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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1910
Page
2
A garbled roundup of quirky items and fashion buzz from Dahlonega and beyond. aviation mishaps, evolving styles, slang, and oddball glimpses of city life mingle with jokes on weather, Esperanto, and moral oaths.
The piece cites the Roosevelt country life commission and Southern Bell tests noting the rural telephone's totemic role in politics and daily life. It highlights faster election returns, better market pricing, timely doctor access, and fire protection, arguing rural lines and good roads advance development at low cost.
Industrial experts foresee a wave of immigration into the Southern states beginning around October 1. Plans by promoting firms target Georgia and Florida, with legations in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark directing migrants toward the South. Historical data show Europe’s limited flow to the region, with Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia among the smaller recipients. D.C. matched several of the Southern states’ totals.
London bankers endorsed post conference demands for guarantees from American banking houses to prevent fraudulent cotton bills of lading in shipments. They reviewed American replies and railroad validation offers, and American banks will be expected to guarantee cotton bills of lading after October 31.
Summary of three fatal rail disasters reported across Indiana Kansas and Ohio. Fort Wayne near Kingsland wreck on Fort Wayne and Wabash line killed 42, injured seven. Clayton wreck west of town due to cloudburst killed 16 and injured 13 on Rock Island No. 27. Conant near Lima wreck of Chicago and Erie No. 4 claims an elderly death and about 25 injuries.
Southern railroads display “The South and Its Resources” at the Ohio Valley Exposition. The exhibit covers nearly 30,000 square feet and showcases agricultural mineral and forest products from the South, aimed at attracting settlers and highlighting railroad mileage of 30,000 miles.
Boston Mass A report by the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society's special commission recommends not establishing missions in Sudan but reinforces Congo missionaries and expands work there. It notes British policy blocks Christian missions in northern Nigeria today while Congo Free State offers great expansion opportunities.
Georgia's second city Savannah reports a 1910 population of 65,084, up from 54,244 in 1900, a 19.9 percent rise, while Atlanta grows 72.3 percent from 1900 to 1910. Savannah trails Atlanta's 1900s growth and has 839 fewer residents than Atlanta did two decades ago. A separate item notes a $200,000 fire in New Iberia, New Orleans, prompting special police to prevent looting and deploying fire equipment.
The White Cross Society launches a national campaign to remove French from restaurant and hotel menus urging menus printed in English so Americans can easily order meals. In Memphis the Southern Retail Shoe Dealers' Association ends its fall convention and plans to meet in Nashville next spring, denouncing catch penny sales and fake fire sales while criticizing manufacturers for advance purchasing requirements.
Just from the Press reviews a new book titled Methods For Young Teachers by A W Cain of Philippine Normal School. It offers sixteen chapters on teacher roles school premises organizing the school lesson examinations government and instruction methods tailored to those with limited training. Cloth bound 272 pages postpaid $1.00. Send bill or stamps to P O Box 866 Manila P I.
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