Ived from First Page Tom Blagk Arrest Update
A man known as Young Black recounts a violent incident over a child and property. He describes a confrontation with a man named Tom Blagk, firing shots, a pistol, and a resulting chest wound. He fled to Columbia then Mt Pleasant, saying his brother bears blame, and police later took him into custody. John Black’s condition is improving with doctors hopeful for recovery.
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Columbia
Mt. Pleasant
Young Black
John Black
Valuable Mule Drowned In Flood Waters
A man driving two mules for Houston Thomas attempted to cross Lytles Creek on Ed Sheegog’s land during a storm. One mule drowned as floodwaters swept the team downstream. The driver escaped by grabbing an overhanging branch after cutting the harness to free the second mule.
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Houston Thomas
Lytles Creek
Ed Sheegog
Well Paid County Officials Highlighted in Nashville American
A Nashville American table lists salaries for Davidson County officers including County Court Clerk Clerk and Master 15000 Trustee 13060 Register 12906 Criminal Court Clerk and Sheriff 6 Circuit Court Clerk Total Trees and Plants shown alongside fruit trees strawberry and raspberry plants peak roots and more by R A Wilkes in Cullooka Tennessee.
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Davidson County
Nashville
Circuit
R. A. Wilkes
Cullooka, Tenn
Have Employed Counsel In Injunction Proceedings
Ballantant Lovell Holt and Denton have employed counsel to halt them from exercising duties of their office. The law firm Hughes Hatcher Voorhies and Pig- vers represents them in these field injunction proceedings.
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Ballantant
Lovell
Holt and
Denton
Messrs
Hughes, Hatcher
Voorhlies
Pig
Wheat Wanted for Fair Prices at Columbia Mill
Columbia Mill and Elevators Co seeks damaged wheat samples for purchase. Producers are urged to bring in samples for appraisal and payment at fair prices. Event appears tied to a weekly or seasonal collection by the mill and elevator operation.
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Columbia Mill & Elevator CO
Columbia Mill & Elevator
Maury County Farmers Meet Reorganizes For Winter Campaign
Maury County Farmers Association met in the Court House on August 27 1906 with 24 farmers present. Old officers were re elected and members emphasized winter meetings to advance agriculture through education and county state programs to keep bright young men on the farm. J N Meroney pres. Maury Co Farmers Assn.
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Dark's Mill
Tenn
Columbia Herald
Maury County
Farmers’ Association
Court House
J. N. Meroney
Pres. Maury Co. Farmers’ Asst
Fraudulent Patent Remedy Promises Across Century
An unsigned notice claims a remedy labeled One 1Handred Doduce Tewnr cannot cure a stated illness. It asserts familiarity with Chene over 15 years and promises trustworthy transactions. The ad, from Walding Kinnan Marvin and Tahede Hall Catarel Cire, markets a pill for constipation and claims internal active effects on the brain to treat aliments with a per bottle price.
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Toledo
Chene
Fem
Walding
Kinnan
Marvin
Rain Disrupts Tabernacle Service Sermon on Faith
A rainy Sunday night affected attendance at the Tabernacle as Dr Wharton led a service from the rear moving audience closer due to the roof patter. He preached on belief using the story of Jairus daughter to illustrate faith and delivered a powerful sermon.
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Tabernacle
Ailey
High Prices for Tenn Mules
Tennessee mule price boom cited as best in years with farm and stockmen receiving up to 875 dollars for pairs. Analysts predict state mule value near 21 million now, rising to around 20 million next year with 50 000 more males and revenue above 7 600 000, Tennessee leading in average mule value and third in head count nationally per the Nashville American.
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Tennessee
Obaan
United State Department of Agriculture
Department of Live Stock
Union
Nashville American
Pointed Paragraphs on Love and Luck in Society
A collection of wry observations on gender, temper, and social mores. It contrasts domestic quiet with public displays, notes the gap between what couples say and what others hear, and ends with a jocular Chicago News quip about men deceiving women. The tone is sardonic and social commentary driven.
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Ife
Chicago News
Ice Cream Microbe Count Sparks Board of Health Debate
The Boston board of health reports that a cubic centimeter of cheap street ice cream contains about a million and a half microbes, prompting calls for figures on microbes in a standard saucer. The Montgomery Advertiser notes the startling finding and invites precise calculations.
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Mint
Crear
Boston Board of Health
Montgomery Advertiser
Campaign fund note from Cortelyou cited by papers
The New York World says Cortelyou donated a dollar to the Congressional Campaign Committee while the Chicago Tribune notes that every depositor in the Standard Bank is willing to be his own receiver. The remarks reflect party funding debates amid campaign finance discussions.
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Ohio
Cortelyou
Congressional Campaign Committee
New York World
Standard Bank
Chicago Tribune
To Mammoth Cave Round Trip With Cave Tour
Travel notice for a round trip from Decatur to Mammoth Cave on the regular morning train with rail fare and Cave Hotel board included. Includes long and short cave routes and a grand Echo River fireworks display. Fifth ball of the season tall date. Tickets valid eight days through agent SRL MN AGENT.
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Decatur
Ewells
Cave Hotel
Cave
Mammoth Cave
Echo River
Og Tt Srl
Too Many Attachments In School
A Indiana newspaper opinion argues that schools have become overloaded with social roles beyond academics. It urges returning high schools to core educational function and reducing social distractions imposed on students by boarding and external demands.
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Indianapolia News
Y M C A NOTES Praise For Columbia Association Work
State secretary S Walter Motill attended a Columbia Association board meeting and lauded its performance. He said no other Tennessee Y M C A could show as strong a foundation. The Middle Tennessee Convention will be held in Columbia October 12 to 14. Regan’s Band is temporarily crippled. contact William Fry at the Y M C A about hiring.
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S. Walter Motiill
Y. MC. A
Columbia Association
McGil
Star
Columbia Y. M. C. A
Columbia
Middle Tennessee
William Fry
Populist Drift as Nebraska Party Fades into History
A reflective column laments the decline of the Populist movement in Nebraska and across the country. It notes figures like Bryan, Watson, and Simpson and suggests the People’s Party has vanished, swallowed by time, with old guard supporters fading and few endorsing candidates.
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Nebraska
Mr. Bryan
Jacques Bonhommes
Jacquerie
Napoleon
Legion
People's Party
Tom Watson
Georgia
Holen Smith
Jerry Simpson
Baltimore
Old Tennessee Royal Brazil Smoking Tobacco Ad
An antique advertisement proclaims Old Tennessee Royal Brazil tobacco as truly royal. It promotes sale by first-class cigar stands and groceries and credits Brittain Tobacco Works as the producer.
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Old Tennessee
Brazil
Brittain Tobacco Works
Evangelistic Advertising in Publicity War on Souls
The Ram's Horn reports on a new Scient Evangel society planning to place placards with Biblical quotations in streetcars and on billboards across the United States. Advocates compare religious outreach to modern advertising methods and hope for broad success as plans mature.
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Scient Evangel Society
United States
Maury County Business Proposal Proclaimed by R L Kimbrough
R L Kimbrough invites every young business person farmer and professional in Maury County to join a gilt edge venture promising handsome returns. He will meet stakeholders at Farmers and Merchants Bank on Friday Aug 31 Saturday and Monday Sept 1 and 3. For details contact Salmon Turner or Dobbins Ewing.
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Maury County
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Salmon & Turner
Dobbins & Ewing
Republican Campaign Book Excerpts Leak in Oyster Bay
The New York Evening Post reports a Republican campaign book shown to a literary adviser in Oyster Bay. It promises a strong stand-out document, with chapters reportedly banned for inclusion, detailing topics from Philippine justice to tariff reform and labor allies, amid doubts about manuscript integrity.
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Shermas
Oyster Bay
Senate
Labor
Ganto Domingo
High Seas
New York Evening Post
Valparaiso described as a trapping bay city landscape
The article portrays Valparaiso as a perilous coastal valley ringed by hills with limited escape routes. It compares the city to a half bowl amphitheater and notes extensive land reclamation on the flat front, with a $20,000,000 breakwater funded to blunt tidal threats while wealth concentrates on the lower districts.
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Valparaiao
Vale of Paradise
Bay
Pacific
Valparaiso
Berlina
New York American
Dean's Ointment Advertises Skin Relief Testimony
A periodical notice touts Dean's Ointment as a universal cure for eczema and itchy skin. Miss Julia Holcombe testifies that after dry eczema on hands and face receded quickly, the product provided lasting relief. Sold by Adams & Martin's drug store, 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N.T. is sole U.S. agent.
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Columbia
Dean
Julia Holcombe
Adams & Martin
Twan
Foster-Milburm Co
Buffalo
N. T
United States
Local Market Prices Pack Bulk Goods and Produce
Wholesale and retail price lists from Columbia markets show cabbage and potatoes per hundred or bushel, apples and bananas by box or bunch, lemons and oranges by bar or box, flour and meal by ton or sack, corn and wheat per barrel, bacon lard and fresh meats with hogs cattle and dairy notes, and field seeds including clover oats timothy blue grass and peas, with varied store and wagon prices. The data reflects steady commodity pricing across multiple categories for local buyers and sellers.
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Columbia
Tenneserg
Milla
West Pare
Wholesale Groden Sugar and Related Goods Listing
A fragmented advert shows wholesale pricing for granulated sugar, brown sugar, and powdered forms, with assorted items including suit coats, coffee, and cheese. It mentions New Orleans origin, various percentages, weights, and bulk pricing, but many words are garbled, leaving unclear quantities and vendors.
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New Orleans
Ale
New York
Southern Railway Announces Low Summer Tourist Rates
Southern Railway offers very low Summer Tourist Rates to many routes in Tennessee Virginia Western North Carolina land of the Sky Sapphire Country and the Atlantic Coast. For complete information and literature contact J. E. Shipley D P A 204 Fourth Avenue North Nashville Tenn. Baby won t suffer five minutes with croup if you apply Dr Thomas Ol at once.
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Southern Railway
Tennesse
Virginia
North Carolina
Land of the Sky
Saphire
Atlantic Coast
J. E. Shipley
Fourth Avenue North
Nashville
Tenn
Thomas
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the Tabernacle
Parkers
Sergerts
Cares
R, L, Kimbrough
Dlues&thurs-Wky
Jonena
High Street
Columbia, Tenn
Hann
Studere
Park
Chocte Selters
Ate Graig Dealere
Ned Clovse
Alayke
Setdsi
Timoth
Nancy
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