Lumpkin County Grand Jury Presentments 1920
Lumpkin County Grand Jury for October 1920 notes clean justice dockets and notary appointments. They report county buildings in good condition except jail sewer, urge road tax work, commend Highway Commission cooperation, adjust pauper lists, set pay for sherriffs and bailiffs, and propose education board appointments. They order publication of presentments and list jurors for spring term.
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County of
Lumpkin
Bey
Justice of the
Bunyan Pierce
Wahoo
John Bradley
Cane Creek
Marion Calhoun
Nimblewill
L. B. Hatfield
Crumby
H. C. Burges
Shoal Creek
Board of Roads
G. W. Vaughn
Floyd Adamson
Justice Court
Board of Roads and Revenues
State Highway Commission
Georgian Chapman
James Barnes
John Baker
John Hampton
Ella Smith
James Adams
Martha Curiar
Mary Castiaherty
Culidovell
Georgina Chapa
Rose Elrod
Folin Lingerfelt
Nettie Pack
Riley
Col
Mra. Matth Watkitts
T. F. Jackson
Lieutenant with war grin puzzled by artificial limb letter
A former air service lieutenant known for his expressive grin received a manufacturer’s letter asking him to complete questions and inform when he would be in the market for a new artificial limb. He doesn’t know when.
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Air Service
Citrus By-Products Gain Commercial Importance
By-products of citrus fruit grown in the country are becoming commercially important. Last year lemons yielded 1,500,000 pounds of citric acid 500,000 pounds of citrate of lime and 50,000 pounds of lemon oil. About twenty concerns produced orange by-products totaling around 6,000,000 pounds including marmalade jellies and candied peel.
Wood use figures for matches and toothpicks
The text estimates annual lumber use at about 85 billion board feet, mainly for matches. It cites 86 percent white pine and 7 percent basswood for matches. Toothpicks are said to come almost entirely from beech, birch and maple.
Neighbor Nexdore Seeks Return of Borrowed Stepladder
In the Louisville Courier-Journal a brief item notes neighbor Nexdore asking for the return of a stepladder borrowed from John. John replies to instruct Nexdore to come and fetch it.
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John
Nexdore
Louisville Courier-Journel
Strength Not WISELY Used in American Man
An editorial notes increased male strength with examples of heft from crime to sport. Burglars carried a 400 pound safe from Central Park West, thieves lifted a cash register in a restaurant, and warehouses lose whisky in 350 pound barrels. The piece questions why strength seems wasted on easy acts and not in work.
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New York Sun
Central Park West
Washing Rugs Remedy and Application Method
An old instruction describes dissolving four ounces of soap in four ounces of boiling water, cooling, then adding five ounces glycerin and two ounces chloroform. Bottle the preparation, and when needed mix a teaspoonful with tepid water to wash carpets with a flannel. One wash supposedly leaves rugs bright. It also suggests stretching the rug flat and tacking edges.
Branding walnuts gains practical branding machine
The California Walnut Growers association says it has a practical walnut branding machine. A. S. Wysong of Los Angeles won a $10,000 prize for a contrivance that would brand each walnut, signaling that California walnuts may soon bear a trade mark on their shells.
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California Walnut Growers’ Association
A. S. Wysong
Los Angeles
California
Capitalizing town pump and oil stocks satire
The Nation's Business notes a Kentucky town pump deal seen as a stock scheme with a floated gasoline claim amid oil wells and a 30 day option with a one year renewal. It cites a gas seep and planted wells as possibly orchestrated to boost stock value. It also urges a machine to harvest corn ears and a potato digger that cleans and sizes potatoes automatically.
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Kentucky
Statesman heckled as crowd votes by groups of three
A Louisville Courier-Journal quotation depicts a statesman facing a noisy audience. He suggests breaking the hearing into smaller groups while the crowd persists with challenges and responses.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Safecracker Sam’s Feud at Prison Sparks Fifteen Year Sentence
In a bold clash at a correctional facility, Safecracker Sam resents a prison worker who handed him a 1920 calendar. The dispute escalates and leads to a lengthy sentence as Charley the Con follows with a sharp retort.
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Phil
Sam
Charley
American Legion Weekly
Farm Auction Notice in Hightower District
For Sale a river farm known as the Dock Davis Farm near Dahlonega Route 2. On November 15th John R. Blackwell will sell a 9 room house and farm with a good well and spring, household and kitchen furniture two two-year- old piggings and all farming tools. The Daily Mail phone in house. Sold to the highest bidder. Remember the date November 15.
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Dock Davis
Mas
Denny L. Serre
Mra
Barren Saveenrigny
Dahlonega
Route 2
Hightower
Daily Mail
Jonn R. Blackwenn
Georgia
Lumpkin County
Court of Ordinary
Said County
Court House
W. W. Murray
T. F. Jcxson, Adimr
Dawlonega Telephone Exchange Urges Public Phone Use
The Dawlonega Telephone Exchange informs subscribers that starting December 1 1920 non subscribers must use the public phone at Central and no subscriber may transfer messages from a line not paying switching fees. The move aims to limit family use charges and give lines time to adjust connections for longer use.
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Central
Dawlonega Telephone Exchange
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J.J. Seabolt
W. H. Jones
J. M. Ridley
Board of Education
W. T. Dowdy
D. C. Pierce
D. W. Caldwell
J. B. Jones
J. G. Collins
M. C. Chester
J. A. Abercrombie
A.M. Ash
A. M. Arrendale
I. E. Abercrombie
T. W. Anderson
W. J. Anderson
J. Digish
G. B. Beasley
G. W. Cochran
A.J. Dockery
H. S. Duckett
J. A. Holnifield
BE. C. Jarrard
W.L. Reid
W. L. Meers
MM. As“Moore
W.A. McGee
J. W. Sosebee
H. P. Smith
J.B. Stringer
J. M. Satterfield
R. R. Stargel
B. Jongs
JosEin G. Coltins
Sdl
J. C. Burns
W. D. Carder
J. J. Tate
R. L. Hutcheson
N. N. Rider
T. W. Albertson
I. D. Burges
Jos Ridley
H. Sosebee
W. L. Satterfield
Oliver Grindle
TL. H. Wimpy
George Miller
J. H. Miller
H. B. Cochran
Louis I’. Christy
J. M. Trammell
J. M. Higgins
Louis Price
J. L. Crane
Win. Rice
Jef Whelchel
Bunny Dowdy
J. C. Seitz
R. Ue Menders
Eli Lee
Frank Wood
Abercrombie
Barnes
D. H. Head
Homer B. Dowdy
W. A. Seabolt
Pe J. W. Perry
Ed Avery
Lon Early
J.G. Payne
Win
A. Conner
Chit Collins
She M. Higgins
R V. Marlow
H.C. Burges
A. E. Crehran
J. W. Ray
G. M. Christy
William Davis
J. M. Lance
J.S. Martin
Rdikon
Ki. F. Parks
Frank Moore
Erbusley
Jones
Illinois
B. , Rieh, Martin
World
W. L. Smith
Chestatee River
Old Power
Watkins
J. R. Watkins Co
Winona
Minnesota
T. J. McDoxarp
Wriar Patch
Munson & Ashton
Briar Patch Farm
R. F. D. Dahlonega, Ga
M. R. Crawtonp
Dawsonville
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