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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1912
Page
1
A Woman's Home Companion piece by Dr R H Dennett outlines steps for a child having a convulsion. Loosen clothing remove shoes and stockings place on a bed with legs dangling, apply hot water and mustard, use ice or cracked ice, give warm soapsuds enema, and administer castor oil once swallowing is possible.
Captain Otto Fulton presents a three color photographic process that uses blue green and red light screens printed on opaque paper and combined through three lenses. The result imitates natural colors closely and offers a fire safe method suitable for moving pictures with strong lighting and side reflections.
The text explores sleep as unconsciousness and questions what triggers it. A theory suggests sleep results from reduced brain blood, freeing other fatigued organs to recover. It notes gender differences in sleep needs, citing a folk rule about five to seven hours and observations that women tolerate less sleep than men.
A Farm and Fireside note observes male chickens often give food to hens. It suggests hanging high boxes or hoppers of mixed grain and dry mash inside the chicken house so roosters can feed themselves without feeling obligated to share with female poultry.
A mother defends her son Johnny amid a teacher's cautious stance. The passage portrays a tense review of Johnny's prospects, highlighting concerns about his academic standing and the mother's insistence on his diligence with school books.
Day by day promotion for car listings and excitement around October 5 and 6. Cir. Aeroplane flights daily and Pain's Fireworks night show implied. Ample accommodations and large crowds expected from local sections. Woodruff Mach. Mfg. Co. of Winder Georgia promoting the event.
A long list of jury names from multiple counties appears, including Jackson and Martins Ford, with many individuals such as Kendall, Kendall, Adams, Allen, and Brown. The section ends with a memorial for Joel Marlow of Lumpkin and Jackson counties, who died August 22 1912 at eighty two, recounting his life and conversion before death. A tax collector O W Maloy of Telfair is reported twelve thousand dollars short and to be joined from collecting this year’s taxes.
A writer lauds Indian women describing dignity and grace in movement, notes the sari’s easy drape, praises natural posture over corsetry, and highlights jewelry worn by even poor coolie laborers, including gold beads silver bangles and anklets.
In Manhattan each inhabitant has an electric light, yet Brooklyn shows only about 1,000 per city. Other boroughs lower the city average. Denver boasts widespread use with signage and lighting for decor suggests an Electric City, with one building outlined outside by 72,000 candle power.
A Spokane Spokesman-Review excerpt argues that fears of forest and mineral depletion by A D 2212 are unfounded as coal and steel found new uses and energy shifts occur. It notes flax yielding to cotton and cereals replacing wheat, with solar heating and solar power anticipated as coal and iron wane.
A New York broker recalls Charles W. Morse's bold fundraising tale. Morse sought three million from a financier for a new deal, but the mogul offered only two million in cash. Morse replied that the remaining million could be owed, underscoring his ruthless money-raising style.
A large crate on the White Star pier holds a 30-foot replica of the Titanic. Built at $16,000, the exact miniature ship mirrors the sunken vessel in every detail. It was sent to the United States for exhibition as a specimen of the unsinkable liner.
G R Glenn LL D president promotes North Georgia Agricultural College at Darlonaga Georgia. Claimed advantages include lowest annual expenses 195 to 175 dollars for board lodging books fuel and more. Emphasized climate mountain location discipline obedience order and self dependence. Cadet band and military department under U S Army officers. Full courses in AB and sciences plus agriculture mining engineering commercial studies. Dormitories provide supervision by officers. For details contact G R Glenn LL D Pres.
J F Pruett Ordinary orders a 54 cent levy on 100 dollars of property for 1912. The funds fund general county 15 cts road 27 cts pauper 4 cts bridge 5 cts jail 3 cts. Collected by J M Ricketts for tax year 1912.
The Court of Ordinary of Lumpkin County approves levies of two mills (20c) for Auraria School District and eight mills (30c) for Curry School District based on 1912 tax digests. J M Ricketts is instructed to collect for 1912, with the order filed September 12 1912 by J Ff Pruett Ordinary.
Executor Wa J Worry announces sale under Elizabeth R Ingersoll will. First Tuesday in October at the Lumpkin County courthouse with one third cash and balance by Jan 1 1918 for the 1 acre town lot estate in Dahlonega including eight room residence and improvements. Additional sale of all personal property from the same residence will occur by public outcry for cash. Sept 2 1912.
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