Pioneering Road Work Shifts To Hampshire Pike
Several crews are at work across Maury County as Williamsport and Hampshire pikes receive major repairs. Crews, supervised by Cham Berlin and Oscar Crews, move from one road to the next, aiming to lift the Hampshire Pike to first class condition from end to end while other crews upgrade Bear Creek, Cullooka, Pulaski, and McCabe corridors amid sustained output and rising local shipments to New York markets.
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Bear Creek Pike
Nashville Pike
Pottsville
Burke Wilkes
Cullooka Pike
Odor
Fifth
Pulaski Pike
Oscar Crews
McCalps
Columbia
McCabe
Shannon
Albert Holt
Hampshirr Pike
Maury County
Columbia Produce
New York
Moidens Ubail
Lift off Corns Freezone Ad Script
An advertisement touts Freezone as a cheap, painless solution to remove hand and toe corns with a few drops. The copy promises instant relief and easy removal using a tiny bottle available at drug stores, appealing to quick home treatment.
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Soft Corp
Dr Ussery Celebrates 84th Birthday at Maury County Event
Dr Ussery marks his eighty fourth birthday with a dinner hosted by Mrs Geo W Nichols at her home in Maury County. About thirty five guests attended including children and grandchildren. The event featured a generous dinner and numerous congratulations from longtime friends. A tribute poem by Meg AO Burney was read in the afternoon and brief prayers led by Dr John H Barber. Dr Ussery has long served as a gospel minister, dating back over six decades.
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W.T. Usnery
Geo. W. Nichols
Recruits Pour Into Army From Lawrence Fifty Sign at Columbia Drive
A large recruiting drive across Maury County yields 29 men for Uncle Sam with 16 joining the Fifth Cavalry at Hig Bend Texas. Detachments from Battery B, Sixth Field Artillery parade through Columbia en route to Camp Taylor Louisville as Lawrenceburg recruits tally 86 enlistees. Dissolution notice ends partnership of Otey Kindell and Dan Fenstermacher in Central Auto Company.
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Maury
Zachary Taylor
Columbia
Btewart
Megown
Uncle Sam's Army
Fifth Cavalry
Hig Bend
Texas
Lowng
Nashville
Great Bend
Sixth Field Artillery
Lawrenceburg
Camp Taylor
Louisville
J. N. Green i
Wayhesboro
Tron City
Gordonsburg
Uncle Sam
Colmabia
Otey Kindell
Dan Fenstermacher
Tennessee
Central Auto Company
Mutual
Congent
Otby Kindelil
Plows Running Preparing Land For Corn Crops
Farmers across the county plow in drizzle as post Saturday rain dries. Strong winds and sun yesterday helped dry fields enabling rapid corn land preparation after oats clover and grain sowing last week.
Legion Post Reschedules Friday Meeting to April 2
The Herbert Griffin Post of the American Legion will hold its regular meeting on Friday night April 2, instead of the first Monday. Members not receiving the Legion monthly are asked to notify Adjutant Girard Brownlow, Commander Horace Frierson, Clarence Watson, or Provine Greenlaw. Publication of the monthly has resumed and all members should receive the paper.
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Herbert Griffin
The
American Legion
Legion
Girard Brownlow
Horace Frierson
Clarence Watson
Provine Greenlaw
Supplies Rush to Tornado Area From All Regions
United Press reports Cleveland dispatches describe a big relief effort as supplies pour into the tornado wrecked area. With the death toll rising and many injured, rescuers continue to pull bodies and survivors from the rubble amid ongoing chaos.
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Cleveland
March
Ootolay
Ob Wen
Chancel Circle Auction Friday At Waldridge Drug Store
The charity auction held Friday afternoon at Waldridge's drug store by the ladies of St Peter's Episcopal church drew over a hundred dollars from donated items. Henry Arent Ham Moore and La Coy Whittler assisted by Hush Lee Webter conducted the bidding, providing an hour of enjoyable entertainment.
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Waldridge
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Henry Aret Ham Moore
LaCoy Whittler
Hush Lee Webter
County school meet draws statewide attention this April
Superintendent Graham reports rising interest as county schools prepare for the April school meet here. Governor Albert H. Roberts State Superintendent Albert Williams and other education leaders will attend. Officials expect the largest attendance in the event’s history with a lively program of athletic and literary events and local entertainment for visiting contestants.
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Graham
Albert H. Roberts
Albert Williams
Doctor Sentenced in Poisoning Case at Nashville Penitentiary
Esau, a Black hoodoo doctor, and accomplice Jennie Pryor were moved to the state penitentiary in Nashville to begin a life term after a confession and guilty plea. Arthur Pryor’s September 1910 plot to gain money from his death was uncovered, with Jennie buying poison and the plan to hasten his death failing.
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Esau
Jennie Pryor
Jennie
Arthur Prynr
Nashville
Effeult
Frm
Arthur Pryor
Holday
Funcom
Funeral Announcement for Mrs Anna Foster at Spencer Hill
Mrs Anna Foster aged forty six, wife of R M Poster, died Friday at 7 am at home near Spencer Hill after illness lasting months. Beloved by the community for devotion to the Christian church, she is survived by her husband and six children, plus three daughters. Funeral at Spencer Hill Christian church conducted by Bilder Wyat Morton with pallbearers Alvert Holt Will Brewer Fem Spencer Kert Spencer Clyde Morrow. Maury Undertaking Co in charge.
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Anna Foster
RM. Poster
Spencer Hill
Foster
Christian Church
Jier
Spencer Hill Christian Church
Bilder Wyat Morton
Pall
Alvert Holt
Will Brewer
Fem Spencer
Kert Spencer
Clyde A
J. Mi. Morrow
The
Maury, Undertaking Co
Dora Duncan Pneumonia Victim Dies at Home
Mrs. Dora Duncan, aged thirty nine, wife of W. M. Duncan, died at 12 o clock Friday at her North Garden Street home after a short illness. Funeral details were not provided in the readable fragment.
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Dora Duncan
W. M. Duncan
North Garden Street
Duncan Family Noted In Community Funeral Notice
A notice states Mrs Duncan and her husband, respected residents, were known in Columbia, where the couple attended church. The funeral was held at 8:10 this evening, with interment in Green Wood cemetery.
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Hexs
Duncans
Hieband
Aid
Duncany
Columbia
Burg
Duncan
Christian Church
Hitler Fe- Mit Bowel
Green Wood Cemetery
Maury County Deed Sale At War Time Prices
Mrs Ada Brown of the 8th district executes four deeds to W Bobbing selling 48 38 acres near Rida Church for 10 400 dollars. The transactions reflect high demand and wartime land prices, with value around 200 per acre.
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Maury County
Ada Brown
W. Bobbing
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N.Y
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Hampshire Pike
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H. C. Fulton
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