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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1924
Page
4
Atlanta readers learn that the Southeastern Fair display of farm implements and machinery grows in interest as diversified farming broadens tool demand. Labor-saving gear, properly cared for, can mark profit gains, with the fall fair set for October 4 to 11 offering farmer education and potential return on travel.
All creditors of the estate of W. W. Ash deceased in Lumpkin County are notified to render demands to the undersigned and all persons owing the estate must pay immediately. This September 7, 1924. W. W. Ash, Admr.
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The Atlanta Journal adds eight full size colored comic pages in its Sunday Journal and maintains eight pages of Rotogravure pictures. The paper highlights a sports department, society and women's news, an 82 page magazine section, and extensive national and state news and editorials. Delivery options available for 20 cents a week via Vernon Rider in Dahlonega or direct to The Journal in Atlanta.
Atlanta readers learn that poultry farming has modernized on Southern farms. The Southeastern Fair in Atlanta runs October 4 to 11 with a large poultry department showcasing top breeds and marketing methods.
The beaver that roams Caribou village refuses to leave. It appeared near Ritchie's block by Caribou stream, was driven toward the Aroostook river by State fish hatchery Superintendent Wadsworth, then returned to the Ritchie block on Friday afternoon, showing no intention to depart.
A dialogue notes a London fog so thick that tourists wonder how vehicles pass. The Londoner explains the trick: the first vehicle creates a passage others can follow through the dense mist.
A fragmented and playful local snippet mentions wind direction and unclear names amid a quirky dialogue about a trail and a person named Jef Rickadoo. The passage reads as stray chatter rather than a clear event or report.
A feminine English duchess with sporting and ducal blood sought financing from a female friend to start a venture. The business failed and the silent partner blamed it on Ysabel who offended fashionably minded women. When prices were deemed too high she brandished dice and threatened to shoot.
Lumpkin County Georgia Commissioners of Roads and Revenues set 1924 tax rates. State levy 5 mills, education 2.5 mills outside Dahlonega, county purposes 9.5 mills total 1.70 dollars per hundred in Dahlonega area 1.45 outside. Officials van H Moors Mraphers W L Ash sign.
Ortwell Vermont reports a lost and found tale as Guy M. Cooke’s solid gold watch, missing for about eight years, is rediscovered by chickens scratching in a field near his home. The watch was wound and kept time again, ending its long vigil.
A Kansas City Star note recalls a husband wife dispute during a drive that ended when the wife seized the steering wheel and crashed into a telegraph pole, killing him. The guest wonders what drove her to act, joking that her revolver was missing and she could not shoot.
A plump young lady, gasping for breath, buys a ticket to Detroit and asks the agent about the wait. The agent replies with a punny time estimate saying about a hundred and ninety.
A village's plan to place mirrors in the central street to reduce accidents backfires when two cars collide. A policeman asks a driver if he looked in the mirror. the driver replies that twenty girls were blocking the mirror while powdering their noses.
Victor Alessandro, a school board bandmaster, hears a friend lament losing a top tuba player. The friend explains the player’s dismissal came from his habit of bringing his launch to work in the bell of his horn, a sight the band found unseemly.
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