McDowell School to Stage Christmas Program Friday
The McDowell school pupils present a two part entertainment this Friday at 3 PM. Part I features The Living Christmas Tree and The Wise Men among others, Part II includes In Santa Claus Land and Play Christmas Secrets with an admission of fifteen cents to support the piano fund.
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McDowell School
Angelic
Kate Estes
Wise Men
Barrett Alexander
Charlie Parks
Clara McFall
Santa Claus
Mayhew Derryberry
Plano Fund
Wilson Stands Out Among Five Contenders
Birmingham dispatch reports John Smelter of Atlanta praising Woodrow Wilson as the leading figure among five presidential hopefuls for the coming year. He lists Wilson Harmon Clark Taft LaFollette as the options with Wilson described as more progressive and decisive than the others.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham News
Woodrow Wilson
John Smelter
Atlanta
Judson Harmon
Champ Clark
Taft
LaFolette
Wilson
LaFollette
Harmon
Patterson in Seattle to visit imprisoned son
Seattle December 16 Former Tennessee governor Malcolm R Patterson arrived to aid his twenty three year old son Malcolm G Patterson jailed on a charge of assault with intent to kill R T Seal of Porte Orchard from December 7. The injured man may recover.
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Seattle
Wash
Malcolm R. Patterson
Tennessee
Malcolm G. Patterson
R. T. Seal
Porte Orchard
Arranging Railroad Itinerary For Exhibits
Nashville Tenn December 20 Captain T F Peek commissioner of at reniture is in communication with various railroads regarding the itinerary of the exhibits to be sent north. The itinerary will not be announced until the first of the year.
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Nashville
Tenn
T. F. Peek
At Reniture
Reticultars
Most Pass on Pump Board
Nashville December 21. Comptroller Dibrell faces a dilemma over approving expense vouchers from the regular election board he helped create versus paying potential vouchers from the rival rump board. The decision hinges on whether the regular board is deemed valid and legal or if payments would validate the rump body. The issue marks another complex Tennessee political episode.
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Nashville
Dibrell
Remp” Election Board
Comptroller
Regular Election Board
Tennessee
Unprecedented southern iron market activity noted in December
In Chattanooga Tennessee the Tradesman reports unprecedented buying in December for southern pig iron and steel. Activity aims to satisfy demand into 1912 with the belief that by mid year makers will need to supply demand from stock reductions. Tennessee gains include Cleveland foundry and machine works at $20,000, Memphis firms adding $259,000 in manufacturing and building, and a $20,100 bank in Tullahoma.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Sys
Tennessee
Cleveland
Memphle
Insiee Shade Adjuster Company
Tullahoma
Albert Shields promoted to auditor for Western Country Cotton Mill
The Western Country Cotton Mill resumes operations after a long layoff with Albert H. Shields promoted to auditor and general freight agent for the Missouri Oklahoma and Gulf Railway. The Columbia mill plans phased revival starting New Year with 100 to 175 jobs and new machinery boosting output.
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Ile
Columbia Cotton Mille
Columbbia
W. F. Embry
Henry 0. Fulton
Phoenix National Bank
Tarring Party Members Fined At Lincoln Center
Sherrill Clark and John Schmidt, convicted of complicity in the tarring of Miss Mary Chamberlain, a Shady Bend teacher, were fined 200 dollars plus costs. Accomplice A N Simms was acquitted. Clark denied involvement in any agreed 25,000 settlement with the teacher.
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Lincoln Center
Kan
Sherrill Clark
John Schmidt
Mary Chamberlain
Shady Bend
A. N. Simms
Simms
Clark
Schmidt
Miss Chamberlain
Patterson to plead insanity in Port Orchard shooting
Seattle, Dec 21. Counsel for Malcolm G. Patterson, jailed on first degree assault for the Dec 7 Port Orchard shooting of R. T. Seal, seeks a sanity commission. Patterson's father, Malcolm R. Patterson former Tennessee governor, directs the defense. Friends say the youth was never normal and will present mental aberration evidence. Seal continues to improve.
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Seattle
Wash
Malcolm G. Paterson
R. T. Seal
Port Orchard
Patterson
Malcolm R. Patterson
Tennessee
Paterson
Seal
Federal aid eyed for Tennessee State Fair
Washington moves to fund the Tennessee State Fair with 100000 dollars from the U.S. government. Secretary Russwurm and Representative Byrne push a bill to provide aid for each state fair, with funds split for a government building and general fair purposes. Tennessee aims to become the nation’s premier state fair through these improvements.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
United States
Russwurm
Joseph W. Byrne
Burns
Congress
Harmon to open Washington headquarters for presidential bid
Lieut. Gov. High Nichole of Ohio leads Harmon campaign in announcing Washington as the new headquarters for the Democratic bid. Supporters say Wilson’s New York HQ will move to Washington.
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Washington
High Nichole
Ohio
Harmon
Friends of
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
New York
Local Businessman Cheairs Mayes Dies After Typhoid
Cheairs Mayes, noted city figure and member of a prominent family, died at 4 am at his parents home on High Street after a brief typhoid fever illness. Intestinal hemorrhage caused his death. he had worked in dry goods, at McKennon Anderson Foster, Marshall Field, and Mauser Brothers. Funeral at St. Peter's Episcopal Church with interment at Rose Hill. He leaves parents, three sisters, and a brother.
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Cheairs Mays
J. M. Mayes
High Street
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Rose Hill
George E., McKennon
Eugene Anderson
Aina H. Foster
William Evans
W. B. Wooten
Hardin P. Figuers, Jr
Oakes & Nichols
May
Gotham Eyes Bid for Democratic National Convention
The New York Hotel Association met and voted to bring the Democratic national convention to New York City. A committee of hotel, transportation, theatre, commercial and banking representatives was formed to advance the plan.
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New York
State Laws Anent Mines Condemned by Chattanooga Union
The Central Labor Union of Chattanooga denounces Tennessee mining laws for lacking miner safety. It urges immediate action by the Governor and the Interior to reduce fatalities after the Briceville mine disaster in Briceville Tennessee and reduce loss of life.
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Central Labor Union OF
Chattanooga
Tenn
Briceville
Central Labor Union
Tennessee
Inele
Receipt for The Herald Dated February 16 1882
Policeman Whit Hight delivered to The Herald office a receipt for the paper dated February 16 1882 made out to J H Lowsen. The remarkable document was well preserved and only lacked about two months of thirty years of age.
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Whit Hight
Herald Office
J. H. Lowsen
Farmer Dies After Hog Handling Accident
Milan Tennessee December 21 Em Thed ford a well known farmer five miles north of here aged about 45 was killing hogs when he accidentally cut his hand. The wound swelled and he died after suffering severe agony last night due to loss of blood from the cut.
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Milan
Tenn
Em Thedford
Here
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R. S. Willock
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Albert
Tarring Party
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Cotham Bros
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Grim Reaper
Gotham
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Cornersville
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Phineas
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