Army and Navy Y M C A campaign launched in Bryant Station
A large audience at Bryant Station Methodist church heard Dr. B. Logan and W. Hastings outline the Army and Navy Y M C A campaign. Subscriptions raised totaled 67.00 as district officers were appointed led by T. C. Park chairman and Miss Penina Orr secretary treasurer. A canvass plan was announced with captains to organize volunteers for thorough district work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. D. Logan
W. D. Hastings
Bryant Station Methodist Church
Army and Navy
Y. M. GC
J. B. Cheek
Logan
Red Cross
T. C. Park
Penina Orr
J. W. Reavis
Ira BE. Wall
Jim Gupton
J. C. Hight
G. A. Bryant
R. G. Bryant
Ree
B. F. Agnew
Alva Wall
May Freeland
Bennie Agnew
W. R. Orr
Sallie Orr
Hettie Park
H. G. Agnew
Ben Jones
Bennie Orr Earl Harris
Wall
Y M C A speakers delayed by car breakdowns at Central Church
Judge W B Turner and H C Fulton appointed by the head committee to speak at Central Church Wednesday night failed to arrive before nine due to two car breakdowns. A good crowd had gathered to hear their explanation of Y M C A work. Judge Holding announced another date would be set for the event.
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Spring Hill
Army and Navy
Red Cross
W. J. Webster
Jac. H. Dimine
W. B. Turner
H. C. Fulton
Central Church
Justice Brooks Seriously Ill In County Near Cross Bridges
Justice Brooks of the county court from the Eighth district is dangerously sick at his home near Cross Bridges. He has not been in good health for years and has grown worse recently. Family and friends have gathered at his bedside and many in the community await news on his condition.
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John
Engine Kills Two L. & N. Walkers at Laurel County
Elisha Young of Altamount and David Hyatt of Cufa railroad track walkers for the L. and N. were struck by a locomotive on a curve below East Bernstadt, Laurel county, and died within minutes after failing to see the approaching engine while standing on double tracks.
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Lexington
Elisha Young
Altamount
David Hyatt
Cufa
L. & N. Railroad
East Bernstadt
Laurel County
County Exemption Board Plans Four-Day Draft Examination
About 450 men will be summoned for examination next week in Maury County to meet the first draft target of 193 men. The board estimates 150 men can be examined per day across Friday August 17, Saturday August 18, and Monday August 20, with the sequence continuing from the 386 drawn earlier to reach a last number of 836.
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County Exemption Board
Maury County
Tennessee
Draf t law resister arrested at meeting in San Francisco
Daniel OConnell an attorney was seized under a Federal warrant for resisting the draft while addressing a gathering of the American Conference for Democracy and Terms of Peace. The arrest drew boos from the audience as former Senator John D Works denounced it as intimidation of dissent. pacifist Dr David Starr Jordan was present.
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San Francisco
Daniel O'Connell
American Conference For Democracy and Terms of Peace
United States
John D. Works
Los Angeles
David Starr Jordan
Seeing New York May Enter Every Town
A brief note on how New York culture spreads through musical shows with scenic drops, giving small town audiences a working knowledge of the metropolis.
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New York
Figuers Realty Announces Two Major Real Estate Deals
Figuers Realty Co moves into fall with two big closings led by R. E. Haynes and Miss Louise P. Shuneman. New associate Haynes sold Mississippi land to L. Hughes of Nashville for 10000, while Shuneman closed on a Nashville home for 7500 for Mrs. Alice Ragan of Columbia.
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Nashville
Alice Ragan
Columbia
R. E. Haynes
Miss Louies Shuneman
Figuers Reaity Co
T. N. Figuers
Buafeat
Middle
Maury J County
Middle Tennessee Experiment Station
Louise P. Shuneman
Figuers
Haynes
Greenwood
Miss
Mississippi
L. Hughes
Hughes
United States Mail Service
Louise Shuneman
Twenty-first Avenue
Murphy Addition
Buford College
Returns and Finds Wife Murdered in Annapolis
In Annapolis on Aug 9, Val N. Brandon, a stenographer at the naval experiment station, returned from work to discover his wife Lottie May Haiaiup Brandon dead on their bed. The frontal skull was crushed, with signs of a possible strangling attempt. No motive or theft evident, and no struggle observed. Brandon is about 34 and had only recently moved from Washington to the area.
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Annapolis
Lottie May Haiaiup Brandon
Val N. Brandon
Brandon
Naval Experiment Station
Jis
Washington
Government Urges Saving Seed and Preserving Foods
The Department of Agriculture urges home and market gardeners in Tennessee to save beans and peas for next spring, explaining how to harvest and dry seed. Secretary Houston calls on women to can, preserve, and organize meetings to conserve perishable fruits and vegetables during the 1918 planting season.
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the Herald
Washington
U. S. Department of Agjiculture
Tennessee
Department of Agriculture
Houston
South
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Maj Frierson Returns From Paris Battery Inspections
Maj Horace Frierson Jr of the First Tennessee Field Artillery returns from Paris after inspecting batteries in Paris Columbia and Nashville. He commends progress at Paris where Capt Leon Carraway, a Spanish American War veteran, leads the unit toward readiness.
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Horace Frieson, Jr
First
Tennessee Field Artillery
Paris
Frierson
Columbia
Nashville
Leon Carraway
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R. F. Moore & Son
East Seventh Street
Committee
Art Bryant
T. 0. Park
William S. Fleming
An. W. J. Webster
Santa FE
Santa Fé
Young Men's Christian Association
Charles P. Hatcher
John H. Dinning
Justice Brooks
L. & N. Walkers
The
Herald
Daniel O'Connel
Figuers Realty CO
Bkg
Missssipp
C.L. Hughes
Gan
I J. O.fry
Colombia
Tenn
M. E. Allen
John M. Burns
R. S. Hopkins
HighLeroes de War
United States Department OF Agriculture
Maj. Frierson
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