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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1919
Page
1
In a lively note Mickie extols neighbors who drop in a pan or send funds without being asked, joking that if everyone paid their paper on time there would be no reminders or wasted stamps. The playful message thanks those who support the habit of quick payments.
An audience of largely women rejected the idea of universal wives wages after a Philadelphia Evening Bulletin debate. A speaker warned of a future where marriages hinge on pay, imagining $15 a week wives and wages in court.
Augustus Tolliver the soap king storms from his blimp stateroom furious at a late wake up. He learns they have just passed St Louis and will reach New York at 12 05 p.m. He plans a 12 30 soap powder meeting and then a 1 30 blimp to London.
After a decade long effort to Americanize Chinatown the temple on Mott Street has moved joss and smaller idols from the central council hall to a dusty closet. The shift marks a dramatic change in the temple scene once led by the prominent idol at public events.
A North Side girl enhances her look with rouge before a theater visit with a friend. After leaving, she spots his amused reaction to her shiny nose and admits she applied rouge rather than powder, sharing the story in retrospect.
An early 20th century note links postwar influenza outbreaks to air currents carrying poison gases from battlefields. It recalls Krakatoa dust spreading globally in 1883 and warns that future wars could trigger similar worldwide pestilence, urging efforts to avert war.
Lieutenant Colonel B. W. Halford recounts a Mayflower yacht visit to Mount Vernon for Sir Julian Pauncefote and the Persian minister. The envoy paused before Washington's tomb in reverent silence and remarked to a friend how great a man and how small a cemetery, reflecting on imperial contrasts.
The Havas agency reports an American bought the Belle Croix chapel on the heights of Villeneuve les Avignon, built by Chartreuse monks in the fourteenth century. The chapel with fine carving has been torn down and packed for transit to an unknown destination.
The Life magazine snippet presents a quarrelsome exchange about a man named Rastus Johnson hailed as the most ambitious in town and demanding his wife do all the washings, reflecting stereotypes of the era.
Dahlonega fair announces prizes for farm displays and preserve and canning classes. Awards include best farm display ten dollars, various 1.00 prize categories for crops and garden items, and scholarships for girls’ canning classes with substantial cash prizes. Pig club awards also outlined with multi-tier prizes.
As the war ends the British navy readies submarines capable of firing with the muzzle above water. The craft would rise to reload, a process to take about thirty seconds. The article urges patience in development both in technology and in building personal character.
After nearly five years of war Ostend resumes normal life with the casino reopening. A Reuters report notes the building survived bombardment though interiors were gutted and looted. furniture, tapestries, mirrors, and copper were removed. By February repairs have replaced many fittings with imitations, but few war traces remain.
John L. McNabb recalls his own candidacy for U S district attorney and the burst of testimonials and documents sent to President Taft. An outsider would think he sought heavenly admission as Taft compares the glowing reports to an epitaph and angelic imagery in a San Francisco Chronicle anecdote.
The Roumanians have largely abandoned their distinctive male dress created from Roman legionary lines. White tunics and wool bag trousers were common, with an embroidered coat. War loot and French relief garments threaten its survival, though masquerade and musical comedy may still demand it.
A doughboy returning from Coblenz tells an elderly church member they got along with the Germans and drank plenty of German beer. The woman responds with a sharp protest saying it is more German propaganda.
A traveler recalls meeting a girl with tight curls who responds that the curls were on her when she turned. The vignette appears in a Chicago Tribune item recorded during a visit to a small country place.
Detroit Free Press argues Indians flourish where whites avoid land, noting in Canada and Yaqui lands that land retention or harsh justice shapes outcomes. It claims fur trade incentives, peaceful northern policy, and despotic yet just governance produced stability for traders and Yaqui communities.
A amateur English woman fancier dazzles at a pet stock show wearing a hat and fur made from her rabbits. The piece notes England trims 83 000 rabbit skins yearly into ersatz furs to fool milady, and claims American breeders can produce equally valuable rabbit fur year round for a profitable business.
A small settlement of disabled British officers begins at Goathland on the Yorkshire moors. Nine cottages with a garden and orchard are provided by a clergy couple. A naval officer and his niece run a weaving project. a blind officer trained at St. Dunstan's runs a poultry farm. Additional plans include beekeeping, fruit growing, and basket making as leadership traits shift to rural reconstruction in England.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer argues that excessive wealth should be used for worthy causes, noting crowded city hospitals and a single new wing that wealthy individuals could fund if they acted together. The piece urges rich men to redirect funds to meet urgent needs rather than hoard wealth.
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