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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1920
Page
1
The article recalls the shift from a mountain origin to a cloud explanation for Mars projections. W L Pickering and A B Douglass argued the features were clouds, not mountains, with observations in 1900 1903 and 1905 showing movement and dissipation over 24 hours.
The kakapo or ground parrot illustrates evolution as New Zealand lacks predators. Wingless yet swift on the ground, the species once used wings but ceased flying. Kakapo nest secretly every two years as mothers hide eggs and males show little aggression, suggesting nature’s balance without predators keeps numbers in check.
The Department of Agriculture says experiments in Louisiana prove Chinese and Japanese bamboo can be grown there. Phyllostachys pubescens shoots can be eaten as salad at six to eight inches or reach 60 to 70 feet in three weeks and may supply timber, telegraph poles, or spars, making it a potential southern wealth source. The Hartford Courant notes Northern growers would likely stick to sugar cane.
The Westminster Gazette notes Oxford owls favor the city and a new colony forms in the Bodleian library and the Tower of the Five Orders. Bodley staff rescue young owls that land on the quadrangle pavement and cannot fly back to their nests.
A middle aged African American woman in Richmond inherits about $600 from her husband. She tells her employer she will buy a phonograph, two silk dresses, a diamond ring, and marry Jack Thompson, a man she sees as “ornamental” despite his loafer image.
The Roman Coliseum was the largest amphitheater built by the Romans for gladiatorial combats and spectacles. Its repeated arches and stories created imposing grandeur. It had no roof, the upper story solid with pilasters, and may have supported a vast velarium or silk awning during performances.
A Japanese baron visiting the University of California transfers from a partly filled car to a crowded through car. At the junction he asks why the move was made and learns the two minutes to reach San Francisco dictate the rush. The baron remarks on the brief stay and the swift pace of travel.
A green countryman returns from New York and confuses the word metropolis with its spelling. The postmaster asks what he thought of the metropolis and the countryman jokes that it wasn’t open. The piece is a light, humorous anecdote from the Josten Transcript.
Little Norman and two play fellows boast of fathers. Norman claims a steepled house, Willie counters a flagpole house, Conrad proudly proclaims a mortgage house as the ultimate brag.
A Kansan summer session piece laments the loss of rural boyhood in modern times. It contrasts a vanished hayloft and swimming pool with a shiny new garage and cement yard, recalling games, secrets, and curious pastimes that faded with progress.
Describes how historic London rivers such as the Tyburn Fleet and Wellbrook were diverted into sewers. Names places like Westminster Westminster Abbey Fleetditch Saffron Hill Hatton Garden Blackfriars and nearby parks and streets, noting remaining bridges and former water routes through the city.
A writer in the Electrical Experimenter suggests radium in radiolite watches could power vast energy devices. He notes radium activity endures about 2,500 years with zinc sulfide, which typically glows for eight to ten years, and contemplates methods to release energy quickly for a future motor.
A reflection on how bias from others and heredity shape judgment. It warns against leaning on others’ judgments and urges gathering all facts before forming conclusions to avoid unfair verdicts and embarrassment.
A piano tuner sent to a suburban address found the instrument in good condition and not in need of attention. Days later the owner, a lady with musical aspirations, claimed the piano was not properly tuned. After reprimand, the tuner checked again and again found no fault, noting that the piano stays in tune when played but goes out of tune as soon as the owner sings.
A literary fragment contrasts choosing solitude with sociability while reflecting on past joys and inner conscience. It cites Table Talk by William Hazlitt and notes a Pasteur Institute report describing a Tangier refuge for poor Muslims, amid neglect and squalor near tourist paths.
The French academy, famed for guarding French purity, will include the English word gentleman in its dictionary with a new sense. It notes English terms like centllemman as borrowed, while warning about growing use of home smoking and dancing in French contexts.
A stray mutt shunned by neighbors helps a drowning boy and is adopted by the child’s family. The once alley dog, branded by some as unkempt, becomes a beloved member, resting with a peaceful, contented nose.
Hawthorne Daniel in World's Work notes about hay fever origins. Most cases stem from pollen but animals such as dogs and cats, horses, satchet powders, and feather bed dust can trigger symptoms. Tiny emanations from these sources can produce pollen-like reactions.
A Black team driver returns home to his wife who insists he attend multiple funerals of Asa Rogers relatives. He explains he has pallbearer duties to fulfill for Melissa Mandie and Sallie, insisting he cannot accept more favors he cannot return.
Felix Frankfurter of the Popular Government league told a Cambridge banquet that authorities promise the high cost of living will fall, but he scoffs that any drop has hit the consumer while they meet widespread hardship.
The excerpt contrasts two women as conversationalists noting the lighter temperament of the first and the lighter disposition of the second despite their differing appearances. The dialogue hints at social judgments embedded in the scene.
Classified notice seeks male or female agents for Watkins products with promises of big profits. Includes offers to sell real estate in Dahlonega Georgia and Minnesota, detailing 120 and 124 acre properties, orchards, timber, roads, and possible bonds. Also advertises livestock Briar Patch Master Shorthorn Bull for sale to avoid inbreeding with price and contact details.
On November 15 the 9 room house and farm in Hightower Districts will be sold to the highest bidder. Includes a good well and spring water, household and kitchen furniture, one mule two cows two yearlings and farming tools. Contact by daily mail or phone in the house. Also note a separate notice: Mrs Sallie H Rider seeks a year’s support from the estate of George W Rider, deceased, with appraisers’ return filed and show cause to the Lumpkin County Court of Ordinary on the first Monday in November 1920.
A fragmented notice lists tax collection rounds for several towns in Auraria Nimblewill Jones' Creek and other areas with dates from Oct 14 to Oct 28 and court week in Dahlonega. It also announces an administrator's sale in Lumpkin County on the first Tuesday in November 1920, for W W Murray estate, including Lot 848 in District 6 and undivided quarter of land totaling 120 acres, with cash terms and court oversight.
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