Congress set to reconvene for closing session
Washington December 30. Both houses plan to reconvene next Thursday. Senate resumes impeachment trial of Judge Robert W. Archibald and the House debates the Indian appropriation bill. Several committees prepare for hearings next week while final passage of appropriation measures looms before March 4.
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Washington
Dee
Congress
Senate
Robert W. Archibald
Commerce Court
House
Money Trust
Glass
Merchant Marine Committee
War Department
Committee seeks extension on Bible in public schools
Nashville December 30 The education board committee studying Bible use in public schools has been unable to report and will request more time. Holiday rush prevented a meeting but the panel plans to begin promptly now that the season eases.
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Nashville
Board of Education
Teachers Meet Here Saturday in Maury County
The Maury county teachers hold the year’s first meeting next Saturday at the courthouse. The agenda includes planning for the year with sessions on Hygiene and Sanitation, Training of Children, and School Improvement led by Professors Duke Stephens and Galloway.
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Maury County
Court House
Duke
D. M. Galloway
Elections Galore at Maury County Court 1913
The first Maury County quarterly court of 1913 faces many elections including county superintendent, livestock inspector, and county attorney. Incumbent John P. Graham seeks no opposition. Clay E. Hight aims to return as road board member. district road commissioner races loom. A tax levy committee will be named and annual reports filed. Notable marriage rush follows, with eight licenses issued late Saturday and several ceremonies reported by Esq. Guest.
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Maury County
John P. Graham
Graham
John T. Akin
Clay E. Hight
James T. Petty
Hight
Robert Guest
Squire
Birdie Brown
Edward B. Chadwell
Groveland
Esq
Guest
Indrenwad
Morton
W. T. Haggard
Dinwiddie
Lowell
Cllrk
Wooten Leaves for Annapolis Prep School
James Wooten departed today for the U S Navy Preparatory School in Annapolis Maryland after being appointed by Congressman Padgett He travels with his mother who will visit friends in the city Wooten is praised as an outstanding moral and intellectual young man and a leader at C M A He is expected to excel at the Military Academy despite leaving behind several departments and programs
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James Wooten
U. S. Navy
Annapolis
Congressman Padgett
James
Military Academy
Mules Begin Moving South For Spring Use
Movements of mules into southern districts for spring use have begun. Hilliard and Abraham of Montgomery bought and shipped a number of head to Montgomery and other places. RF Moore & Son Giddens and others sold holdings, with shipments to complete before week end. Prices hold steady and stock looks strong for winter and spring shipments.
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Messrs
Hilliard and
Abraham
Montgomery
RF. Moore & Son
Giddens
Army suffragists near Albany end of pilgrimage
Forty or so marching suffragists led by Gen Rosalie Jones push through snow from Stockport toward Albany. After a stop in Niverville they plan to reach Albany by Sunday with an escort expected at East Greenbush and a possible audience with Gov-elect Sulzer on Monday. The group aims to attend New Year’s Eve inauguration ball.
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Niverville
Stockport
Rosalie Jones
Albany
Kinderhook
Jones
East Greenbush
Sulzer
Fire Prevention Meet at Pulaski
Nashville coverage notes the Tennessee Fire Prevention Association’s inspection of insured risks in Pulaski on Friday drawing many special agents. Citizens show cooperative spirit as recommendations are outlined including adopting the Model Fire Prevention ordinance, purchasing an auto fire truck, assigning an in charge for equipment, expanding hose, and increasing main sizes from 4 to 8 inches.
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Nashville
Pulaski
Tennessee Fire Prevention Association
Tsks
Association
Nashville Enforces New Milk Law After January
Nashville moves to strict enforcement of the newly passed milk ordinance starting January 1, 1918. Health officer Dr W B Hibbett says dairymen must comply, with a $25 fine for each violation, bottles washed before refilling, and no extra staff needed for enforcement.
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Nashville
W. EB. Hibbett
Health Department
Culleoka Farm Sells for High Yet Modest Per Acre Price
P H Roundtree and William Spivey sold their 45 acre Fountain Creek property near Culleoka to Lon Hickman postmaster for 4250 dollars four hundred twenty five hundred. Hickman plans improvements including barns and outbuildings and will move with his family to the site near Johnson Branch.
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Maury County
P. H. Roundtree
William Spivey
Lon Hickman
Culleoka
Fountain Creek
Hickman
Mrs Doxey Weds Again In St Louis
Mrs Dora B Doxey, acquitted of murder three years ago, has wed Fred Whitney of Idaho according to letters received today. The bigamy trial in Clayton, Missouri, has been continued eight times amid reports of a serious illness. Dr Loren B Doxey was found dead in the river near Clifton Tennessee last June.
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ST. Louis
Dora B Doxey
William J. Elder
Fred Whitney
Idaho
Doxey
Elder
Clayton
Abe
Loren B Doxey
Clifton
Tens
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New Years Greetings
The
J. Rosenthal Co
Hindley
Cochran
Thomas
the Herald
Phoenix Savings Bank & Trust Co
Graham Esq
U. & Navy
Alabama
Bao
Kale Works, Inc
Broadway
New York
Tock Block
Chicago
I. Dank & Trust Gidg
Saroeanh, Co
Whitney Bank Ltdy
Naw Orisann
Empire Ide
Allanta
Tennessee
Culleoka Farm
Roundtree
Maury National Bank
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