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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1926
Page
1
A schedule shows departures from Dahlonega at 7 30 A M and 4 P M with return to Atlanta at 7 30 A M. It lists locations including Hotel 17 North Forsyth Street Bus Station and Mid Town Inn and directs to see Fred Jones. Dahlonega
A Boston Transcript note argues Atlantis may be a mythic relic later tied to possible locations such as the Sargasso Sea and the Shatt el Arab region south of the Gulf of Gabes. It treats Atlantis as a widely debated guess tied to vanished lands and shifting seas.
Old Joe the dog, once cherished by a wallpaper dealer, died in his sleep at the Mertz farm in St Louis County Missouri. A trust of 10000 dollars for Old Joe’s care was established by his master who has since passed. A grave five feet deep and eight feet long was dug in the orchard and Old Joe was laid to rest, ending a detailed care agreement.
Vernon Bailey of the Bureau of Biological Survey has spent years studying beavers in Pennsylvania near Mifflinburg. He built a large beaver house beside an enclosed pond, traps a female for daily observation, and handles the young to collect data on this fur bearing species.
Arch W. Jarrell in the Wichita Beacon recalls the Mundan Mandan tribe near the Missouri border, once populous and blond, now nearly extinct. He notes debates on Madoc the Welshman and recounts 1854-era histories describing Mandan decline, burial customs, and a flood tradition linking to willow leaves and a bird carried by a turtle dove.
A stone mason from Bergamo wrote Mussolini recalling a 1911 attempt to find work in Lausanne. He asked Signora Nova for a job. her husband hired him. Though skilled, Mussolini’s writing for the Socialist paper distracted him and led to his firing for neglecting duties.
In Maine a large pickerel broke away but during its struggle bit its own tail into a hoop, then fell back into the water unable to swim. Mr. Mithee caught the fish by hand from the boat, creating a startling moment reported by the Boston Globe.
A bear pair appeared in a Berne police court to prove harmlessness after an attack on two boys. The case recalls historic animal trials in Europe ending in 1740 with a cow executed in France. In Indiana a performing chimpanzee was once summoned for breaking the anti cigarette law and fined five dollars.
Relic from colonial times unearthed in Wisconsin by the Wisconsin Archaeological Society is a solid silver medal from the reign of King George III. The obverse bears the king's bust in armor with the inscription Georgius III Del Gratia, and the reverse shows a lion in repose, a snarling wolf to the right, a church, two houses, and trees.
Georgia Lumpkin County orders show cause hearings for 1926 support applications from the estates of John T Couch and W P R Lance with appraisers reports filed. Local court grants leave to sell land for Willie H Hutcheson estate with Nev Term 1926 hearing set unless good cause shown.
The Bank of Dahlonega is appointed a State Depository and must receive all Lumpkin County state tax funds not paid into the State Treasury. An attached bond of six thousand dollars secures faithful duties. Governor C. Walker orders publication in a general newspaper in Dahlonega.
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