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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1921
Page
4
A contemporary writer laments the decline of parents singing to or with children. She urges reviving old hymns and ballads as part of family life, arguing phonographs, cars, and jazz distract from home music. She stresses simple songs shape civilizational influence and early joy in home life.
A comic dialogue shows a canvasser asking to see the lady of the house. The maid replies she is engaged. The exchange ends with the canvasser clarifying he is not seeking a wife.
A British inventor says flying may come from arm manipulated wings or from helicopter screws near the shoulders turned by hands or feet. Tests were carried out at Rochester Kent and Luton with reports of lift. An aviation authority suggests man may fly by human power until fatigue.
Palestine under mandate shows rapid growth with plans for a second California. Readies barley, oranges, olives, olive oil, wines, almonds and grapefruit. Two thousand years ago it was a fertile garden.
New York Times reports Attorney General Allen ruled the Nineteenth Amendment only grants women the vote and does not change the state rule that only men may hold constitutional offices. The decision affects upcoming legislative elections as women consider candidacy.
An enthusiastic exchange reveals Senator Sorghum prefers golf as a relaxation and notes he has avoided public golf conversations despite indicating that many of his influential constituents are keen on the sport. He says he studies it as a topic among constituents rather than playing.
Lumpkin County commissioners fixed the 1921 tax rate at 10 mills for county purposes plus an additional 1 percent levy for indebtedness road and bridge projects and other needs. Total levy in non Dahlonega area reaches 1.60 dollars per hundred. Dahlonega city limits total 1.50 dollars. Also notices to appear in Lumpkin Superior Court October 8 1921 to show cause on recog nizance forfeiture.
Mrs. T. F. Parks of Dutton Alabama extols Thedford's Black-Draught as a relied on liver remedy. She credits it with easing indigestion constipation sour stomach and headaches and notes its long standing use in households. The product is recommended as a standard remedy available at druggists.
Popular Mechanic Magazine reports tests at a Canadian school show stone backed spaces in the steam heating system store heat. A new boiler kept steam for 26 hours after the old boiler ceased producing heat.
A child named Winifred climbed onto a high workbench at her grandmother's home. Her uncle found her there and asked how she got up. She replied that she did it by her own determination, surprising the onlookers with her resolve.
Lumpkin County will sell at the courthouse on the first Tuesday in October 1920 to the highest bidder for cash lots 486 and 488 in Lumpkin Districts, and lots 785 and 784 in the 5th District, plus a two horse buggy. Sales honor fi fa judgments for Bank of Lumpkin County, T Barnes, Homer Edwards, W H Lance, and W H Eld. Sheriff T M Davis notes the properties are in Georgia.
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