Raising Foxes A New Hope For Tennessee Farms
Editorial notes the National Fox Hunters Association meeting in Columbia and argues fur farming could profit Tennessee. It cites Red foxes in the state, calls for proper fenced enclosures, and predicts an enterprising citizen will test the idea, linking wealth to diversified Tennessee resources. It then recalls O Henry, born William Sydney Porter, highlighting prison reforms and humane treatment for inmates.
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National
Fox Hunters’ Association
Columbia
Nashville Banner
Canada
Tennessee
Union
Volunteer
James Wilson
University of Tennessee
The Jackson Highway Progress in Maury County
The Jackson Highway through Maury county will bring vast advertising and tourism benefits. The route through Columbia secures improved roads and regional growth, with the Dimple and local lands gaining value as more travelers pass. The highway mirrors historic road networks that foster civilization and quick mobilization.
Great Convict and the Stubborn Undoing of Forgiveness
The world coldly shuns former convicts even after reformation and prudent living. Gossip and suspicion follow those who served time, showing a lack of charity. Henry, famed American short story writer, did serve a term in an Ohio prison for embezzlement.
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Porter
O Henry
Henry
Pitas
Washington Irving
Ohio
Help the Poor and The King's Daughters Appeal
Members of the Guided Circle of The King's Daughters have run the community charity for over 25 years. They collect and distribute thousands of dollars in aid, food, and clothing to those in need, ensuring help reaches homes and keeps winter distress at bay. The Herald urges generous support for the charity to continue its Christ like mission.
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The
King’s Daughters
Herald
Columbia
Educators slated for Maury education board seats
The article highlights Hon W J Russell, a Maury graduate with a son in the school, serving as district director and on the county board of education and high school board, and Hon Thos English, a former teacher and key advocate who helped build the county’s best country school. It argues both will vigorously promote popular education in the county.
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W. J. Russell
Thos
Rom Maury
Reverend W T Ussery at Rock Springs University
The Chattanooga Times urges fuller state support for the University of Tennessee, calling it the people’s great university and a key to equal opportunities. It compares Tennessee’s funding with Missouri and South Carolina, urging the legislature to aid the university now to sustain educated citizens and democracy. Rev W T Ussery will preach at Rock Springs on Sunday at 11 o'clock.
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University OF Tennessee
Chattanooga Times
the Times
Herald
Friends of Popular Education
General Assembly
Tennesse
Missouri
Tennessee
Mississippi
South Carolina
W. T. Ussery
Maury County
Rock Springs
Herald Grows Better in Columbia Tenn Letter
Dear friends from Catherine Alabama, E R Farrell praises the Herald weekly for its growth and quality under Finney Hastings management in Columbia Tennessee. He notes farming success and contentment with neighbors, lands, roads, and schools, sending regards to the paper’s readers and families.
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Messrs
Fox Chase on Columbia Bluff Captures Fox Near Bridge
A morning fox chase on the Columbia bluff above Duck River drew a few onlookers at the Nashville pike bridge. A solitary hound pursued the red fox, closing to within feet before the fox was seized by Riverside boys who retrieved it from the dog.
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Columbia
Duck River
Nashville Pike
Riverside
Death of Dr J G Snedecor Revered Presbyterian Leader
News from Columbia reports the death of Dr J G Snedecor long time secretary of Colored Evangelization for the Southern Presbyterian church. He died in Decatur Georgia and was buried in Tuscaloosa. He had suffered poor health for over a year and ceased active work months ago. Dr Snedecor was well known in Columbia where he preached at First Presbyterian Church and counted many friends in the congregation.
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Columbia
J. G. Snedecor
Southern Presbyterian Church
Snedecor
Decatur
Tuscaloosa
First Presbyterian Church
Maury Undertaking Co Loses Fine Black Horse
The Maury Undertaking Co. reports the death of a fine matched black horse due to blind staging. J P Baugh resumes his former post with W J Guest. J M Whitaker of Fayetteville has joined the Maury Dry Goods Co.
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Maury Undertaking Co
Blind Stagers
J.P. Baugh
W. J. Guest
J. M. Whitaker
Fayetteville
The
Maury Dry Goods Co
No Santa Claus Letters Published This Christmas
The Herald announces it cannot publish letters to Santa this year due to high paper costs. It says letters once published before Christmas will be replaced by another method for conveying children's requests, noting fireplaces and chimney routes are impractical this season.
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Santa Claus
Santa
North Pole
Old Santa
Herald
Court affirms acreage case in gross sale ruling
Special to The Herald Nashville Nov 25 the court of civil appeals affirmed the case of W B White vs W J Towler from the Maury equity docket. Suit sought damages for alleged land acreage shortage. the court, through Justice Sansom, held the sale had been made in gross and not by the acre.
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Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Court of Civil Appeals
W. B. White
W. J. Towler
Maury Equity
Sansom
The Commercial Muse and a Poet in a Forty Dollar Fut
A fragment from a verse noting the garret writer seeking inspiration from the muses and the example of Goldsmith. The speaker anchors the idea that poetry thrives in hardship rather than wealth, ending with a quirky line about a forty dollar fut.
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Goldsmith
More Vacancies Than Applications In Civil Service Examinations
Only thirty-one applications have been received for the December 6 1916 examination for stenographer typewriter positions in the United States Civil Service. The number is far short of needs and steps are being taken to attract more applicants. One exam will be in Columbia with salaries between 900 and 1000 dollars and prospects of rapid promotion. Applicants must be over eighteen, and applications should be sent to the District Secretary Civil Service Atlanta Ga. Bold male and female stenographers are wanted. Miss Mary Lancaster has secured a Nashville Custom House position at a salary of 1005 dollars per year after recent eliminations.
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United States Civil Service
Columbia
Civil Service
Atlanta
Mary Lancaster
Nashville Custom House
Carmack Monument Fund Request to Editor
J A Fleming urges the Carmack monument committee to disclose how most funds were subscribed the total received and the plan for placing the memorial, arguing that such statements would gain public favor and support for completing the Carmack monument.
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the Herald
RE. W. Carmack
J. A. Fleming
May Happen Yet Poultry Money Joke Event
A terse dialogue mocks grand money schemes in eons and poultry. One character notes frequent hearsay about wealth yet claims no one has organized the Suu j and Egg National Bank, suggesting skepticism about the venture.
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Suu J and Egg National Bank
The Cabaret Leads Now and a Faded Novel Fate
A fragmentary inquiry asks what happened to the once famed novel now diminished by half its scenes, left amid hardship and ruin. The voice questions whether the work’s decline mirrors a broader collapse of literary fortune within a struggling era.
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Herald Publishing Company
Pontoffice
Columbia, Tenn
Dl Finney
Hastings
Thorugh
Jackson
Rome
Ytown
Sloytown
Roytown
Walge
Coats
Cardivan
Boy Scout
Aaron, Wie
de Vesey Columbias
Jackson Military Highway
W. T. Ussury
Ideal County Weekly Journal
Catherine, Ala
Red
Duck River Bridge
DR. J. G. Snedecor
Towler
Carmack
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