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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1907
Page
1
County officers listed include G G Evans Ordinary D L Cook Clerk James M Davis Sheriff M L Seabolt Tax Collector J M Calhoun Tax Receiver C J Jarrard County Surveyor A Hollifield Treasurer.
City government leaders listed with mayor K B Vickery, aldermen W 8B Gurley Montie Moore B F Anderson Dr Homer Heal W J Hightower T S Littlefield Wm J Worley Clerk W W Crisson Marshal.
Baptist Church led by Rev A J Smith holds Sunday morning and evening services with Thursday night prayer meeting and 9 o clock Sunday School. Methodist church with Rev E P Dempsey offers Sunday services at 11 and 5 pm with Wednesday prayer meeting and 3 pm Sunday School. Presbyterian conducts preaching on Sunday with Rev J D McPhil as pastor.
SG. H. McGuires Jeweler's Store promotes jewelry work done in good style at a real cheap price. The shop offers eyeglasses and a red line of clocks and watches. Aldo carries a selection of belts.
The Greatest Ranch owned by Luiz Terrazas of Chihuahua is the world’s largest land holding with about a territory equal to five New England states. An army of 70,000 laborers tend cattle and irrigation ditches along a rail route eight hours long. Terrazas also controls city property, banking, and manufacturing. his estimated worth reaches 290 million dollars. The ranch runs its own slaughtering and packing plant and processes about 100,000 cattle and up to 50,000 sheep yearly, with a famed two million dollar mansion and lavish Italian marble work.
Ida Lewis keeper of Lime Rock lights in Newport harbor at sixty six years old has saved eighteen lives and marks over eighteen thousand vigil nights. Harriet Chalmers Adams finished a three year tour of South and Central America reporting native tribes unchanged since Spanish conquest. A London divorce hearing reveals a baron refuses even an hour of his wife’s company citing career concerns. Col Tom Watson urges the Governor to call an extra session of the Georgian legislature.
A Westmoreland escapee who reformed for over twenty years is recaptured and faces renewed penitentiary time. A Marietta Journal note questions mercy for reformed criminals. A New York case records a sixteen year old girl's suicide after spinal treatment fears. A boy apologizes to a nurse with a quip about Satan. Senator Felder pledges to end convict lease and press for public road labor competition.
W. W. Austell of Atlanta links with Cincinnati New York and London investors to form a water company for the Jordan River. The plan reportedly values the project at ten million dollars and aims to ship sacred river water worldwide for baptism and church use, with exclusive rights claimed for all Christian denominations.
A seller should advertise to attract buyers and prove willingness to sell. Generosity in ads boosts appeal. Providence aside, ads sustain stock, land, and crops through constant, fresh material and steady effort. Advertising requires ongoing work and ample stimulation.
A mathematician mistook a square for a parallelogram and missed a visit. Miller the handcuff king escaped a Buncombe jail after four hours, claiming it was hard to break out. A Virginia judge slept on the bench during a murder trial as commotion rose in court. Rural mail service in the United States began in 1896 with 88 routes and now totals 388000 while annual costs reach about 34000000. A Acworth Post quote notes progress through local boosterism.
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