Community call to fight venereal disease across Georgia
A 1919 Georgia notice urges citizens to join the Home Guard against venereal disease, urging local boards, mayors, and police to form committees on social hygiene, with appeals from John J. Moore and state health officials. The document also includes legal notices from Lumpkin County regarding estate administration and land sales.
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Georgia
State Board of Health
Board of Health
Georgia State Board of Health
Water safety tips for summer resort guests
The article warns that summer water supplies at resorts can spread disease if not protected. It urges protecting springs from contamination, keeping cesspools away from source water, using drainage ditches, and locating facilities 160 to 200 feet from drinking water. It also stresses checking sanitation and mosquito control to prevent typhoid and malaria risks during vacation.
Notice of Sale of Real Estate in Lumpkin County Georgia
A. J. Elrod as administrator of Mrs. Mary M. London seeks court authority to sell the deceased’s real estate. An October Term 1919 citation order issued. He will apply at the November Term 2019 of the Lumpkin County Court of Ordinary. heirs creditors and interested parties may show cause.
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Georgia
Lumpkin County
John J. Moore
Alfred Grizzle
W. B
T. F Jackson
W. W Murray
State of Georgia
Neva
ThisOet
Ile
W.H. Powrseap
Lumpkin Cowntyy
Alice J. Elrod
Robert L. London
Court of Ordinary
W. B. Townsend
A. J. Elrod
Mary M. London
Lold
W. B. Townsenn
Executrixes to Sell W J Rowe Property for Debt
Executrices of the will of J B McGee announce an executors sale under a deed to secure debt. The district of Lumpkin County Georgia will auction one acre in the southwest corner of Lot 928 and a one fifth acre equity in the A A Jolson lot in Dahlonega. Berries McGee and Alick McGee announce the sale for debt settlement. The sale is set for the first Tuesday in November 1919 before the Lumpkin County courthouse, with title to pass upon payment.
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Georgia
Lumpkin County
W. J. Rowe
McGee
Superior Court
Dahlon
Dahlonega
A. A. Jolson
H. D. Gurley
A. ©. Johnson
County of
Lumpkin
Marshall and Marry
Willow Streets
Lampkin
G. H. Méoreé
J. BE. McGee
Berries McGee
Alick MeGee
J. &, McGee
Administrator's Sale of A J Burges Lands in Lumpkin County
By order of the Lumpkin county Court of Ordinary H C Burges administrator of A J Burges deceased will sell at public outcry before the Dahlonega courthouse on the first Tuesday in November 1919 the part of lot 68 in the 1st District Habersham now Lumpkin containing about 150 acres bounded east by W V Smith west by Griffin Bros south by Mary A Smith north by W A Reese. One-fourth down with remainder in sixty days. Oct 6 1919 H C Burges Adm A J Burges deceased
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Georgia
Lumpkin County
Court of Ordinary
H. C. Burges
Tsg
A. J. Burges
Court House
Dahlonega
Habersham
WV. H Smith
Griffin Bros
Mary A. Smith
City Bakery and Restaurant List of Groceries
A city bakery and restaurant offers a long varied inventory including salmon oysters crackers tomatoes pickles catsup olives honey canned fish fish fillets chili con carne mustard tea coffee sausage dressing pepper sauce cocoa potted ham evaporated milk corn starch pastries pork and beans washing powders prunes seedless raisins canned penaha and many other items.
Fragmented Practice Notes From The Great Expectations Era
A garbled excerpt from the Donisville Courtem Journal references Hobble skirts and a summer money plan. It shifts to a hard boiled lieutenant joking about a locker label and a possible future promotion, ending with a quip about spacing a lieutenant’s name for a colonel title.
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Plente
Sue
Donisville Courtem
Callad
Col
Fence Erected by Noted Poet Sparks Neighborhood Buzz
In Life magazine a reader quotes a fence story about John Sweetsinger, famed for child poetry and books such as Songs of Childhood and Prattling Voices at Twilight, who reportedly built the barrier to keep out neighboring children.
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John Sweetsinger
Child Ife
Inside Office Hubbub Over Cromwell Book Sale
A Parisian style office scene depicts the boss in a savage mood while an office boy admits an agent offering a Life of Cromwell. The exchange hints the man is selling his life dearly.
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Cromwell
Louisville Courier-Journal
Ziron Iron Tonic Promised to Restore Youthful Strength
An old testimonial from Myrtle Mills of Pulaski Tennessee claims Ziron Iron Tonic revived her bedridden father. The ad asserts the tonic builds strength, steadies nerves, and supports blood iron with mild safe action and a money back guarantee.
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Myrtle Mills
Pulaski
Tenn
Ziron
Deserve More Than Praise for Brave Private Zwald
Col A C Read urged General Liggett to praise Private Oscar Zwald of Port Dodge Iowa for rushing into a burning freight car with live shells and extinguishing the fire risking his life. His actions likely saved lives and munitions at the Mulheims store yard near Coblenz.
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A. C. Read
General Liggett
Oscar Zwald
Port Dodge
Towa
Uncle Sam
Mulheims
Coblena
Col
Arthur Woods
Secretary of War
War Department
Evolution Theory Sparks Family Debate
In a light salon exchange Mrs. Torkins dismisses denying evolution, while she notes Charley jokes about animals that begin as race horses and end as dogs, illustrating a humorous take on scientific ideas.
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Mrs. Torkins
Charley Dear
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H. Watson
Townsend
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem, N. C
F. M. Jonesy
Palmer, Okla
Mrs. Jones
Cardus
Cardui
T. S. Settlefield
Atlanta
Moore & Earlys
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