Tennessee Ends Patterson Rule With New General Assembly
A jubilant call declares a long battle against the Patterson machine won. The piece pledges a new era of decency and constitutional government in Tennessee with the election of a General Assembly opposed to graft and liquor interests. It condemns the machine’s assassination, praises public virtue, and asserts reform is underway.
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Patterson
Tonnee Goo
Tennessee
Biuce Patterson
Commonwealth
Carmack
Napoleon
Dane Gooper
Ban Murray
Spl
Tennesace
Legisature
Value and growth of United States farm products this year
The article notes farm product value at 7.78 billion dollars, up nearly 300 million from last year, with corn leading at 1.615 billion. Cotton rises above hay. wheat near 620 million. cereals exceed a third of all crop value, highlighting U S wealth and export growth driven by farmers.
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United States
France
Fireproof Londoner and the two hearts doubt in 1908
A fragmentary period piece cites a London fireproof man, a Pennsylvania dispute, boundary questions from Detroit papers, and a Toledo man with two hearts as reflections on aging years. It frames the twentieth century as two-score years old and invites readers to “Write It 1908.”
Pierce Boasts Patterson as Rankin Case Probed
In Union City Tennessee on January 6 19XX a heated court session ends with Judge Jones rebuking counsel for accusing Governor Patterson of bribing witnesses in the Rankin murder case. Night riders lawyer Pierce denounces Patterson and Carmacks killers while witnesses debate pardons and perjury amid a tense trial timeline.
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Union City
Tenn
Anera
Er Tine Anon
United States
Edward Carmacke
Bice Pierce
Quentin Rankin
Jones
Pierce
Fehringer
Hogg
Morris
Patterson
Obion County
Rankin
Reelfoot Lake
Carmack
Obson County
Frank Fehringer
Herschel Hogg
Wad Morris
Patterdon
Theo
Swiggart
Rosson
J. le Prie
Coover
Subscriptions Offer Ties Tennessean and Herald for $3
An old paper advertises a combined one year subscription to The Tennessean and The Weekly Herald for $3 in cash. The note pitches the deal as a less than cost proposition aimed at boosting paid up in advance subscribers.
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Tennesean
Tennessean
Real Estate Activity Expands With Volume At $40 210
The real estate market shows rising activity with two days of registrations totaling $40,210. Transactions include numerous deeds and transfers of house and lot sales, land, and interests across districts, with many specific parcels and owners named in the listings.
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Maury
H. Dinning
Susie Smith
P. A. Taylor
W. T. Not . Grass
C. C. Denton
Jas Demastus
John White
Warren James
J. W. Patton
B. G. Mullins
M. &. Gubard
Misa B. D. Hall
Lizzie D. Hall
Lovell and Wiley
McCains
2Nd Ward
Hallie Hughes
W. H. Ladd, Jr
A. L. Ladd
Laura Brown
B. ‘'. Ayers
P. Lansdown
Mra
J. T. Petty
E. T. Lovell
J. W. Hood
Will and
Claud Vestal
E. B. Rayburn
Lone Star Lodge
Mt. Pleasant
B. D. Frierson
Wright vVinsott
T. T. Thomas
F. C. Campbell
W. J. Alexander
Will Lanadowne
Jethro Anderson
Akin C. & M
RP. Wyatt
le Watson
W.burnett
Omy Patton
Sam Gilliam
J. A Dixon
W. T. Reaisee
W. Galloway
Perry Tay
J. B. Bhaw
W. H. Pigg
Bob McMime
Local Merchants Report Strong Monday Trade
Local merchants reported good business on Monday with strong cash sales. Trade was good in all lines and the volume of business was greater than in recent days though collections were notably large and challenging.
Great reduction in ladies furs and shoes offered
An advertisement lists steep discounts across fur items and footwear. Isabella Fox Bos and Brown Southern Sable Neck PLEOW are marked down, along with Black Coney Boas and several ranges of ladies and mens shoes. Also offered are a few yardage textiles and an Axminster Rug now reduced from 35.00 to 27.50.
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Isabella Fox Bos
Jail for sticking to others goods in Spring Hill incident
Robert Baugus, colored, jailed for taking items from a home in Mrs. Mary D. Warfield’s absence. A delivery boy left shoes and a laundry wagon counterpanes at the porch. Baugus took the counterpanes home, then sold the shoes en route. The Spring Hill Bank reports a strong, growing financial position with deposits near 100000 and rising surplus and profits.
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Robert Baugus
Robert
Mary D. Warfield
Real Estate Transfers Reported by Agent 8 O Thomas
Real estate agent 8 O Thomas reports several recent deals. W J Yancy sold 73 acres to W B Giddens at McCain's for 5800 and Thomas bought 16 acres from Yancy for 1280. J H Pennington sold East Ninth Street lot to Will Lansdown for 185. Caldwell Bros 50 acres on Bear Creek prk to Tom Shay for 4000. N B Stockard 4 1/2 acres to D J Dugger for 1900.
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O. Thomas
W. J. Yancy
W. B. Giddens
McCain's
Mr. Thomas
Mr. Yancy
J. H. Pennington
East Ninth Street
Will Lansdown
Caldwell Bros
Bear Creek
Bear Creek Prke To ‘Tom Shay For $4,000, N. B. Stockard
D. J. Dugger
Declaring Blind Tigers a Nuisance Amid Prohibition Move
In Nashville on January 6, Senator Cox introduced a bill to declare blind tigers a nuisance and to curb the sale of piatole, as part of the Senate’s prohibition measures alongside Senator Holladay's bill.
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Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Holladay
Senate
Cox
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