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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1924
Page
4
The term deus ex machina refers to an unexpected aid that resolves a crisis in a plot. Originating in ancient Greek theater a god was lowered by machinery to untangle the plot, giving the phrase its modern sense of improbable intervention by an external force.
Notice advises customers to look up numbers before calling Central and to wait three minutes after 11 at night due to delays to identify callers. It also offers ordering magazines and papers at reduced prices through Rk. C. and F. L. Mead ers.
The Sunday Journal boosts its colored comic section to eight full pages. Readers enjoy two comic sections alongside Rotogravure pictures, a robust Sports Department, Society and Woman's news, an 82 page Magazine, Cable dispatches, AP wires, market and financial news, state coverage, and an editorial page. The Daily Journal provides sporting and market news in every edition. Delivered by carrier for 20 cents weekly. Vernon Rider in Dahlonega, Ga.
A ledger line shows liabilities totaling 7 921 538 150 00 and 71 04 with a 98 717 78 amount attributed to T F Christian GC. O Lumpkin County Georgia.
Bank official T F Jackson swears the Bank of Dahlonega state ment of condition for October 10 1924 lists resources totaling 97 548 88 with time and demand loans 859 797 48 and 2 205 51, securities 10 000 00 and cash items 21 899 55. Deposits totaled 97 548 88 and capital stock 15 00 with surplus 2 281 4 and undivided profits 89 62. Sworn before J S Serer notary on October 18 1924 in Lumpkin County Georgia.
Fruit growers in New Zealand report rising orchard area and project total exports exceeding 200000 cases this season. In 1923 the country shipped 102200 cases to Great Britain 40963 to South America and 4512 to Honolulu, a record. An advisory committee coordinates South American shipments while the government offers a 2 cent per pound guarantee on all apple shipments up to 250000 cases for 1924 1925 seasons.
People gossip about a years long pursuit as one person teases another, calling them a “poor fish” while noting that the interest has been obvious to many observers. The tone is playful, blending social sniping with blunt truth.
A shopper described as a "good shopper" hawks for perfection, making salesmen chase her demands. After long hesitation she picks a fur priced to avoid shrinkage, asks about rain and umbrellas, and the salesman sighs that the fur did not shrink on the last wearer who never carried an umbrella.
Lieutenant Colonel Alban Wilson writes in Sport and Service in As sam about native character quirks. A persistent Indian fisherman shows why he keeps at it, replying that he must fish because he has taken out a license and has caught nothing for six weeks.
A Kansas City Star excerpt recalls a blaze that razed an old op'ry house used to store baled hay. A guest notes the fire chief lacked his helmet and refused to dispatch the fire company, letting the building go up in smoke and prompting debate over whether it was an accident.
Montreal has led North American ports in grain handling for three consecutive years. Last year Montreal shipped 120,013,938 bushels, with New York at 87,130,000 and Philadelphia at 41,083,000. Other ports listed include Baltimore 82,107,000 and New Orleans 22,553,731.
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