Battle Over Site For Normal School Amid Bids In Middle Tennessee
Regions of Murfreesboro Shelbyville Columbia Cookeville and other towns bid for the new normal school with Rutherford County offering 200000 plus 25000 from Murfreesboro and 100000 from Maury. Leaders stress accessibility and railroad access as decisive factors with bids due by September and construction to start after October court sessions.
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Middle Tennessee
Columbia
Shelbyville
Murfreesboro
Bedford County
Shofner
Cookeville
Aj Oer
Shelpyville
Miltreesboro
Rutherford County
Murfreesworn
Mhewsoum
Maury County
Fayetteville
Winchester
Monterey
Ile
Lebanon
Welch
Columba
Bostick
Nashville
RL. Jones
Jones
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Tom Crutcher Acquitted After House Raid Trial
Tom Crutcher was acquitted after a Monday trial in which he faced accusations of burglary at a spring neighborhood residence. The court found the evidence insufficient to convict as the ransacked drawers were attributed to unknown intruders while the reported family was away, with a young boy unsure of the culprit.
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Guest
Hayes
Tom
A. E
Stella
Did Section Foreman Attempt to Dictate Trade Posts
Maury County election registration nears completion with 665 registered at the court house and about 200 at the depot in the ninth district. The article notes rising interest among colored voters and urges Democrats to participate in this citizenship duty. A major legal case looms over stock companies and their employees for attempting to dictate where employees may trade, with potential penalties including fines and imprisonment.
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Court House
Maury County
Nashville, Chattanooga
St. Louis
Guest
Patterson
Park’s
Secion
Cheatham
Prohibition Not Expensive Estimates Show State Revenue Gap
Special to The Herald from Nashville Tennessee notes that 1909 revenue deficit due to statewide prohibition and six months of liquor licenses being cut will be about 129 750 after expected gains from increased personal property values and new privileges. Real estate assessments rise next year.
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Nashville
Tenn
State Board of Equalization
Tennessee
General Assembly
Sheep Sale Demonstrates Maury County Sheep Industry Strength
The Maury County sheep revival was proven at Hansen & Co. sale of 500 ewes and several well bred bucks. Bucks brought as high as 332.00. All sheep sold for good prices. The event underscores sheep farming as a profitable local industry.
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Maury County
Hansen & Co
Maury
Old Soldiers to Meet at Cullooka Reunion
Capt J Fussell of Co United Confederate Veterans issues notice for Leonidas Polk Bivouac reunion at Cullooka on Sept 8th and 4th with Lynnville company invited. Members from both units will be in uniform and under arms.
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J. 4. Fussell
United Confederate Veterans
Leonidas Polk
Cullooka
Lynnville
No Vacation for Dr Dinwiddie Declines Church Offer
Rev A G Dinwinate pastor of the First Methodist church declined a month's vacation tendered by his congregation. He said the congregation may have the vacation but he could not accept it himself and joked about being on duty Sunday and Monday.
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First Methodist Church
Dinwiddie
New Physician at Spring Hill Welcomed Doctor Joins Community
Special to The Herald reports Dr Fa of Indianapolis has moved to Spring Hill Tennessee and will reside there with his family. Dr Brolzer is a practicing physician arriving in Spring Hill and is highly recommended. The town extends a warm welcome to him and his family.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Spring Hill
Dr. Brolzer
Track prospects rise for Maury County Fair opener
As the Maury County Fair nears opening on September 14 at South Side Park, officials vow a rapid track renovation to reclaim the southern half mile record set by Opal Wilson and later surpassed in Fayetteville. Geers Direct and other fast horses from the Grand Circuit and George M. Garth stable, including Walter Hal and March McEwen, are aimed at a lightning fast pace on a track expected to host hot free-for-all races and the 2/26 pace.
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Maury County Fair
Pretty South Side Park
Opal Wilson
Fayetteville
Ten Geers Direct
Bide Park
Columbia
Geers
Sae Aces
George M. Garth
Winchester
Walter Ha
Geere Direct
Walter Hal
Walter Direct
Garth
March McEwen
Cox in Court Over Melon Patch Trespass Case
Circuit Clerk Nichols arrested a white man named Cox and a fifteen year old boy on trespassing charges after Cox and the boy were found in Nichols melon patch. Finnel fled. the boy was released after crying, Cox submitted to charges and was taken into custody. Heat wave across Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma records record highs up to 112 in Oklahoma City and multiple deaths from the heat.
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Cox
Poy
Finnel
Pingel
Mr. Nichols
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Topeka
Oklahoma City
Muskogee
McAlester
St. Joseph
Mary Keck
Lacey and Vashti Potts Wed Again After Legal Hiccup
Memphis, Aug 17. J B Lacey Sr of Birmingham sought a legal fix to calm doubts about his Birmingham divorce and his marriage to Vashti Potts three months ago. He sent her home, then married her again in Memphis by Magistrate R B Barnard after the judge removed the technicality. The first ceremony was by Magistrate Thompson at the county court clerk’s office.
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Memphis
Tenn
J. B. Lacey, Sr
Birmingham
Aln
Vashti Potts
R. B. Barnard
Lacey
Memphia
Thompson
Will Marshall Drowns in Duck River Near Blant Rock
A fifteen year old colored boy named Will Marshall drowned in Duck River near Blant Rock Monday afternoon between five and six. He was said to be partially demented and unable to swim. Two white boys rescued the body about a half hour later and brought it to the boy’s home on Keet Bul.
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Will Marshall
Duck River
Blant Rock
Ti Ie
Keet Bul
See Shelter in Cemetery as Death Suspect Is Cornered
Elkhart Indiana August 18 Tomy Tino, who shot and killed Frank F Fortino, wealthy Italian merchant, is believed surrounded by sheriff s posse in a cemetery near Once Ola six miles west. The fatal shot followed a bitter feud sparked last March when Mrs Rosina Fortino, wife of Philip Fortino, ran away with Pasquale Roda, whom Tino aided. Fortino headed Fortine Co a grocery firm and licensed wholesale liquor dealer.
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Ind
Tomy Tino
Frank F. Fortino
Onceola
Here
Fortino
Tino
Rosina Fortino
Philip Fortino
Pasquale Roda
Adletto
Frank Fortine
Fortine & Co
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