McDowell School Plans Transfers Amid Vacation
The Athenaeum will host arrangements to move part of the fourth grade from the Andrews building to relieve crowding. The city public schools will close for a two week vacation, resuming January 6, with renovations planned to create more room for upcoming term needs and possible legislative action to assist.
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Jean
Jease Tomlinson
Athenaeum
Cation
Avery
Andrews
Ita
Endorsed at Home Endorsed at Home
A resident of Columbia endorses Dean's Kidney Pills, claiming personal experience and public benefit. The testimonial, printed as part of an advertisement, cites FosterMilburn Co as the sole agent and urges readers to remember the product.
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Columbia
Dean
W. & Padgett
Garden St
Tenn
Saya
Foster-Milburn Co
Butte- New York
Man Suffers Ribs Break After Severe Cough
In Neenah Wisconsin a man with frightful coughing spells felt sharp pains in his side and doctors found two ribs broken. A remedy described as Dr King's New Discovery is praised for quickly easing coughs and chest illness, with testimonials from readers including Mae Morton of Columbia Missouri.
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Neenah
Wis
Camp Ground Lodge Knight of Pythias Banquet Honors W D Fox
Camp Ground Lodge No 20 Knights of Pythias held a Glendale banquet under W T Galloway with brief talks and a luncheon style menu. A generous donation was given to the Orphan Home at Oroca in memory of the late grand keeper W D Fox who supported the home’s plans prior to his passing.
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Glendale
Camp Ground Lodge
Knights of Pythias
W. T. Galloway
Lodge
Oroca
W. D. Fox
Tennessee tax reform bill outlined by commission
Chattanooga reports a draft tax assessment bill for the next legislature by the Tennessee Manufacturers Association. It abolishes the state board of equalization and revenue agents, creates county boards and a state tax commission, and sets salaries and terms for commissioners. It details back assessments, property restoration, and procedures for tax collection.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
State Tax Commission
Mable
Booster M Cord Visits Columbia
James McCord editor of the Lewisb urg Gazette visited Columbia this morning as a strong advocate of good government. A Marshall capacity booster, he praised Lewisburg as a likely metropolis in Middle Tennessee due to its enterprising influence.
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James McCord
Lewisburg
Columbia
McCord
Marshall
Middle Tennessee
Flower Direct Star of Grand Circuit Pace Sketched
The December Hore Review highlights Flower Direct, a 151-hand bay mare foaled in 1907 bred by Cleburne Farm. She dominated the 1912 season with ten starts, nine wins, and two seconds, including a 2:04% mark, making her one of the fastest five year old pacers alongside Lady of the Manor. Flower Direct’s lineage traces to Direct’s Star and other Tennessee pacers, marking her as a standout in pacing lines.
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Hore
New York
W. M. Tolley
Lexington
Babe
Walter Cochato
Flower Direct
Lady of the Manor
Murfreesboro
Fayetteville
Winchester
Nashville
Pittsburgh
Tenn
Peducah
Louisville
Cleburne
C. Thomas
Maxwell Thomas
Direct
Star
Twinkle
Gibson
Tom Hal
Tennessee Hal
Pacers
Argot
Brown Hal
Duplex
Sally Ward
Argot Wilken
Bownett Chapman
Star Pointer
Hal Pointer
Trenton Couple Married Sixty Three Years
Trenton Tenn Dec 20 Mr and Mrs Mitchell Jones of Trenton celebrate sixty three years of marriage on December 12 with their two living children and four daughters. Neighbors recall the couple’s youthfulness and strong faith and note their home as a gathering place for friends and relatives.
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Trenton
Tenn
Mitchell Jones
Memphis
Mr. Jones
Mitch
Mra Jones
Government 10 Build Roads in Tennessee
Government will spend 10000 dollars on highway construction in Tennessee if the state or local community contributes 20000 dollars to build ten miles of post road. The postmaster general in Washington asks the location of the proposed trend and funding. Also an advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a cure for nerves and health, claiming improved sleep and complexion.
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Herald
Nashville
Tent
Hooper
Washington
Woldridge Co
Mad dog scare at Neapolis shocks town
Fragments report a mad dog spectacle at Neapolis with several bites and a citizen nearly attacked. The dog was killed and other dogs are under careful watch while a liver cure touted by Iva Smith of Point Blank, Texas appears in the ad copy.
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Neapolis
Iva Smith
Point Blank
Tex
State Warden Salary Proposals and Fisheries Bills
State Warden proposes a salary linked to department revenues and outlines nine recommendations. They include funding the state hatchery, prohibiting streams by sawdust, requiring fish passes in dams, banning nets and fish traps, repealing focal fish laws, and establishing a state game preservation. Finances show receipts 98,240.46 and disbursements 674.11.
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Nashville
Ac Nien
Wariey
Association meeting of Middle Tennessee school group
A meeting of the High School Association was held today with members gathered to discuss organization matters and forthcoming activities.
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Mi High School Associa
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