Alabama to Mount McKinley ascent and Georgia crime notes
A mix of local and national tidbits concerns A H Stuck as the first white climber of Mount McKinley who has since died, Judge Wheeler resigning in Gainesville, and various Georgia stories. Reports mention Birmingham liquor fines, daylight robberies, silk shirts, a Yonah Mountain liquor find, and a murder trial in White County with John Farmer receiving a life sentence.
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Gainesville
A. H. Stuck
Yukon
Mount McKinley
Alaska
John Farmer
W. D. Dorsey
White County
Cleveland
Dean Edwards
Farmer’s
Cols. Underwood & Henderson
C. H., Edwards
W. A. Charters
W. B. Sloan
Collins
Col. B. P. Gaillard
Farmer
Dorsey
How the Child Was Killed in Dawson County
A 1920 letter from Dawsonville Corrects published facts about a Dawson county shooting. W E Garrett in the home of P D Duncan recounts that the gun was loaded after the girl Lula Reece and an eight year old boy shot. multiple people corroborate eye witness Earnest Duncan, aged 15.
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P. D. Duncan
Miss Reece
Garrett
P. T. Duncan
W. E. Garrett
Lula Reece
Earnest Duncan
Telephone Users Promoted to Use Public Lines
The Dahlonega Telephone Exchange urges non subscribers to use public phones at Central to avoid charges on family use. Beginning Dec 1 1920 no subscriber may transfer over switch boards any message from a line not paying fees, allowing time to arrange new connections. Also notes election voting urgency and lists Tompkins County Finance Committee members T F Jackson W H Jones and J H Jenkins.
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Central
Pords
Dahlonega
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Loss
Expresses heartfelt gratitude to neighbors and friends for support during the illness and death of the writer's wife. Also notes a Gainesville fire at Sison's garage destroying 35 autos at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning and mentions Dr. R. L. Hunter will be at Dr. West's office for a few days offering crown and bridge work.
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Sison
Gainesville
R. L. Hunter
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