Improvements Completed at Bethel Hotel in Columbia
After an expenditure of over 319000 and careful supervision the Bethel Hotel in Columbia has been greatly renovated. The Bethel now features a tiled lower floor, new ceilings, updated furnishings, steam heat, and twenty plus new bathrooms with tiling and porcelain fixtures. Patronage has risen with more drummers on Sundays and local visitors. Mr. Dedman invites the public to tour the modernized hotel.
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Bethels
Dedman
Columbia
Rural Carriers appoint Kennedy delegate to National Convention
State President announces W. B. Kennedy of this city as delegate to the National Convention to meet in Atlanta in October. W. S. Crawford is named a member of the Executive Committee. James W. Tanner, President, expresses confidence that the Maury county members will appreciate the honor.
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W. B. Kennedy
Atlanta
W. 8. Crawford
Maury County
James W. Tanner
Lives Were Cheap In Ancient Engineering Works
The account claims the Red Sea canal cost up to 120000 Egyptian lives, a figure Buck Je has argued may be exaggerated but remains a stark measure of the human toll in ancient construction. It notes two thousand slaves for three years moving stone from Elephantine to the Pyramids, with 360000 workers referenced over twenty years of pyramidal projects.
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Red Sea Canal
Buckje
Elephantine
Pyramids
Are you Mirt John
A humorous exchange from the Houston Post features a caller asking Mirt John a question and a reply about rib injuries with a light, self deprecating twist. The dialog captures a casual, intimate moment characteristic of the paper's social notes.
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Houston Post
JELL-O Booth Invitation At Southern Expo
An invitation side by side with a cordial reminder to visitors to attend the JELL-O booth in the Food Products Building. A spacious rest room area offers writing, reading, and meeting friends while demonstrators serve Jell-O powder for free samples.
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Food Products
Horticultural Court
Genssee
le Rey
Farmers Bank Scuffle Ends With Fists Between Brownlow and McAdams
A family quarrel in McAdams’ home led to a Saturday confrontation outside the Farmers & Merchants bank. Cashier J. F. Brownlow and well known life insurance man W. G. McAdams exchanged blows. Brownlow struck McAdams, a scuffle followed, ending as McAdams departed tearing Brownlow’s shirt sleeve. The dispute centers on a 500 payment for two daughters and ongoing family tensions.
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Farmers & Merchants Bank
J. F. Brownlow
W. G. McAdams
Ife
Browslow
Mr. McAdams
McAdams
Nashville
Brownlow
Honey Safe For Health And Beauty Says Courier Journal
A Louisville Courier Journal clipping cites a cooking expert praising honey as pure and unmixed bought from comb. It notes honey helps sore throats bronchial troubles and can be used as a cosmetic for smooth skin and a glowing complexion. The expert says doctors often recommend honey for throat diseases and shares personal good results over six years.
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Louisville Courier Journal
Gatterfield & Co Offers Farm Machinery Line
At B A Gatterfield & Co sales counter a variety of farm equipment is advertised including gas engines feed cutters pumps hand and power, fuel tanks, feed mills and hay balers with sale days stated as Wednesday and Friday.
Murdered wife, powers shoots self in Charlotte case
Special to the Herald Nashville July 27 a case of murder followed by attempted suicide developed at Charlotte Tenn Harry T Powers a merchant killed his wife Margaret Powers then shot himself with the same weapon their bodies found this morning She lay dead with a bullet through the head while Powers was in a semi conscious state with a scalp wound and a half empty whisky bottle on the floor
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The
Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Charlotte
Harry T. Powers
Margaret Powers
General Tyler Seeking Proof in Paducah Affair
Gen H A Tyler in Paducah gathering affidavits to counter claims of Mrs T J Latham banishment in 1865. He says five banished women survived and will provide statements supporting his view that Latham was a Union sympathizer. He secured a witness who recalls the banishment as a boy with his mother.
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H. A. Tyler
Paducah
Mra
T. J. Latham
Memphis
Union Soldlers
Union
Tyler
County Schools Plan Early Opening Across Districts
Public colored schools in the county will open next Monday while white priority schools will begin August 10. The timing follows district assignments and reflects wartime educational directives.
The Fly in the Wonted Life of a Growing Up Man
In Judd Mortimer Lewis Houston Post piece a speaker muses on growing up and leaving toil behind. He imagines new clothes and freedom from farm labor but concedes the cost of adulthood will be paying for it.
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Judd Mortimer Lewis
Houston Post
Old Name for Soldiers Jack Tar to Tommy Atkins
In a London Chronicle note the term Jack Tar is traced as an early sailors label and linked to soldiers before the shift to Tommy Atkins, illustrating evolving military nicknames. The piece reflects on each label's origins and the lively tone of the era's press.
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Jack Tar
Allor
Jack Firelock
Tommy Atkins
London Chronicle
Pickett Dying in Massachusetts After Civil War Arrest
Gen Josiah Pickett aged eighty five in Worcester Massachusetts is dying under arrest dating from the Civil War. He led the Twenty Fifth Massachusetts at Cold Spring Harbor was arrested after an incident with General Stannard and has remained under confinement for over forty years despite later commendations for gallantry.
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Worchester
Mass
Josiah Pickett
Battte
Cold Springs Harbor
Pickett
Massachusetts
Stansard
Vermont
Statnard
Hollis Held Without Bond After Belew Killing Arraignment
Buford Hollis charged with the killing of Joe Belew at West Point was arraigned in Lawrenceburg on Monday before Judge J. M. Gilmore and held to the grand jury without bail. The July 14 incident prompted the legal action as the case proceeds in county court.
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Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Buford Hollis
Joe Belew
West Point
J. M. Gilmore
B. A. Satterfield & Co Announces New Buggy Arrivals
New Buggies Lurries Runabouts and Buck Wagons arriving daily at B. A. Satterfield & Co. BMweddlri-w2t.
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B. A. Satterfield & Co
One Trip on Sleeping Car
Uncle Jasper recalls a night ride in a sleeping car. He explains he stayed awake all night to guard his boots from porters who allegedly remove shoes and blacken them, complaining the company tolerates such practice and would charge extra for the hard job.
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Jasper
Baboon Seizes Child at Indiana Circus
In Logansport Indiana seven year old Clyde Edwards was grabbed by Gallagher a large baboon during a Gentry circus act. The ape carried the boy toward the center ring and bit the child's face as the mother rushed to intervene. A circus attendant knocked the baboon away with a club ending the attack.
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Logansport
Ind
Gallagher
Clyde Edwards
Ancient dentistry found in Teano skeleton
An archaeologist reports a Teano tomb skeleton of a woman with a gold mounted dental fragment containing six teeth. The teeth show gold flaps used to steady loons teeth, suggesting ancient practice. Old world dentintry favored animal bovine teeth for artificial replacements, with some selling teeth for money.
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London Globe
Rome
Italy
Teano
Women Textile Goods and Accessories Catalog List
Local catalog itemizes ladies gloves silk and lace trims with prices from 50c to 1.68, plus laces embroideries nets and Swiss patterns. Also notes corset cover embroidery, beads, trim inserts, turnover collars, belts, handbags, combs and cosmetic powders for sale.
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Talcom Power
Shorts sleeves barred at church by priest in Kansas City
Kansas City priest Father Anton Kuhis of St Marys on the West Side bans summer fashion fad short sleeves for parishioners. He says bare arms in church are improper and urges modest dress while noting long gloves are discouraged if they meet short sleeves. He cites Archbishop of Toronto for wider church stance.
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Kansas City
Anton Kubis
St. Mary's
Kuhis
Father Kuls
Toronto
Playgrounds on Roofs In New Amsterdam Diners During Noon
Downtown rooftops attract thousands of workers and passersby during the noon hour. Men and youths perch on high ledges while others lounge on benches, lawns, and even tombstones, sharing lunches. Stenographers clerks and messengers mix with laborers from many nationalities in a lively, informal scene.
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Trinity
St. Paul's
New Amsterdam
Financial District
Danger of Defective Teeth Highlighted by War Wastage
The British Medical Journal notes grave national risk from defective teeth. It cites enormous wastage during the South African War due to many men lacking sufficient teeth to masticate ordinary food, and this deficiency factors into many army rejections of otherwise suitable recruits today.
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British Medical Journal
Yendley Frerson & Cochran Fire Tornado and Bonds
Yendley Frerson and Cochran arrange public official guard ian and trustee bonds following a fire, tornado, and life insurance claims. The filing cites bond issues for city officials and guardians.
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Yendley, Frerson & Cochran
Marked Fish Study Tracks Sea Returns
The Marine Biological Association of Great Britain marks plaice in the North Sea to study recapture rates and growth. A steam trawler catches fish, records locality, time, species, size and sex, then releases them. Of 5039 marked plaice, 992 were recaptured within a year, showing substantial movement and growth data.
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Philadelphia
Marine Biological Association of
Great Brittain
Ogether
North Sea
Lowestot
Mureover
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W. AN
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Chicago Record Herald
Uncle Jasper
Babboon
New York
Pittsburg
Diuputch
Frank Latta
Public Square
Phoenix Bank
Eodtt
Rees & Watkins
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