Geers Direct Triumphs In Fayetteville Half Mile Race
Geers Direct wins the Fayetteville half mile against Birth Mark and Opal Wilson, breaks the Tennessee track record with 2:10% in heat one, 2:12% in heat two, and wins final heat. Mick Thomas drives, Smith Thomas reports the horse in fine shape for Winchester. Opal Wilson suffers a serious illness after the race.
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Fayetteville
Geers Direct
Woo
Sealnet
South
Opal Wilson
Columbia
John P. McGaw
Goers Direct
Herald
McGaw
Walter Direct
Lincoln
Tennessee
Maury County
Mick Thomas
Maury
Hirth
Geers
George Stiles
Willc
Opal
Huth
Annie Lelia
Charley Casco
Birth Mark
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills Ad
There is more Catarrh in this section than all other diseases. once deemed local, catarrh is now a constitutional issue. Hall's Catarrh Cure, by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, gifted as the only constitutional remedy, is taken internally and backed by a $100 guarantee. Sold by druggists for 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Sheriff Sam Borum Hit in Face at Red Boiling Springs
Davidson county Sheriff Sam H. Borum, visiting Red Boiling Springs with his family, was struck in the face by a Macon county man during a dispute between youths. Borum, bruised and bleeding, was supported by a friend after the blow. The assailant, estimated at twenty to twentyone, was smaller in stature and fled the scene.
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Cookeville
Tenn
Sam H. Borum
Davidson County
Macon County
Borum
Red Boiling Springs
Bordin
Non-Resident Notice in Tennessee Chancery Court
A. J. Baxter et al file a complaint in Columbia Tennessee Chancery Court. Defendants include Andrew Ballard Steve Ballard Gentry Ballard Malissa Sorrel Lafayette Sorrel and unknown heirs of Polly Kelly Lamb Kelly Jane Holden George Holden. Dena Herman and husband Herman now reside in Tennessee. Court orders appearance by the first three days of the next term beginning the third Monday in October 1909 with publication in the Columbia Herald for four weeks. Akin Clerk and Master Voorhies Solicitor.
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Thomas J. Baxter
Andrew Ballard
Steve Ballard
Gentry Ballard
Malissa Sorrel
Lafayette Sorrel
Polly Kelly
Lamb Kelly
Missouri
Jane Holden
George Holden
Texas
Dena Herman
Herman
Tennessee
Chancery Court
Columbia
Columbia Herald
A. N. Akin
J. C. Voorhies
Death Claims Opal Wilson Racehorse in Fayetteville
Opal Wilson a fine Tennessee circuit mare died in Fayetteville Saturday at eleven due to lockjaw after a free-for-all pace heat. Owned by Dr Joseph Anderson of Chattanooga and trained by George G Stiles she bore a 2 10% record from Columbia and was famed for speed and style.
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Thomas
Smith Thomas
Fayetteville
South Side Park
Winchester
Smith
Geers Direct
Athlone
Marica
Fred 8
Mack
The
Hermitage
Gentry Jr
Eva Love
Sally Stiles
Midnigit
Ben the Bunch
Micky
Pulaski
Opal Wilson
Lockjaw
Dr. McMahon
Geers
Maury
Tennessee
Joseph Anderson
Chattanooga
George G. Stiles
Alliewood
Columbia
South
Anderson
Daddy's Creek Mammy's Creek Fishing Party Heads North
A party including Joe Dedman Dr P D Biddle Will Ellett Joe Ha gey Sheriff Love Webb of Columbia and Chas Lannom of Nashville left Sunday for a two week Osh near Crossville Cumberland county to fish Daddy's Creek and Mammy's Creek. The article recounts a folk etymology of the creeks name reflecting old family dynamics and a local joke about which parent rules each creek.
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Joe Dedman
P. D. Biddle
Will Ellett
Joe Hagey
Sheriff Love Webb
Columbia
Chas. Lannom
Nashville
Osh
Crossville
Cumberland County
Esc
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Cures Severe Infections
Washington once gave up three doctors and lay bedridden five weeks. Blood poisoning from a spider bite produced deep leg sores until Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him. It treats eczema boils burns and piles. 25 cents at all druggists.
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Washington
Bucklen
John Washington
Bosqueville
Tex
High diving ponies to appear at Columbia fair
South Side Park work continues as F D Ohmi repairs fences and builds elands while a guard rail will aid vehicle flow. Mrs Pontifex buys two high diving ponies Max and June to perform four daily dives from thirty five feet, water tank depth thirty five feet. Track improvements pledged to reclaim Fayetteville half mile record as horses return for speed. Box sales to be arranged soon with no reserved boxes and equal chance for all.
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South Side Park
F. D. ‘Ohmi
M. Pontifex
Max
June
W. H. Harrison
Fayetteville
Columbia
Fine farm for sale near Columbia on Campbellaville pike
For division the John Alexander farm miles south of Columbia on the Campbellaville pike must be sold. One of the most fertile farms in the county, about 260 acres, tillable, well watered, admirably located as an ideal stock farm. For further information write J. Thomas RR No 10 Columbia Tenn or W H Alexander Lyneville Tenn Gangat.
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John Alexander
Columbia
Campbellaville
J. Thomas
Columbia, Tenn
W. H. Alexander
Lyneville
Tenn
McCarn Emerges As Statewide Gubernatorial Hope In Tennessee
The State-Widers group backs Jeff McCarn for governor while Luke Lea denies candidacy and supports McCarn with no compromise. Lea plans a rest trip to Colorado Springs, clearing the field for McCarn, noted for prosecuting the Carmack murder and strong anti crime stance.
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The
Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Jeg AleCarn
Davidson County
McCarn
Luke Les
McCain
Memphis News-Scimitar
Mr. Lea
McCar
Lea
Wade
Coopers
Carmack
Thrugs Ieee Committee of One Hundred
Hill Way
Percy Warner
Colorado Springs
After a Heavy Meal Take Dean's Regulets for Digestive Aid
A short health tip advises taking a couple of Dean's Regulets after a heavy meal to support stomach liver and bowel function. It claims Regulets promote regular passages to the bowels.
Statewide Democratic Meeting Planned in Columbia
A Maury County committee appointed by Statewide Democrats met at the Nashville headquarters to plan a September First Monday gathering in Columbia. They will issue a public call and urge broad attendance, with Democrats aligned on statewide prohibitions and enforcement urged to participate. A rumored ad for Doctor Thon Eclectric cures appears in the text.
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Committee For
Maury Cou
Nashville
Columbia
Court House
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Lincoln County Fair
BR. Wollridge
Pice
Fuller
Direct
Sam Borum
Mountaineer
Davidson
Sheriff
Robinson-McGill
Robinson-McGill Carriage Co
Daddy's Creek
Daddy
Kammy
Werner
Dickens
Scott
Thackeray
Poe
Muhlbach
Tissot
Shakespeare
Werner Company Department
Akron
Mak
Fine Farm
Jeff McCarn
Luke Lea
Thon
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