Property Control May Be Given Ten Married Women
Representative elect L. D. Bojach of Shelby County proposes a bill to abolish coverture disabilities granting married women full emancipation and control of property, contracts, and legal actions as if unwed. Backed by the Tennessee Federation of Women’s Clubs, similar bills have stalled before, but supporters claim enough votes exist to pass this time.
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Memphis
L. D. Bojach
Shelby County
Tennessee Federation of Women’s Clubs
Hurry Mania in Modern Schools
David B. Woeglein of Baltimore cites that the average schoolteacher asks about 260 questions in forty five minutes. He calls this pace excessive but representative of modern school methods. The convention hearers include Jewish and Gentile delegates as Miss Ella Jacobs of Philadelphia leads a Sabbath school demonstration. It is a two day event with over 200 delegates and will close Sunday night.
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Tenn
David B. Woeglein
Baltimore
Weglein
Ed Wastor
Ella Jacobs
Philadelphia
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Worth in Columbia Testimony
A. J. Harmon, baker of Columbia Tennessee, testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved his back pain and weak kidneys after he quit work a few days. He bought them at Adams & Martin's Drug Store and recommends the remedy to others. Dean's Kidney Pills cost 50 cents, with Pister Milburn Co as U.S. agents.
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Columbia
A. J. Harmon
Baker
Tenn
Dean
Adams & Martin's
Adams
Pister-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Brumby and Jones Escape Jail Through Eight-Inch Hole
Benjamin W. Brumby and George Jones, both white prisoners, escaped from the county jail in Montgomery Alabama. They cut a hole in a toilet facing the jail yard and squeezed through an eight inch opening before dawn. Brumby was awaiting forgery charges in Atlanta and Birmingham. The escape remains a mystery to authorities.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dee
Benjamin W. Brumby
Atlanta
Birmingham
Brumty
George Jones
Butler County
Alabama
Brumby
Jones
Loyd resigns as Alabama tax secretary to join power group
Alabama Tax Commission announces William R. Loyd resigns from the secretary position effective January 1. Loyd will become tax agent for the Alabama Interstate Power Company, a Birmingham based syndicate planning millions in water power development on the Coosa and Talapoosa rivers. The commission will appoint his successor early in January.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Tax Commission
Alabama Interstate Power Company
Birmingham
Coosa
Talapoosa
Mr. Loyd
Guard stops convict by removing knife from hand
Frankfort Kentucky December 27 guard L J Mulkern saved his life by snatching a knife from the hand of Leonard Isaacs a Jackson county convict serving twenty one years for manslaughter Isaacs had stabbed Mulkerns face during a fight between two inmates before the guard intervened and likely saved two lives.
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Frankfort
Leonard Isaacs
Jackson County
L. J. Mulkern
Louisville
Yeaacs
Mulkern
Isaace
Ianaca
A Pair of Miserly Sisters Die on Christmas Eve
In St Louis a pair of sisters Mrs Sarah Johnson and Miss Mary Scott died of pneumonia on Christmas Eve. An examination found a bag with 5604 cash and three gold watches on Mrs Johnson and deeds on Miss Scott. They refused medical care due to cost and lived separately in the same rooms.
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Louis
Sarah Johnson
Mary Scott
Marriage Licenses Issued for Year Nineteen Twelve
County records show 483 marriage licenses issued in 1912 up to that date, surpassing 1911 by eight. Equal distribution of licenses to white and colored couples. Esquire Robert Guest leads with 62 marriages, December busiest with 72 and March slow with 26.
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Hardin W. Thomas
Robert Guest
Aged Citizen W D Cook Dies in South Columbia
W D Cook died at his home in South Columbia Thursday night after a short illness from pneumonia. He was 67, lifelong Columbia resident, active in mercantile business, and survived by two sons H F Cook and Tom Cook and two daughters Mrs John A Farris and Mrs W W Wood. Funeral at the residence this afternoon conducted by Rev George R Allen, interment Hose Hill cemetery. Pallbearers named J H Murphy R O Dyer Manuel Et warts Jim Morgan Ben Lazarus W D Cameron. Carriages from Oakes & Nichois.
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W. D. Cook
South Columbia
Columbia
Mr. Cook
H. F. Cook
Tom Cook
John A. Farris
W. W.wood
Decatur
Ala
Funera
George R. Allen
Hose Hill Cemetery
Pall Bearets
JH. Murphy
Dyer
Manuel Etwarts
Jim ‘Morgan
Ben Lazarus
W .D. Cameron
Oakes & Nichois
Boost Shields for U. S. Senate
Nashville officials estimate 200000 dollars in damages from a reservoir breach. The public works board forwarded repair costs of 160000 and private damages of 50000 to the city council to help finish the annual budget. Politicians from Tennessee including John L. Car are meeting in Knoxville as Judge Shields pursues a senate candidacy.
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Nashville
Dem
Board of Public Works
Herald
Nashvillm
Tenn
Tennessee
John L Car
Knoxville
Judge Shields
Senate
Normal schools consider adding agriculture and manual training
A movement to enforce normal school work and expand curricula is under review in Tennessee. Superintendent J W Brister spoke with state and regional normal school professors about adding eight courses in agriculture and manual training, with a second meeting planned during the Public School Officers Association gathering in Nashville in January.
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Nashville
J. W. Brister
P. L. Harned
G. Gilbreath
East Tennessee Normal
R. L
Libraries Burned in Woodrow Fire
A Woodrow school building burned on a Wednesday night destroying two trunks and several fixtures. The blaze damaged library collections loaned from the state Superintendent to schools. Valuable books belonged to teachers and pupils who had assembled them for classroom use.
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Williamsport
Sawdust Valley
Convict C W James Returned to Prison Pending Opinion
Gov Donaghey ordered J A Pitcock to fetch C W James from Forrest City and hold him pending an attorney general opinion. James, serving a forgery sentence in Hot Springs county, is among about 360 convicts involved.
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Little Rock
Ark
Crump Key to Shelby Delegation Vote Questioned
A. M. Leach of Clarksville independent Democratic candidate for state treasurer says the legislature’s fate hinges on Mayor Crump’s stance on Shelby delegation votes for organizing the two houses on January 6. Leach, former speaker in 1914 and 1909 lower house member, denies slate plans and warns the session may prove the liveliest yet due to close hourly shifts and varied views.
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Memphis
Tenn
Crump
Shelby
A. M. Leach
Clarksville
Leach
Oecilad Gy
Man Seeks Identity Tied to Forgotten Kidnap Case
Bowling Green Ky December 28 Portmanter Doores reports receiving a jet from Oklahoma City signed to William H Gardier who says he was kidnapped in Bowling Green fifty six years ago by a miner named Alexander Husky Gardier claims the name he uses was assigned by law and requests county records be checked to uncover a missing child who disappeared around that time He notes there is no county record of such a kidnapping.
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Bowling Green
iPortmanter Doores
Tor
Oklahoma City
Wiliam H. Gardier
Alexander Husky
Gardner
Tom
Bor
Tat Thins
Nashville Saloonist Mat Wilson Arrested by U S Marshal
Nashville Sa loonist Mat Wilson was arrested by U S Marshal R L Shirley on charges of violating federal internal revenue laws. Bond was posted for a preliminary hearing before U S Commissioner Harry A Luck, with officers alleging beer was withdrawn from kegs lacking revenue stamps at Wilsons establishment.
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Nashville
Tenn
Mat Wilson
U. S
R. L. Shirley
Custom House
Harry A. Luck
Wilsons
Cera
Rate
Jeweler R L Brooks Gives Away Calendar Thermometer
R L Brooks the jeweler hands out a combined calendar and thermometer as a Christmas gift to friends. The walnut strip displays a harvesting scene on glass colors and the attractive gift is described as a Gestrable article.
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R. L. Brooks
Ben
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Benj. W. Brumby
Geo. Jones
Alabama Tax Commission
William R. Loyd
J. Mulkern
Kentucky
Isaacs
Shirt Garter CO
Locke Breaux
Breaux
Col. Gregory
Oklahoma
City Council
Boost Shields
U. S. Senate
John Ikey Cox
Agriculture and Manual Training
Farole
Iainua
Dobbins & Ewing
Shirley
Brooks
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