the Past. He proposes research into the Past as a popular field, appealing to time snobs by studying the Past's past and present to forecast what lies ahead.
Newport AP correspondent reports a Monmouthshire farmhouse, nearly 300 years old, mysteriously filled with the perfume of fresh violets. A legend of a bride stabbed on her wedding morning surfaces, but investigators cannot resolve the mystery as the odor persists despite room repairs.
A hamlet teases Uncle Skinner as townsfolk wag fingers at him after a rumor spreads. The widower, famed for stinginess, allegedly paid a dollar in the city to beautify his nails, prompting sly gossip as neighbors connect the dots.
Roald Amundsen argues explorers seek facts not thrills and require rigorous preparation and a sound body. He notes exploration demands extreme physical effort and endurance under stress, making desk-bound men unfit for harsh ventures.
A Vancouver Province snippet describes unemployed men watching a road repair and asking the engineer daily how he feels. The lounger aims to read when the worker may quit, hoping to take his job.
A pompous elderly man in a rural district questions a local elder about ruins. The elder directs him along a winding route past landmarks like the Blue Boar and Mileston hill, and warns that the seeker will be properly lost. The exchange ends with the quip that the visitor will indeed be lost.
Sir James Crichton-Brown, medical director at an asylum, attended an inquest into a patient’s death from heart disease. The jury, mainly laborers, declared natural causes but asked the coroner to allow the new director a beer, which he granted.
Elkswatawa, Tecumseh’s younger brother, helped organize a federation of tribes to oppose white encroachment. In 1805 he proclaimed himself a religious leader and urged temperance reverence for elders and cultural preservation, inspiring resistance and unsettling settlers. Tecumseh later traveled to the southern tribes as part of the federation effort.
Before the French Revolution noblemen fled to Louisiana and settled along the Mississippi. Marquis Ternant arrived in 1788 at Pointe Coupee and built a red cypress French colonial mansion as a wedding gift to his bride. Hand-carved interior panels and native cypress detail the enduring manor, testament to early building craft.
Black phosphorus forms when phosphorus contacts mercury during liquid to solid transition. Molten phosphorus dissolves mercury to a colorless solution. upon cooling the solidified mass remains colorless, though solidification is weak and mercury leaves to color the phosphorus black. If melted again, mercury redissolves and the body becomes colorless.
Iannen Swaffer notes that the happiest people are those who are happily mated with large families. They work hard, tireless in tasks, and bring home profits to wives who love them, while a baby’s cry may drift from the next room.
The New York Sun argues against the view that good architecture equals unoriginal borrowing. It asserts that architecture thrives by solving utility problems economically and appropriately, referencing Greek art as evidence that invention is essential to enduring design beyond mere reassembly of borrowed forms.
In Scranton a bride-to-be rejects the standard marriage vows stating she will not promise to love honor and obey, signaling a rebellious stance in a new nontraditional vow version.
H. R. Woody and H. E. Wood operate Woody Barber Shop offering expert hair cutting and grooming services. The shop emphasizes high quality work and professional barbering within a traditional barbershop setting.
Advertisement for a shop by G. K. Rider promoting a broad lineup including school supplies candies cigars and cigar ettes flashlights Kodak films ice cream and soft drinks. It touts the place as the coolest nicest in town inviting customers to make it their home.
Real estate pitches in Dahlonega promise low prices and easy terms for a range of properties from small plots to first class homes. Agents invite prospective buyers to view these offerings and note multiple locations around Dahlonega. The ad emphasizes affordability and personalized showings.
J W Boyd as administrator of the estate of J E Tate asks the court to be dismissed and receive letters of dismissal. The notice requires all persons kindred and creditors to show cause on the first Monday in November 1927 why the administrator should not be discharged. Dated October 3, 1927. W B Townsend Ordinary.
Lumpkins County Georgia notice cites H L Kemp administrator of Mattie Stephens estate. Petition alleges full administration and seeks dismissal with letters of dismission. Citations require all persons concerned to show cause by first Monday in November 1927. W L Townspexp
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