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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1915
Page
2
A compact Ga newspaper column shares assorted items from Dahlonega to Atlanta. Mentions subscription prices, forthcoming typhoid talk, cotton exports, a Tampa bar explosion, court rulings on child discipline, judges’ salaries, a negro church dismissal, Oklahoma bank robbery, and a Recorder Court encounter described in Atlanta Journal notes. Includes political hints from Mrs. Rutherford and a Wahlonega tale.
The column rebukes Judge Smith for not allowing Treasurer Hollifield a commission on the convict fund and for depositing funds in a bank where he is vice president. It questions road fund handling, road book accuracy, and reveals past and present ordinary conduct, asking for transparent accounting of road labor and expenditures under Judge Smith's tenure.
On September 5 1915 the Death Angel took Mr J R Dowdy after two months illness at age 87 years 5 months and 21 days He was a Baptist church member about 65 years a good neighbor and devoted husband and father He was laid to rest at Cavender's Creek Cemetery with funeral by Rev W M Dowdy and many friends in attendance May the departed rest in God’s eternal sunshine and may the bereaved find strength in faith The obituary notes his Christian life and lasting memory to those who knew him
Bar Sale lists a nearly new 6 horsepower International Gasoline Engine and a 20 inch Meadow Corn Mill. The engine runs on kerosene oil and both items are described as in first class condition.
A collection of local notes reports that South Carolina votes statewide prohibition effective January first. Farmers cheer cotton gains of 3508 per bale with claims of rising prices. individuals including Jason Hix and J B Stringer feature. Other items note political moves, court prayers, and local cattle dipping disputes amid heat and schooling updates.
A historical classified style ad promises a one hundred dollar reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It claims endorsements from F J Cheney and the National Bank of Commerce Toledo and promotes internal use with testimonials free. Also mentions Hall's Foundry Pills for constipation.
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