Lost Bates Brother Reappears After Forty Years
CENTREVILLE KY Aug 6 In a dramatic homecoming Max Bates, long believed dead after vanishing from his family, reappeared at his brother Bob Bates’s farm near Shady Grove. The reunions involved Johns and Bard Bates, while Max refused to discuss his disappearance or his whereabouts. Meanwhile Glasgow reports an unprecedented summer rat plague, with livestock losses across Adal County and calls for public rat drives to curb the pest, mirroring efforts in Nicholas and Bourbon counties.
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Centreville
Troy
Max Bates
Bob Bates
Sear
Shady Grove
Max
Baz Bates
Join
Bard
Hob Bates
Mr Bates
Bob
Johns
Glasgow
Augz
Adal
Nicholas
Bourbon
Fairbanks Tells Of His Own Best Books
Vice President Fairbanks describes his private library as a wonder to friends. He says his earliest purchases were earned money from carpentry. He cites the Bible and Shakespeare as his most valuable writings, noting his attempts to read the Bible in German and Greek during college.
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Fairbanks
Governor Comer Expected to Leave Greater Birmingham Bill Intact
Aug 1 report from Montgomery says Gov. Comer will not veto or heavily amend the Greater Birmingham bill. Time noted he was nearing a decision to sign it as companions proceed. No extra legislative session planned now unless railroad laws fail to stand, prompting a later session to ensure validity.
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Montgomery
Ala
Gov. Comer
Birmingham
Caught in Nashville
Sheriff Webb went to Nashville Tuesday and brought back George Mooly, colored, wanted here on larceny charge. Moody was lodged in jail.
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Webb
Nashville
George Mooly
Moody
Horse Sale at Howard's Brockyard Columbia Tenn 1907
Columbia Tennessee hosts a horse sale on Monday August 12 1907 at Howard's Brockyard featuring 28 high quality two year old fillies of the dyak breed and top draft stock. Credit auction presented by Stone Porter and White of Pulaski Tennessee promising bold prices and interstate competitiveness in the breeding market. Sale begins at 1 a m rain or shine with emphasis on registered Pereleron stallions high grade mares and large body type stock.
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Columbia
Tenn
Howard's Brockyard
Stone, Porter & White
Pulaski, Tenn
Dwt
Beveridge’s narrow escape from a lynching in youth
Albert J. Beveridge, later Indiana senator, spent adolescence in Kansas. He intervened to stop a lynching after arguing insufficient evidence and a biased accuser. A stage driver drew a gun, but a rival murderer intervened, sparing Beveridge from death and shaping a future Senate ornament.
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Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Kansas
Zal
Beveridge
United States Senate
Request to locate Maury Countians living elsewhere
A reader asks for four names of Maury County natives now living in other counties or states and their addresses. The note asks General Manager John P. McGaw of the Tennessee Fairs Association in Columbia to invite them to return for a week with home folks in September.
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John P. McGaw
Tennessee Fairs Association
Columbia
Tenn
Columbia Institute Announces Fall Term and Improvements
The Columbia Institute informs friends and patrons that the fall term opens September 18. Improvements include a new steam heating plant with 4500 feet of radiating piping and upgraded water filtration for kitchens and dorms. Lighting extension and gas duplication for the electric system. The Day Study Hall enlarged with lighting, renovated interior, and a stage for use as an auditorium. Dormitories refurbished with new plumbing. A memorial stone fence funded by Mrs. J W Fowler of Memphis will replace the front lawn fence in honor of Bishop Otey.
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J. W. Fowler
Memphis
Bishop Otey
Institute
Contested Aug 1 Mississippi Senate Race Claim
Campaign chiefs for Governor Vardaman and gubernatorial candidate Charles Scott allege fraud in Aug 1 returns for the US senatorial race against John Sharp Williams. They say steals occurred in Alcorn Issaquena Pearl River and Washington counties and will seek legislative decision on the next governor and senator. Vardaman and Williams defend leads and predict the official count will decide, with Vardaman insisting his chances are equal and Williams confident of a growing majority.
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Senate
Vardaman
Williams
Russia Travel Ban Prompts Refusal to Leave Country
In Russia a Tatler piece notes an official denying a traveler permission to depart. The exchange shows the traveler unable to exit without a permit and given 24 hours to decide on further actions.
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Tatler
Reliable plumbers advertise trusted service and estimates
To secure plumbing work this will be satisfactory in future and avoid repair bills, place your contracts with reliable and responsible parties. We employ only expert plumbers to do the work entrusted to us. Why not get our estimates when in need of estimates for any plumbing work you may be in present need. Both Phones. REES & WATKING
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Vis
Addicks Faces Divorce Amid Major Wealth Disputes
Philadelphia Aug 6 J Ed ward Addicks bankrupt and facing divorce from his third wife who holds about 500000 in stocks and bonds plus 150000 in jewels bought with Amalgamated Copper proceeds Her second wife owns nearly 300000 and Addicks cannot touch any of it His town house foreclosed selling for 20000 though believed worth 45000. Associates for Mrs Addicks No 2 expected to reside nearby.
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Philadelphia
J. Edward Addicks
Stone
Amalgamated Copper
Addlicks No
Addicks
Adiicks No
Via- den
Beware of Mercury Ointments for Catarrh Claims
Warning against catarrh treatments containing mercury and urging prescriptions from physicians. Praises Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as mercury free and effective when taken internally. Notes testimonials available and price 75 cents per bottle. Also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
A Pirate's Strategy from London Field
In Summer the whitetailed sea eagle feeds mainly on salmon while Autumn drives it to the lakes then the sea. Stationed near water with cliffbacked backdrop, the eagle hides motionless awaiting ducks. A brief dive follows, then a swift low pass to strike as ducks surface, often securing an easy victim.
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London Field
Phosphate Deal Targets South’s Farmers for Rock Supplies
Georgia and South Carolina farmers associations have scouting Maury county for large scale phosphate rock contracts. They plan long term royalty deals to mine and process rock themselves using mixers, dryers, and crushers, arguing current fertilizer costs include wasteful material. They seek at least a million tons from a field accessible to but not owned by a single man.
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Farmers’ Associations
Georgia
South Carolina
Maury County
South
Maury
Ane Omy
Feld
Perdon
Local Notes From Water Valley Creek
Water Valley notes record visits and travels among residents. Thos Jenkins and family return from Goshen to Sawdust Valley while W T Wilkes and Blanche of Columbia stayed on the creek. Sam Gray heads to Trussville for a new position and others, including John Hutcheson family, Matthew Blackburn, Sam Witherspoon ill, Miss Katie Low Witherspoon returning from Columbia, and Belle Wakefield with Gladys visiting Mrs J P Johnson at Orestra.
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Water Valley
Thos, Jenkins
Goshen
Sawdust Valley
W. T. Wilkes
Blanche
Columbia
Our Creek
Sam Gray
Trussville
Ala
John Hutcheson
Bigbyville
Matthew Blackburn
Nashville
Sam Witherspoon
Katie Low Witherspoon
Belle Wakefield
Gladys
Bethel
J. P. Johnson
Orestra
The Plow in Asia Minor and American Robbery at Home
The Louisville Herald notes American plows sold in Asia Minor at prices 20 percent below U.S. prices, turning classic soil in Priam’s land. The Memphis Commercial Appeal cites concern that farmers abroad benefit while American producers profit, calling robbery at home and charity abroad unworthy.
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Memphis
Asia Minor
Louisville Herald
Priam
Paul
Diana
Ephesians
Equal rights in China debate shifts on open ports
Dispatches from the American legation in Pekin say the long fight for equal access to China’s open doors may be near an end as the Chinese customs service expands to frontier regions. Russia’s earlier resistance and exclusivity are noted as obstacles, while Japan’s stance favors rapid adoption of free trade principles.
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New York Tribune
China
America
Great Britasin
Japan
Legation
Pekin Express
Imperial Maritime Customs Service
Russa
Aairen
Ali et-Wit
Dalny
China-Kortu
Russia
Siberian
Vance
Rissle
Unclear Excerpt Sparks Shaky Conversation
Fragmentary dialogue shows a tense exchange with phrases about arousal, a person named John, a weed reference, and a suggested trip to Minnesota. The garbled OCR yields limited context, but hints at manipulation or coercive suggestion and a threatening tone from an unidentified speaker.
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Greater Birmingham
Columbia Institute
Jane Wheeler
Walter Branham Capers
Columbia, Tenn
Weer
G Phosphate
Brooks Tively
Chautatq
John Graham Wronkie
Cy Lea University
Suelulogy
Hublun
Mone
Jim MB Brooks
Chion
Mi Riage
St Jay
Stralitir
Equal Rights IN
John
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