Best Crowd Yet at Winchester Fair Opens Strong
Winchester Tenn August 18 The Prametin County Fair drew over 7 000 visitors the largest crowd yet with the grand stand full and standing room limited. Highlights include a 2 20 pace race purse 500 Sallie Stiles. 2 year old trot purse 100 added Fred Me. 2 25 pace purse 300 Colonel Gentry and other entries led by Nashville and Chattanooga fans.
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Winchester
Tenn
Prametin’ County
Peple
Nashville
Chattanooga
Barks
Sallie Stiles
B. m
Otway Boy Whiteheadsy
Carrie
Baron Wilkes Jr
Alice Dechette
Prince
Br. F
Reaves
B. c
Sewan Ste Apeses
Major Rissell
B. G
Triplex
Colonel Gentry
John R.gentry
Kimbro
Annie Laury
Walter Direct
Whitehead Y
Dan P
Norwood Hambletonian
Stiles
the Elk
Elk Tom Thomas
John Shelton
Spy McKay
Dan Cupid Reaves
Ege Jackson
Commissions Issued For Tennessee Constables
Special to The Herald Nashville Tenn August 23 Gov Patterson today issued certificates of election to the constitutional candidates in the content of August 4.
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the Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Gov
Patterndam
Runaway wagon plows through Godwin church area
A runaway wagon on a Sunday afternoon at the colored Baptist church in Godwin derailed and toppled vehicles on a hill. It knocked a woman from a buggy and overturned another, sparks panic among worshippers as swine stirred the scene and the wagon finally stopped at level ground.
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Colored Baptist Church
Godwin
Crash injures woman as buggy wrecks near hog wagon
A buggy crash left a woman with several severe bruises after a tree struck the vehicle and ended its flight. The hogs and wagon, the instruments of the havoc, were not hurt.
Katherine Elkins Arrives at Vichy Incognito Duke Joins
Katherine Elkins and her mother arrived in Vichy on their Baden-Baden to Vichy journey. They were joined at dinner by the Duke of the Abrazazl who is there incognito. The party then departed in two automobiles.
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Vichy
France
Katherine Elkins
Duke
Geneva
Switzerland
Miss Elkins
Baden-Baden
Husband kills wife then takes own life in Evansville
In Evansville Indiana on August 18 John Roth a saloonkeeper tracked his wife to a disreputable High street resort and shot her then killed himself. The couple had been married only a few months.
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Evansville
Ind
High Street
John Roth
Little Girl Killed by Boiling Jam Accident
An eighteen month old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Cassie Pox of Pearl Leftwich Bridge, overturned a pot of boiling jam while her mother cooked. She suffered severe burns and died two days later. Funeral on Friday at 2 pm at Morton's graveyard. father a nephew of M D Fox of Pox and Derryberry.
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Cassie Fox
Cassie Pox
Pearl Leftwich Bridge
Morton's
Mr. Fox
M. D. Fox
Pox & Derryberry
Equestrian Prize Contest Opens in Maury County Fair
Maury county fair announces four valuable prizes for best riders to promote horseback art. Entries close Sept 10 with contests on three fair nights judged by district officials. Winners receive a loving cup, La Vallieres, a Clover leaf brooch, and sterling necklace.
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John P. McGaw
Mauty County
Cotham Bros
Fair Mnagement
Maury County
Columbia
Tudin
Eivil
Fara
Newspaper Men Depart for New Field in Decatur
Henri Darden Harkreader and Wil Mum Shelton left Saturday for Decatur Alabama to take over the Twin City Telegram on Monday as the new editors publishers and managers. The families will stay in Columbia for now and plan to move once the weather cools. Local sentiment regrets that they depart for other counties and towns.
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Henri Darden
Harkreader
Wil- Mum
Maury Countians Endorse Hooper for Governor in Maury County
Interviews published by the Nashville based Men of Nashville show Maury County figures endorsing Captain Hooper for governor. W N Porter of Spring Hill, Col Henry G Evans of Columbia and Judge E H Hatcher express support. Jonas T Amis and S L Finney also back Hooper, urging fusion with Republicans to defeat Patterson.
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Men of
Nashville
W. N. Porter
Spring Hills
Capt. Hooper
Henry G. Evans
Columbia
Independent Judiciary
Patterson
E. H. Hatcher
Hooper
Babe
Jonas T. Amis
Jonas T. Amie
Capt
Maury County
Kinney
Finney
The
Columbian Herald
Seventh Congressional District
the Herald
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure and Reward
The notice touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease and claims a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure with testimonials available. It urges readers to contact F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio and notes the product is sold by all druggists and to take Hall's Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo, O
No Rush Yet to Pay City Taxes
City taxes have been due for some time at the Recorder’s office in Erwin but few taxpayers are rushing to pay. Officials warn penalties will begin October 1 and most residents appear to wait until then to settle obligations.
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Erwin
Volunteer Life Insurance Firm Sees Record Year
Albert Caldwell of Chattanooga, manager for Volunteer State Life Insurance Company, visited Columbia and reported the company has achieved its best annual business to date this year, with substantial growth in policy volumes and profits amid political ties and broad local friendships.
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Albert
Caldwell
Chattanoga
Volunteer State Life Insurance Company
Columbia
Atx
Ian
Davera
Nempea
A J Nichols Accepts Traveling Post With Baltimore Clothing Firm
A. J. Nichols former Maury county circuit court clerk will become traveling representative for Baltimore's Gineberg Co. He takes the road in September with exclusive Tennessee agency for twenty years of ready made clothing. He intends to base frequent visits in Columbia while his family stays behind and he leverages two decades of clothing trade experience.
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A. J
Ger) Nichols
Maury County
8. Gineberg & Co
Baltimore
Maryland
Nichols
Tennessee
Columbia
Ell & Fine
Middle ‘Tenessee
Knights of the Grip
Frank H. Smith
Circuit Court
Hardin W. Thomas
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Harlan, Porter & Walker
Andrews Building
Hendley, Cochran
Thomas
Chichester. S
Foley
Mia
Rose Glaser
Terre Haute
Brooke Latham Drug Company
OLEYS
Polly
Brookelatham Drug
Columbia, Tenn
H. Darden Harkreader
William Shelton
New Decatur, Ala
Maury Countians
Recorder's Office
Tle
Hue
Herald
Leisville
Sabel & Sons
Loviovile
H. Cliff Hendley
Thomas A. Allen, Jr
Burgard
Masonic
E. W. Jones
Pulloya
Prange
Robert Berg
Continental Fire Insurance Co
Farrell & Lipscomb
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