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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1905
Page
2
The estimated Georgia cotton crop is about half of last year. Yellow fever cases rise in New Orleans and other cities including Atlanta Pensacola and Vicksburg. Blairsville posts a new postmaster J A Downs. Labor Day observed nationwide. The region records quarantine actions and public health concerns as states respond to outbreaks.
The Crown Mountain shaft conducts day and night tie work while Bey, Brooksher, and Charlie Frew mine ore from the Barlow property. A four ton test last week yielded thirty six pennyweights and eighteen grains of gold. At Singleton mill, operations moved to a new site with improved access and plans to install a tow pressure wheel to use Yahoda dam water and canal water for larger throughput. Bunker Hill development advances toward pumping, stamping, and flume lines, with stock offering at 25 cents a share and a $750,000 capitalization under Georgia law. N. P. Riddell oversees dredging. new nugget shows indicate richer cleanups. The region reports heightened mica interest, notable surface finds, and enforcement of the vagrant law reducing loafing in Athens.
The New York Sun reports that 540 million dollars have flowed into Southern industrial ventures over three years, driven by railroad land and industrial departments. Rail lines recruit mills, factories, farms, and workers along their routes, with lines like Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line pushing tobacco, Florida and Western backing watermelon, and Central of Georgia promoting peaches. The Southern Railway funds new cotton mills and steel-related ventures, including city side tracks in Atlanta for a steel mill.
One Frazer and Chalmers 1 stamp mill with self feeders, a Nock crusher complete, plus a 60 bore power engine and boiler all in first class condition. Inquire of W. Fry Dahlonega Ga for details.
The Brunswick Journal notes discuss investments of 230000 on mineral ventures and the push to develop a new industry. Regulators seek benefits and massive funds for development. The Lebanon campground meeting ends with a still seized by revenue officers leaving attendees thirsty after the event.
An old advertising notice touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as aiding nature during a cold. It claims to allay coughs, ease lungs, aid expectoration, open secretions, and restore health. The ad notes effectiveness in counteracting colds from developing pneumonia and lists prices 25 and 50 cents with Dr. C HW Jones in Dahlonega Georgia as seller.
John Ty Miner states he will close his dry goods groceries and related stock by January 2006 in Auraria after 28 years in business. He offers cash sales below cost and asks debtors to settle within 30 days or face collection. The store building and fixtures will be for rent from January 1st.
A committee is to meet in Blairsville to discuss establishing a Baptist school within the Nowa River Association borders with authority to act. A balloon ascent with dynamite display in Ohio ended in death when the device exploded midair at about 2,000 feet.
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