Birds and Crabs Dominate Clipperton Island Life
On Clipperton Island the interloper birds clash with native tern and booby colonies while frigate birds patrol the rocks. Massive land crabs infest every corner, gnaw seeds and shoes, and force the creation of crab proof gardens perched on stilts. A legend of buried pirates gold accompanies the lonely atoll’s strange ecosystem.
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Une
Isles
California
Pacific
Clipperton
Clipperton Island
Atoll
Trofi
Pacific Inland’ Company
Thed
Missouri
Iaes
Opperton Island
Maury County Teachers Meet At Athenaeum
The Maury County Teachers Association met in Columbia at the Athenaeum building on December 1. Prof Dodson open the meeting at 10 o clock with good attendance and strong enthusiasm. Miss Bowers from the Woman's Christian Temperance Union gave a fine address. Prof Hatfield discussed two chapters in school management. Mrs C W Mitchell read Mitton s L Allegro and highlighted key points for instruction. Secretary
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Maury Counts Teachers’ Association
Athenaeum
Columbia
Dodson
Miss Bowers
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Hatfeld
C. W. Mitchell
Mitton
Origin of Carter's Creek fire novel account details
In Monday's Daily Herald a preliminary account of the Carter's Creek fire cites an acetylene gas plant origin. Witnesses signed statements noting the store and a nearby generator room as initial sites before flames spread, with a local woman among the few observers.
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Daily Herald
Carter's Creek
Nichols
Teton
M. Ledbetter
LONG
Supplemen tal edition of Maury County History delayed
Due to the relocation of the McQuiddy Printing Company's plant in Nashville the supplementary edition of Maury County History is delayed. Compilers must hustle to finish delivery to customers this month. About two hundred copies were delivered last week with general satisfaction, as the work contains vast information in a small space.
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Nashville
McQuidky Printing Company
Maury County
Grand Jury Adjourns After Returning Sixty Indictments
The grand jury adjourned after retiring sixty three bills. Arthur Whittaker was indicted for assault with intent to murder first degree for shooting Doss Hancock. Horace Catina indicted for involuntary manslaughter in York Nixon death. Luther Harmon indicted for larceny. County institutions found in good condition aside from some repairs. one county city bond strengthened. Workhouse 24 inmates and 36 in the poorhouse.
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Arthur Whittaker
Doss Hancock
Horace Catina
York Nixon
Luther Harmon
Treasury seeks 20,000 for Columbia post office work
The Secretary of the Treasury asked Congress on Monday to provide 20,000 for a waste and construction project at the Columbia post office building this year and 20,000 for the next fiscal year under the current 65,000 appropriation.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Columbia Post Office
Winnsboro Notes Brighten Holidays With Local Visits
Winnsboro letters report holiday arrivals and departures. Gertrude Gray returns from Dison College to stay with Mrs. Lena Gray Mayberry. Cuftie Nikew plans Oklahoma as a future home. wife and brother Mase to follow after Christmas. Funeral attendance for Jim McKennon. visits between Kinzer, Foater, and Mrs. W. A. Brooks at Isom with a school concert. Hog killing ongoing. Thanksgiving visits, Elocution class under Miss Mary Russell. Mr. W. D. McBride and family with Pleasant relatives. Mr. Webb Temple recovering from grip.
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Winsboro
Herald
Gertrude Gray
Dison College
Lena Gray Mayberry
Cuftie Nikew
Oklahoma
Mase
Erwin Ester
Nex Sargent
Jim McKennon
Your Town
Gordon Kinzer
Liltion Foater
W. A. Brooks
Isom
Mary Russell
W. D. McBride
Webb
Temple
Insurance Election Ruling Limns AG Authority
Nashville Tenn December 5 Attorney General Charles T. Cates Jr holds the state Insurance Commissioner lacks explicit power to act against an insurer for its agency’s efforts to back any specific ticket or board of trustees.
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Harald
Nashville
Tenn
Charles T. Cates, Jr
Railway Express Distances Stolen Sum Denied
Dallas officials state that no large sum was stolen in a train robbery on the Cotton Belt near Bulphur Springs. Assistant Superintendent Garrison says only local consignments were aboard, totaling under five thousand dollars. drafts will be guarded and not cashed.
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Dallas
Texas
Garrison
Pielfie Express Company
Cotton Belt
Bulphur Springseeinke
Mra
Fifteen Cents Dispute Reaches Circuit Court in Tennessee
In Dresden Tennessee a civil warrant case involving a 15 cent debt issue rose to the Circuit Court. Justice Hugh Roberts had docketed the case and collected 14 cents for docketing plus costs. The circuit judge ruled Roberts was not entitled to 19 cents, taxing Roberts costs instead. Roberts appeals to the Supreme Court, a potential first for the county.
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Dresden
Tenn
Hugh Roberts
Justice of the Peace of the
Fifth District
J.T. Burton
Evans
Burton
Roberts
Justice of the Peace
Circuit Court
Malden
Esq
Supreme Court
Maury County Dentists Hold Regular Meeting
The Maury County Society of Dental Surgeons met Tuesday night in Dr. J. B. Sheppard's office. Dr. A. B. Page presented a scientific paper on Pyorrhea Alveolaris and gave a clinic on treating teeth affected by Pyorrhea. The session adjourned to January first Tuesday at seven o'clock with Dr. S. R. Hardison.
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Maury
Notice To Creditors From S B Nichols Firm
Notice to creditors requesting all debts be forwarded and settled at once to straighten the business. Mrs B Fitzgerald to oversee the books at the store site. Signed B Nichols.
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S. B. Nichols
Fire destroys Famous Supply building at Dyersburg
A fire at dawn destroyed the Famous Supply Company store and contents in Dyersburg Tennessee. Loss estimated at 360000 with partial insurance coverage. Local firemen battled the blaze as investigations begin into the cause.
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Dyersburg
Tenn
Pulajane Chief Killed in Desperate Fight Near Albalate
Manila Nov 28 Governor Cur trey of Samar reports a fierce clash between Pulajanes and volunteers near Albalate on November 26. Outlaw chief Pedro de la Cruz was killed and twenty of his followers wounded. The remainder of Cruz's band dispersed.
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Manila
Curtrey
Samar
Albalate
Pedro de la Cruz
Cruz
President Roosevelt's bold constitutional reform program
Roosevelt's message to Congress outlines proposals on campaign finance reform ending party donations, criminal case appeals by government, ending technicalities to avoid unjust judgments, cautious use of injunctions, anti lynching measures, eight hour railroad work day aims, child and women labor investigations, retention of certain labor laws, federal supervision of coal lands and corporations, graduated inheritance tax and possible income tax, technical and industrial training, agriculture extension, national handling of marriage and divorce, promotion of American shipping, currency reform hints, tariff stance for Philippines, citizenship for Porto Rico, Alaska government overhaul, anti Japanese prejudice laws, naturalization acts, Cuba governance, South American development, and a strong navy as peace guarantor. The address also notes Alaska reforms and calls for a robust naval and military efficiency, with Secretary Root's remarks cited.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Natal
National Congress
Philippines
Porto Rica
Alaska
United
South Amer
Central America
Army
Eltha Root
Mare Stolen in Palestine County Maury
Stolen Saturday night December 1 from Palestine in Lewis county a seven year old mare about sixteen to seventeen hands high with black mane and tail. Reward offered for recovery or information. Left with Love Webb Sheriff Maury county L Quiller 1 R R No 1 Hohenwald Tenn.
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Palestine
Lewis County
Love Webb
Sherif
Maury County
L. Quiller
Hohenwald
Tenn
Phantines of P Lodge Meeting Tonight Serves Supper
At the Lodge a Phantines of P meeting is held tonight with supper served. Members of the John Dexter Lodge are invited to attend as well. Subscribe for the Herald.
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the Phantines of P
Order
John ©. Dexter Lodge
Game youth challenges seasoned attorney in court
A fragment describes a youthful wren in Il sinfa town who, facing a point of law, challenges a jealous opposing counsel and asks for guidance. Col Hopkins boasts of an office to educate him, and the young attorney calmly takes a half dollar piece, seeking change. The scene ends abruptly with a terse exchange.
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Jon
Hopkins
Col. Hopkins
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Union Valley
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Iinsurance Election
Dentists’ Meeting
Cadien
Frank Latta
Public Square
Phoeniz Bank
Coatt
Our Savings Department
The
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Sinfa
Wren
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