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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1917
Page
2
A jumble of items notes price and supply debates, legal trials in Red Oak Iowa, race riot imprisonments, distilling arrests in Georgia, a newspaper changeover in Thomas Guard, and grand jury road condemnations in Forsyth. The piece also mentions a Oklahoma oilman appeals tax questions and wartime exemptions.
Mr Hughes Anderson now works at Chamblee and Joe Gilreath of Hall buys Sheriff Davis farm. Next year road taxes rise to 4 due to war and higher team prices. George Duff Jr and Worley Ash bound over for tire cutting. Car crashes injure none. Mrs George Duff dies after illness from pelagia. A neighbor dispute over private road is settled to avoid costly lawsuits. Rattlesnake debate roils church folks and Dahlonega college brings rep to depot to curb misleads. authorities threaten fines, but locals defend college allies.
The column discusses the Confederate veterans pension bill and Georgia political matters including House Senate actions and anticipated conference committee. It notes local figures like Major S A Harris at Camp Custer and editor R M Edge drafted into the army, and mentions liquor production limits and a Clayton Tribune stance on a dance hall.
Union county taxes remain at 70 seats on the hundred this year as the article notes government funds for paper and road work. The piece discusses fixed prices for paper and coal and contrasts them with liquor seizures after Earnest Wilson and Dewey Beshers traded their car for liquor. It also mentions Griffin Bros. Clermont Ga preparing to display a new furniture line in October.
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