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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1911
Page
2
A compilation of assorted items notes subscription prices, taxes, and pensions, along with updates on Buffalo Bill quitting the business, Blairsville dormitory preparations, and a claim that a Buffalo gnat causes pellagra. Reports cover Georgia politics, court actions, education boards, typhoid vaccine plans, and local incidents in Forsyth County, Atlanta, Gainesville, and Athens.
Comrades are urged to attend the Confederate veterans state reunion to be held in Rome Georgia on September 20 and 21 1911. Gen E G Gilmore and Gen T A Little lead the organizing effort with infantry cavalry and artillery invited to participate. Rome promises comfort and welcome for attendees as the veteran rank declines with many having passed in the past year.
A summary of new game laws sets misdemeanors for selling or purchasing game, changes quail season to December through March, bans killing wild turkey for five years, and requires licenses or landowner permission to hunt outside one’s militia district. Transport across counties or states is restricted, trapping is illegal, and protected species like fox and gray squirrel face tighter limits. Possums remain outside game. Daily limits include 25 quail and 40 doves. Lumpkin County hosts an oratorical contest with awards in speaking, spelling, and singing for country schools, with winners named in each category.
The note expresses gratitude to the people of Dah lonega and others for favors and sympathy during the illness and deaths of Mrs. Ida Ray. Signatories include T. M. Ray, Mrs. W. O. Duke, Mrs. W. F. Duckett, Mrs. D, and Miss Cattowatr.
In Gad district town readers learn Uncle Sam will adjust rural routes to attract liberal patronage. A move will shift routes, possibly leaving some customers off. John Woody, once of Dahlonega, works in Ducktown chain gang for vagrancy. Also 4000 Georgia pensioners, including Civil and Spanish‑American War veterans and surviving Mexican War pensioners, will receive mid November quarterly payments ranging widely.
Transient and traveling public welcomed as Mountain Club House opens offering electric lights running water and 306 acres of shaded parkland. Proprietors Craig R Arnold and staff promise fine meals and best lodging for visitors in this North Georgia resort.
Classified notice seeks 100 000 golden seal plants and invites responses from A Merritt in Gainesville Georgia. The ad asks interested parties to call or write for further information dated September 8.
Tax books are open at the store for collection of city taxes for the year 1911. Books close on the night of September 30, 1911. Signed BK. F. Axnprrson, Treasurer.
Good farm for sale by Lee Stringer in Dahlonega Georgia on Rural Route 2. One hundred acres total with 40 cultivated and balance timber plus 12 acres of creek bottoms. Includes four room residence pool barn and outbuildings. No two room tenant home. About 200 bearing apple trees and 75 to 100 peach trees. Cash or easy payments offered.
Rural mail carrier Charles Hilderbrandt of Woodville Ohio testifies to Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills relieving neuralgia after a bad cold. The ad claims a long cure history, nationwide druggist availability, and a money back guarantee if the first package fails to help.
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