City Schools Plan Christmas Holidays in 1916
The Jackson City Board of Education voted to close public schools from Thursday December 21 to January 2, 1917. Superintendent Harris noted remodeling at the negro school near completion and discussed disposing of old lumber from the Athe Dieum site. He highlighted the Sixth and Seventh grades at the High School, with 71 and 81 pupils respectively and only two teachers, while teachers persevered despite hardships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster
W. S. McFall
J. M. Yedman
F. O. Bennett
Erwin
Harris
Wpon
Jackson Highway Celebration Planned After Board Talk
A Board of Trade representative urged a holiday for schools on January 8 to mark the 210th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans in Columbia. The Board promised to take care of the request and adjourned after no further business.
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Board of Trade
New Orleans
Columbia
Jackson Military Highway
Election Notice for Maury County Justice of the Peace
Maury County officers and staff are appointed to open and hold the December 16 1916 special election for Justice of the Peace in the Third district at Neapolis Rally Hill Kedron and Spring Hill. Names list judges clerks and registrars are provided with the December 1 1916 date and signatures of election commissioners.
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Justice of the Peace
Maury County
Neapolis
R. L. Hays
R. F. Smith
J. G. Whitney
J. T. Kinnard
Arnold Peery
Brc Smith
Mick Butts
Rally Hill
Albert Ring
Dave Hurt
Shannon Dean
Jim Warren
Winter Huckaby
H. T. Moore
Elmer Dooley
Kedron
Will Coleman
W. A. Glenn
West Overton
Hardin Glenn
T. W. Lockridge
Hardin Foster
Chas. Derryberry
Spring Hill
Charles Knapton
J. M. Davis
J. M Moore
Polk McKissack
John White
Ino. S. Odil
Enton Campbell
M. EB. Allen
M. Burns
R. S. Hopkins
Ometagioners
Honor Roll at New Hope School Named by Miss Foster
The New Hope School honor roll, under Miss Lula Foster of Carter's Creek, lists top students across grades. First grade includes Maxie Collins and others, second grade Bernard Haywood and Reba Haywood, third grade George Collins, fourth grade John L Haywood, fifth Arthur Brown, sixth Gladys Goad, and seventh Aina Kinzer and Christine Goad among others.
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New Hope School
Lula Foster
Carter's Creek
Maxie Collins
J. W. Shelley
Cathie Fitzgerald
Willie Colling
Howard Collins
Louise Collins
Loyd Haywood
Irvin Reed
Robert Turner Swain
Russell Fitzgerald
Bernard Haywood
Edrie Taylor
Reba Haywood
George Collins
Mildred Walters
Geneva Collins
Effie Lea Priest
Matha Taylor
John L Haywood
Dodson Wakefield
Rebecca Reed
Ernest Taylor
Arthur Brown
Gladys Goad
Floyd Walters
Aina Kinzer
Christine Goad
Morel Sellers
Girl's throat cut no clew to fiend near Argenta
The body of Johanna Hess, 16, daughter of a farmer, was found by a 100-strong Levy posse near Argenta, Arkansas. Her throat was cut and head crushed in a likely struggle after she left home to shop. A .38 revolver, dress fragments, and a wagon were found. searchers from multiple towns and bloodhounds failed to locate the assailant or the girl. The killer is believed to have fled.
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Little Rock
Ark
Johanna Hess
Argenta
Levy
Polite
Good Prospects for Central High School Team
Central High School begins season with strong returning players Willams Moore and Thomas and promising newcomers Barrick Dugger Mitchell and Kingston. A season opener with faculty and team meeting is set, with a Friday trip to Fayetteville to face Lincoln County High in what locals expect to be a tough game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central High School
Willams
Moore
Thomas
Barrick
Dugger
Mitchell
Kingston
Massey
Pulaski
Nashville
Battle Ground Academy
Franklin
Spring Hill
Lincoln County High
Fayette
Improved Method Of Teaching Music For Public School Here
Miss Emily Rice of the Victor Talking Machine Co demonstrates how talking machines aid education at County High School. Faculty reaction is strong. She shows use of folk songs from Greece America Germany and other nations to deepen understanding of history and culture. Demonstrations also at Andrews School and Columbia Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
Emily Rice
Victor Talking Maching Co
Prof. Harris
Miss Rice
Germany
Italy
Greece
Louisville Carpenter Ed Horney Killed in Roof Fall
Edward Horney a 47 year old carpenter died after slipping on a roof at a three story building on Third and Breckinridge streets Louisville Ky He fell through an open shaft designed for an elevator His widow and a six month old baby survive the accident occurred Tuesday afternoon according to local reports
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Third and Breckinridge Street
Edward Horney
Hospital report for the King's Daughters November
The report for The King's Daughters hospital for November is prepared by Superintendent Miss Erastus Crabtree. Key figures include 106 days pay service and 15 percent charity service. Operations 23. Patients in hospital at month start 19, received 35, discharged 38, in hospital end 16. Deaths 2, births 2.
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King’s Daughters’ Hospital
Erastus Crabtree
Coat Department Missea Coats Sleuthing Offer
A man reads a sign referring to coats and offers to trace them as a detective. He asks how the reader would feel about hiring him as a detective, implying a potential investigative premise in a readable fragment.
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Coat Department
Missea Coats
Roll of Honor Honors City and County Public Schools
A large roll of honor lists students from city schools and County High School achieving ninety or above in all subjects. Grades list names in First through Fourth, Junior and Senior High, with many pupils across multiple classes recognized for high academic achievement.
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Evelyn Alexander
Minnie Combs Barker
Mary Bell
Blease Clymore
Rebekah Crockett
Katherine Cotham
Mary Davidson
Ruth Gibson
Annie Kate Jeter
Margaret Lane
Mary Frances Roberts
Gladys Thomas
Jessie Troop
Lee Barker
Shelby Coffey
Robert Harris
Frank Hinkle
John Edward Sheego
Gentry Speed
Lucile Webb
Wilma Troupe
Iva Speed
Annie Louise Potts
Caroline Leath
Ruth Kinsolving
Cornelia Bilgh
Sarah Barker
Jack Cooper
Louis Brazier
Marlin Connelly
Roy Hill
J. D. Moore
Doug
Mack Gilbert
William McKinney
Cheairs Porter
Frank Shelton, Jr
Mildred Marr
Lester Hill
Louis Mannear
Althea Smith
Thelma Dean
Janie Dowell
Louise Hardison
Mildred Ragsdale
Willie Mae Speed
Joe McCall
Ton Rayburn
John Edmund Sharber
George Stone
William Robbin Hooten
William McMahon
Marlon Ritt
Robert Webb
Charles Yeager
Gladys Hardison
Louella Fraser
Margaret Holt
Martha Ellington
Sue Ellen Thomas
Ara Dillehay
Elise Thomas
Eihel Hardison
Mable Huston McFall
Margaret Brittain
Juanita Dean
James Thomas
Wthel Mathews Everette Derryberry
Fannye D. Tutt
Ruby Jeter
Mildred Richardson
Frances Cook
Annie Burton McFall
Gladys Park
Lucile Cook
Marie Haley
Lottie Lowell
Sarah Cooper Barber
Wura Williams
Ben Wilson Jackson
Flournoy Jeter
Bentley Johnson
Frederick Neal Ricks
Annie Mai Cathey
Beatrice Compton
Rubie Gaskell
Sadie Hood
Maury Harris
Rena Harris
Anna Hurlbut
Louise Johnson
Laura Johnson
Gertrude Park
Gladys Read
Gladys Smith
Elizabeth Shelton
Gartha Utley
Charlotte Voss
Inez Williams
Louise Bradey
Elizabeth Martin
Daring Bank Robbery Near Park Bank & Trust Memphis
Two masked robbers entered Park Bank & Trust in Memphis Tennessee just before 11 am and locked the president cashier and a customer in a back room before fleeing on motorcycles with 3000 dollars in currency. They escaped quietly and dropped a small package of bills in the lobby as they departed.
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Memphis
Tenn
Park Bank & Trust Company
Obbere J
Seven Schools to Compete in Declamation Trials
County High selects seven representatives from Maury, Marshall, Moore County, Decherd, Franklin, Huntland, and Lincoln high schools for the inter school declamatory event on Friday December 22. Maury County High lists Henry Compton Claude Nichols Lee Wheeler Robert Liggett Lawrence Alexander George Prentzell Samuel Rogers under Miss Margaret Atwood’s instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Party
Maury High
Columbia
Marshall High
Lewisburg
Moore County High
Lynchburg
Decherd High
Decherd
Franklin High
Winchester
Huntland High
Huntland
Lincoln High
Fayetteville
Maury County High School
Henry Compton
Compton
Daily Herald
Signal
Claude Nichols
Lee Wheeler
Robert Liggett
The
Lawrence Alexander
George Prentzell
Samuel Rogers
Margaret Atwood
Figuers Realty Co reports multiple Maury County sales
The Figuers Realty Co. reports several recent real estate sales in Maury County. T. N. Figuers sold a Nashville lot to W. B. Brittain for 1500 dollars. R. W. Houser’s 100 acre farm was resold by Jesse Tomlinson to J. H. W. Dinning for 8000 dollars. The farm lies eight miles west of Columbia on Duck River. Tomlinson owned the property less than twenty days. Dinning then sold 120 acres at Theta to Tomlinson for 5000 dollars. All sales were made by Figuers. The month looks unusually strong.
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Figuers Realty Co
Maury County
T. N. Figuers
Nashville
W. B. Brittain
R. W. Houser
Jesse Tomlinson
Tomlinson
Lincoln County
Mr. Tomlinson
J. H W. Dinning
Columbia
Duck River
Mr. Dinning
Theta
Figueras
Close Contracts for Overlands in Toledo
In Toledo, Ohio, on December 6, contracts with 38 distributors in the southern and middle western states covered 24,860 Overland cars for 1917, worth over 20 million dollars. The southern states led with 19,000 cars, while Iowa, Nebraska, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, and New Mexico sought 6,000 more. Dealers praise the Hine model and foresee a new era in the auto industry as speeches and a banquet preceded the departure of the first batch in 72 Pullman cars.
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Toledo
Ohio
Middle Western
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Carolinas
Mississippi
Tennessee
Louisiana
Iowa
Nebraska
Utah
Idaho
Colorado
New Mexico
Overland
Pullman
Pacific
Philadelphia
Ilinois
Escanaba
Michigan
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GIY
Jackson
City Board of Education
Dedman
W. B. Greenlaw
W. P. Boyd
D&wit
Iroll OF Honor Public Schools
Annie Lee Baker
Eugenia Cook
Charlotte ‘Artner
Eugenia Jackson
Bombel Journey
Josephine Kennedy
Margaret King
Louise Roberts
Ruth Shelton
Audrey Wakefield
Gilmer @reenlaw
Norvil Heaton
Percy Priest
Raymond Heed
Orton Roberts
Annie Laura Sherber
Helen T Armstrong
Jewell Blam
Pattie Hillard
Clara McFall
Ruth Richardson William Burns
Leslie Letsinger
Lorena Atkensson
Edna Cathey
Mary Lee Foster
Ruby McCandless
Ruth Tul ‘Oss
Frank Seagraves
Hagel Moore
Central
Figuers
Maury County Real Estate
Overlands
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