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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1912
Page
1
The Mountain Club House welcomes travelers as the finest resort in North Georgia offering electric lights running water and 80 acres of shaded park. Arnold Cratg RK proprietor invites guests to enjoy the best meals as the Commercial man recommends.
In Indianapolis a five and ten dollar gold piece were carried with a bottle of mercury polish. The bottle broke in a purse causing the coins to look plated. Bank refused to credit the post office. Secret service involvement recovered the coins and restored their supposed authenticity.
Harper's Monthly reports Professor Voigt claiming Europe harbored humans with contemporaneous mammoths and rhinos during ice age Isthmuses. He describes early Europeans as savagely cannibal and asserts European civilization originated in Africa with Egyptian roots and African cultivated plants across Swiss lake dwellings.
Miss Gotham and Mr Rowtham discuss reincarnation with Pucek and speculate origins of pre existence. The pair suggest a past life near Copley square in Boston as a possible clue.
Harvard gymnasium director Dr. Sargent promotes sweeping kneading bread and washing as the path to the ideal Juno type. The piece contrasts natural methods with modern art and notes societal attitudes in London and New York finance. It recounts a Tulsa gas collector tale involving a moving van and a stubborn renter.
The three Chappe brothers developed the semaphore telegraph, first used in 1794. The system conveyed three letters per minute in good weather, with one letter per minute on long distances, prompting condensed codes as speeds grew. The first message noted Conde’s capture and the Army of the North’s gratitude to France.
Ruggles asks what was done with the estate funds. Ramage, fresh from mining stock gains, says most of the money went into the bank.
A Worth Dakota farmer wakes his new harvest hand at 3:00 a m to eat a patch of oats and jokes about wild versus tame. The hired man asks if they are wild oats and the farmer answers they are tame, joking about daylight theft in this lighthearted line from Everybody's.
A dialogue notes Agnes asking if she appeared intellectual and Gladys defends by saying he said nothing disparaging. The exchange reflects social judgments and reassurance in a light social life context.
George Ade argues Easter hat logic is real while recounting a father and son exchange about a wide awake hat. The tale frames millinery as rational, despite common notions of Easter whimsy.
A dyspeptic patron asks for breakfast options at a Cherryvale inn. The Cherryville waitress replies with a hearty list including eggs fried steak brook trout doughnuts and apple pie. She notes they offer unlimited portions with coffee and gridle cakes at a set price.
Mike Kelly frequented the courthouse for fifteen years and watched prosecutors intently but never offered praise for the defendant during trials. He confides to Ben that, though he hears the speeches often, he has never heard a good word for the poor devil on trial.
A playful meditation compares oil and water to artistic painting of water scenes in oil hues. It challenges the notion of impossibility by imagining artists blending incompatible media into cohesive visuals.
A tense exchange unfolds as a nervous visitor asks if the boy's dog will bite him and the boy dares him to provoke the animal, reflecting a tense moment likely from a local scene or playlet.
A brief wry note questions how thieves carried off a roll of carpet. The piece uses a pun on beating it to imply how the theft occurred.
A fragment captures a playful exchange about whether an umbrella could function as a parachute. The brief dialogue hints at curiosity and practical skepticism without resolving the feasibility.
In London a suffragette replies that she fears waning resolve while challenged over a new male companion. The man is described as a professional bondsman, clarifying that he is not her beau. The exchange highlights personal scrutiny amid political activism.
Christiania reports Dr. Kurt Gross has developed a rubber like substance from turpentine after months of testing. The odorless yellowish white material costs about a quarter of natural rubber and becomes transparent when heated to 80 to 100 degrees. Early demonstrations include accumulators five times lighter than lead counterparts.
A humorous exchange shows a lady asking about an old cow’s daily milk yield and its sale amount. Tom answers that the cow gives about eight quarts a day and sells about twelve quarts, illustrating a playful rural dialogue from The Sketch.
A brief citation from Fliegende Blatter notes a letter being overweight and costing 20 pfennig more. The exchange suggests domestic humor about writing style and expense. This compact item reflects period language and satirical tone with a sharp Germanic vogue.
A quoted line questions why some people shoot crows despite bans. The remark suggests a notion of the birds offering "cawa" as a potential motive or justification, implying cultural or humorous reasoning rather than a factual report.
An advertisement for North Georgia Agricultural College in Dawsonville Georgia highlights special advantages. It promises total yearly expenses between 125 and 175 dollars covering board lodging uniform and fuel, a favorable climate and mountain location, strict discipline, a strong military department with cadet band, thorough instruction across A B and B courses plus agriculture mining engineering and commerce, dormitory living under officers, and invites inquiries to G R Glenn president.
Public sale of one third undivided interest in 250 acres in the 11th district and first section of Lumpkin County plus one third of 81 7 10 acres in Lot 78. Estate of Nancy Barnes deceased. Mary Barnes holds two thirds. Cash terms. Dahonega court house sale on first Tuesday in November 1912. Crem R. Barnes administrator.
Public notice for sheriff sale in Dahlonega Lumpkin County Georgia lists Lot 977 978 1039 and 838 in various districts as the Jarrard property to satisfy a fifa from the Justices Court of Lumpkin County W B Townsend as plaintiff and J D Jarrard as defendant Also at the same time Lot 28 in the 12th District is to be sold as BE C Mote owner to satisfy another fifa from the 1352nd District court H D Gurley vs BE C Mote with a deed filed in the Superior Court clerk’s office The sale dated October 8 1912 is signed by Sheriff J F Sansen and conducted in Dahlonega Ga
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