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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1919
Page
4
A reminiscence contrasts American drunken excess in Paris with discipline at home. The writer notes Americans abroad drank despite prohibition, causing public disorder, and describes how Paris leave and provost marshal oversight failed to curb the problem while French authorities disliked the boisterous behavior.
Former President Taft recounts two World War I veterans returning from France who impressed him. A hotel clerk becomes an unlikely head chambermaid after being told his France experience proves him capable in domestic work. In another tale a returning soldier asks a girl if she could learn to love him, and she suggests he continue his education.
Dr. Anna Shaw jokes about aging and youth in Indianapolis and California stories. A father-daughter vignette from Youngstown Telegraph ends with a humorous misfire about a lamp and a girl’s late night.
The Agricultural department enacts plant quarantine 387 prohibiting import of plants without a permit. No insects or diseases can enter except with board permission. Do not discard sprayers or insecticides as they will still help combat future troubles.
A 200 ton gas container seventy feet in diameter and seventy five feet high was moved three miles in Portland Oregon. It was raised twenty five feet and rolled four blocks to a dock then loaded on barges. The tank traveled to a shipbuilding plant and was raised twenty six feet placed on a new foundation after crossing a railroad. The entire operation took seventy one days.
A list of numerous groceries and household items is presented including baked goods, canned fish, olives, tea and coffee, condiments, sauces, soups, dairy, produce, powders, and miscellaneous domestic supplies. The catalog mentions saloons and a wide array of items in a detailed but disordered inventory.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a cure for catarrh with a hundred dollar reward for cures it cannot achieve. It claims thirty five years of use, blood action to clear mucous surfaces, and invites readers to send for testimonials to F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio.
Tax book opens at Bank of Dahlonega until October 1 1919 to collect city taxes. Notices announce permanent letters of administration hearings for Alice J Elrod on Mary M London and Robert L London estates, and Hariet Pinyon for John Bracket, all at Lumpkin County Court of Ordinary the first Monday in October 1919.
A reader argues that pumpkin pie should be made in spring and summer now that canned pumpkin is available. The piece contrasts old fall traditions with modern convenience and calls for adapting customs to current times.
An advertisement touts Ziron as a tonic to restore strength and nerve vitality. It cites a Pulaski Tennessee woman whose father, bedridden with backache, reportedly recovered enough to feel “as Strong as when he was 17” after three bottles. The copy claims iron content, safety, and a money back guarantee.
The sale will occur at the courthouse door on the first Tuesday in October between legal hours. Lot 808 in the 6th District of Lumpkin County Georgia, comprising about 160 acres, is levied to satisfy a Bank of Lumpkin County execution against J W Justus and G Gooch. Issued by Union County Superior Court August 12 1919. This 28th day of August 1919. J A Davis Lumpkin County sheriff.
An advertisement touts coffins ranging from low to high price and big selection North of Atlanta. It claims copper lined finest caskets and guarantees Atlanta burial goods prices. Promises quality stock and invites customers to inspect.
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