Letters to Santa Claus 1907 village children wishes
A long compilation of Christmas requests from numerous children in a town, listing dolls, trains, wagons, dolls beds, toy stoves, balls, firecrackers, candy, fruit, tools, clothing, and small personal gifts. Names include Charlotte Scott, James West, George Merritt Foster, Gilmer Greenlaw, Alner Lee Cook, James Allison Cook, Salldd Foster, Rachel Ler Clement, Jebsie Coffey, Nellie Nicholson Page, Jimmie Pauline Pigg, Oscar Herman, Lord McClain, Nancy E and Allie McClain, Hume Albert Whitley, Eugenia Jackson, Ben Wilson Jackson, Leah Peyton, Virginia Peyton, Katie Wiley, Gracie Wiley, Jonas Wiley, Laura Kinzer, Gracie Hood, Gladys Lynett Hutcheson, Bernice Dodson, Roy Dodson, Louise Dodson, and others from Columbia Tennessee, dated around December 16, 1907.
Fire Marshal Law Involved in Davidson County Case
An 1907 Tennessee fire marshal law inquiry into the Fredonia tobacco warehouse fire leads to seven Montgomery County residents being summoned and failing to appear. Conditional judgments of 250 each issued in Davidson County Circuit Court, with hearings set to show cause why final judgments should not be entered. Named delinquents Vaughan Bennett George Myers Robert Allbright Oscar Allbright Marcelli Riveinbarl Hardy Williams Robert Witann.
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Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Insurance Department
State of
Tennessee
W. E. Will & Son
Fredonia
Montgomery County
Leigh Thompson
Davidson County
Thompson
Vaughan Bennett
George Myers
Robert Allbright
Oscar Allbright
Marcel
John J. Vertrens
Woo, Vertrasn
Thanns Ff Malone, Jr
Sen Titman seeks power to curb liquor trade by interstate law
Washington December 18 Senator Titman introduced a resolution directing the Interstate Commerce Commission to report on a bill enabling states to control liquor and alcoholic beverages within their borders to support temperance and thwart prohibition evasion. He argues courts hinder state police powers and cites ongoing evasion by express companies flooding southern local option areas with whiskey from other states while Supreme Court rulings shield such traffic.
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Washington
Titman
United States
Iitett
Tillman
Wuldly
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Express
South Carolina
D. D
More Pay for Fourth Regiment Back Pay Granted
Nashville Tenn December 19 Gen Harvey Hannah reports a telegram from Representative T W Sims stating the comptroller of the currency has approved 12226 in back pay for the Fourth Tennessee regiment for services in the Spanish American War. The regiment drew from various sections of the state.
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Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Harvey Hannah
T. W. Sims
Congress
Tennessee
Water Valley News and Social Notes
Dec 17 community update from Water Valley notes several visits and travels. Mr and Mrs Dimlen White rushed home to Oklahoma after Mrs Whiers mother’s death. Miss Sallie Hutcheson and Miss Lila Mal Pigg appear visiting relatives and friends in Nashville. Sam Witherspoon and Master Burton Blackburn left for Oklahoma. John Rountree improves from measles. Many locals suffer colds. Omar Harris and Malcolm Johnson visit Nashville. Mrs Gray hosts guests next week, with A L Ladd and Sam Gray of York, Alabama. Kate Hulme of Oklahoma visits Goshen area. A new baby girl arrives at R D Blackburn’s home. Merry Christmas.
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Water Valdey
Dimeln White
Oklahoma
Whiers
Sallie Hutcheson
Lila Mal Pigg
Nashville
Sam Witherspoon
Burton Blackburn
John Rountree
Hutcheson
Miener Pokle Harris
Olivia Letsinger
Tenoomnee
Omar Harris
Nunville
Malcom Johnson
Ln Nashville
Gray
A. L. Ladd
Sam Gray
York
Als
John Hutcheson
Bigbyville
Kate Hulme
Goshen
Lax
R. D. Blackburn
Revenue agent seeks back taxes on Nashville Rail and Light
Nashville Tenn Dec 1 The state revenue agent for Middle Tennessee seeks back taxes from the Nashville Railway and Light Company. James Jetton moved the county trustee to back assess the 1903 property, hearing set for Jan 15 after a Dec 12 motion. Assessed value 1902 was 2.3 million, with potential taxes about 90 thousand if decided for the state.
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Nashville
Tenn. Dee
James AR
Fet
Middle Tennesse
W. BE. Norvett
Colinty
Nashville Railway & Light Company
Jetton
Unit
Monongah Disaster Toll Rises to 334 Bodies Recovered
Five more bodies are recovered from the Fairmont Coal Company mines in Monongah West Virginia, bringing the total death toll to 334 to date. The grim count underscores the scale of the disaster as rescue work continues at the site.
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Fairmont Coal Company
Monongah
W. Va
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Fannie Thomas
Luella
Rosette
Paul
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Dour
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Samuel Wear
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JM Kinland
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Santa Clau
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Bet Workman
Sullivan's School
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Santa Fe Pike
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Roxie
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Santa Chuis
Ruth Johnson
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Buck Comb
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Roy Dodson
Pave
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Wilkes Dodson
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Knoxville
Joba
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A. A. Strong
Chattanooga
RK. H. Williams
U. S
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Jesse M. Littleton
Ernest Coldwall
Internal Revenue Service
John EB. Oliver
EK. W. Burford
Lebanon
G. T
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Boys OF Tennessee Organization
Uncle Sam
I Ellett, Harlan, Dodson & Co
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Nashville Stree Railway Company
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