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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1925
Page
1
Bhooksher Realty Co announces a 25 room hotel with electric lights and water for sale in Dahlonega. Also offers well finished dwellings at reasonable prices, houses cheap, and farm or unimproved lands near the Atlanta Asheville Highway. Contact M Brooks Her Manny rer Dahlonega Georgia P Box 44.
Physicians and druggists now recommend Calotabs for colds flu and related ailments. Take one or two Calotabs at bedtime with water, then wake to relief as nausea is avoided and appetite returns. A family package with directions costs 85 cents at any drug store.
Eastern Lumpkin county farm known as the W. H. Smith Farm near Mt. Zion church offered for sale or rent. Contact T. J. Smith or M. LL. Anperson of Cocoa Florida. Also a Bill Anderson stand advertises local work in farming services. Tax notice times listed for multiple local precincts.
Citation from Lumpkin County Georgia that G G Evans applies for permanent letters of administration on the estate of John Henry Adams deceased. It cites all concerned to appear at the ordinary's office on the first Monday in November 1925 to show cause why administration should not be granted.
After decades of resistance the National Gallery in London decides to install electric lighting and display certain pictures only under electric light. The move aims to halt color fading, particularly in Turner masterpieces, caused by sun rays. Filtered electric light is deemed chemically harmless to colors, with window bricking expected to offset installation costs through added wall space value.
Brief literary note quotes a writer known for Vers Libre who refuses to prove his love or proof of admiration, highlighting the speaker's insistence on elusive, intangible devotion and the playful quarrel over proof.
The article notes wild ginseng gathering fading as forests shrink and collectors struggle with dwindling roots. It highlights ginseng as a highly valued root and references the decline of wild harvesting across woodlands.
Historical note details ginseng cultivation may yield up to ten thousand dollars per acre by year eight, with dried root priced at fourteen dollars per pound. It notes Chinese demand and a shift from wild gathering to domesticated gardens amid prices and market conditions. Also includes local anecdotes about farm life and community kindness involving a schoolyard incident and a resident who tames livestock.
A claimed world’s largest electric exhaust fan is being installed at a Rand gold mine in South Africa. When running it will draw 9 000 cubic feet of air per minute from a shaft 7 500 feet deep to expel foul air from the entire mine.
The United States government works on oat varieties highly resistant to smut, a disease causing yearly heavy losses in the American oat crop.
A new occupational illness has been identified among factory girls who lick luminous radium paint from watch dial brushes. The disease damages facial and dental bone tissue, detected by Science Service.
The Science Service reports Azizia in Italian Tripoli logged a temperature of 136.4 degrees, more than two degrees above Death Valley's previous record, marking an extraordinary hot spell in an inland locale.
The Los Angeles church celebrated its thirtieth anniversary with a service at its altar honoring 12 000 marriages. The program featured wedding marches love songs and a sermon on the divine institution of matrimony.
The wolfhound remains Ireland’s historic national dog but is now rare, drawing curiosity. A club in England supports Irish enthusiasts urging Dublin to form a local society to promote the breed. The finest wolfhounds were shown at Boscombe Down in England, inspiring Ireland to host a Dublin show.
A clipped opinion column cites E. W. Howe in Designer Magazine arguing that women are easily swayed by flattery and that men use false charms. The piece warns women to seek evidence beyond surface politeness and to beware a man’s deceptive behavior from youth onward.
Each balloon bore a numbered tag requesting the finder to return it with a record of the time and place where found. Over 400 tags had been returned by the end of the season. They were found practically throughout southern New England, a number being picked up on both the eastern and southern coasts.
The brain and nervous system of bats are less complex than many animals yet their senses are highly developed for crepuscular life. Bats have functional eyes and sharp vision, contrary to the expression blind as a bat, with oriental fruit-eating species showing eyes suited to their foxlike faces. Insect eaters are small and often nearly hidden in fur, once called flitting mice in old English and German names.
Scientists propose releasing thousands of hydrogen filled toy balloons from 15 stations stretching from northern Connecticut to the Canadian border. The plan aims to map winds that carry gypsy moth caterpillars when they move in their larval stage.
A red bat with three tiny young was found at the home of A. Miles in San Antonio Texas. Mr Miles said he had never seen a red bat before and neighbors could not identify the species. The mother was attached to the screen with the babies hanging on her wings. The skin was described as red leather.
Since 1844 the United States has admitted officially nearly 35 million foreigners as immigrants. The official count up to early 1925 is 34,976,404. Immigrants have arrived from almost every country, with some nations barred or restricted by race or policy.
A heavy coat with sheep skin lining disappeared between Dyer's Store and Gainesville. A liberal reward is offered for its return to the Nugget office.
Dahlonega City Council adopts a sanitary ordinance requiring all open toilets to conform within 90 days to state health board fly proof models with pails. The notice cites Dr E L McCurdy and records October 5 1925 with City Clerk Mires O Winey.
Utility ad from R C and F L Meaders offering affordable home telephone service and magazine subscriptions with a focus on privacy and ease of use for readers seeking self contentment and convenience.
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