Clarksville A Saloonsless City
Clarksville moves to enforce liquor laws as saloons close ahead of July 1. Mayor Northington vows strong police action and urges Law and Order League support while detailing plans to curb illicit sale of whiskey and intoxicants. Clifton Beech River Phosphate project expands with 4000 acres sold to Tennessee Valley Phosphate Company, creating 500 to 1000 jobs and a new Parsons rail link.
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Clarksville
Tenn
Clarkaville
Delebt
Lcense
Law and Order League
Northington
Clarkeville
Ohciile
Clifton
Beech River Phosphate Company
New York
Tennenece Valley Phosphate Company
R. A. Gunn
Edmund Seymour & Co
Hhe
Parsons
Parsons T
John A. ‘Pitts
Nashville
L. H. Burks
T. S. Hughes
Clinton
Tennessee River Territory
Army Enlisted Strength Revised After Artillery Split
Orders reorganize the army enlistment as artillery becomes field and coast branches. Total enlisted to date 64,520 with staff, departments, and military academy raising grand total to 68,876 by July 4. Cavalry expanded to fifteen regiments of twelve troops each totaling 12,240 men.
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Washington
Ite
Military Academy
Japs Contemplate Retaliatory Steps
Tokio July 1 report says US Japan tension nears danger point amid San Francisco anti Japanese demonstrations. Japanese claim Pacific Coast discrimination violates treaty rights and strains goodwill. Influential business and political figures reportedly weigh retaliatory actions, including a boycott of American goods.
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Tokio
Lear
Japan
United States
San Francisco
Pacific Slope
Metropolis
Record of Florence Tent Meeting Conversions
The Lawton Heights tent meeting led by Rev. Spencer Tunnell of First Baptist Florence draws large crowds and reports over 100 conversions. The Tri City Daily notes the event is the most successful Florence has seen and expects the meeting to continue, with everyone invited.
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Lawton Heights
Spencer Tunnell
First Baptist Church of
Florence
Tri-City
Trustee of Maury County Makes First Settlement
Maury County’s Trustee Thomas becomes the first in Tennessee to finalize last year’s tax settlement. The 1906 total reached 122234 with state tax over 52000. Delinquents and unrecoverable list totaled 557. state balance 7803. Trust commissions were 3048.18.
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Maury County
Nashville
Teno
Thomas
W. H. Puryear
Ube
Dibrell
Slow erosion sinks Elwood Kansas into Missouri River
Kansan village Elwood, north of Kansas City, is gradually washing into the Missouri River. Settled in 1855, it rivaled St. Joseph in early days. River current and bank erosion have driven residents to move houses back, with the entire townsite likely to vanish. Only about fifty acres remain inhabited by truck gardeners and fishermen.
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Kansas City
Hlwood
Kans
Elwood
St. Joseph
Murfreesboro jug law declared valid by judge
Special to the Herald reports Judge Richardson in Murfreesboro upheld the Anting ordinance as valid in a local district case. An appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court was noted.
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Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Richardson
Murfreesboro
Supreme Court
Maury County Farmers urged to enter best exhibits
Officials of the Maury County Fair Association call on farmers to reserve top yields for the fall fair display. They note good crop prospects favor high quality exhibits over large tonnage and urge competition with other states to boost the county’s reputation and the chance at a $1,000 State Fair prize in Nashville.
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Maury County Fair Association
West
Nashville
Phosphate Rock Prices Rise at July Start in Mt Pleasant
Mt Pleasant Tenn July 1 phosphate producers show stokcs on hand below seasonal levels with July opening prices firm. Export grade held at 7 per ton domestic about 6 and 5 for 72 percent grade. Buyers balk but few trades closed as labor shortages threaten next winter prices. Rock movements run about 100 cars daily with ample equipment.
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MT. Pleasant
Tenn
John D. Rockefeller's Whereabouts Still a Mystery
New York July 1 United States Marshal Henkel and six deputies search for John D Rockefeller to serve a subpoena to appear before Judge Landis in Chicago on July 6 The effort remains unrewarded with Rockefeller's location unknown Three other Standard Oil officials Charles M Pratt J OG Barstow and William M Hutchinson were served with subpoenas today.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
United States
Henkel
Landis
United States Circuit Court
Chicago
Mr. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Charles M. Pratt
J. OG. Barstow
William M. Hutchinson
Burglars Strike Lewisburg Grocery Store
Burglars broke into Sanders & Brents grocery in Lewisburg Tennessee and carried away about forty dollars worth of goods including cigars tobacco and canned goods. A hole was broken in the large front plate glass window showing no lead to identify the robbers.
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Lewisburg
Tenn
Sanders & Brents
Leive
Joe Lavender Fatally Injured in Summertown Train Incident
Joe Lavender a brakeman on the L and N division was fatally injured near Summertown after stepping onto the caboose ladder and failing to clear a nearby car on a siding. He died after arrival in Columbia about 1 30 p m. Lavender leaves a wife and five children. He was a former yardmaster and a member of local civic and fraternal groups. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon.
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Joe Lavender
Summertown
Lavender
Columbia
West End Street
Columbia Lodge of Elke
John
Dexter Lodge
K. of P
Leprosy Mission Prompted by Salvation Army Couple
Mrs French wife of Col French Salvation Army Pacific coast commandant offered to go to Molokai leper island for mission work and consecrate her life to the cause. Col French, away in Honolulu on missions with Japanese and Koreans, shares her wish to spend the remainder of his life with the lepers. They have five children aged sixteen to nine.
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Oakland
Cal
French
Col. French
Salvation Army
Pacific Coast
Molokai
the Cause
Col French
Honolulu
Lfe
Proud of Having Tried Cuticura Remedies
Mrs Ila Wiley of Liscomb Iowa recounts eleven years of eczema on her hands with cracking and bleeding. After three doctors failed and prior false starts, she used Cuticura Soap Excitative and Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Resolvent Pills, claiming the ointment cured her and she now recommends the products.
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Wiley
Liscomb
Towa
Unclear OCR Injury Note From 1906 Reading Ad
Fragmentary text describes a medical complaint and soaps products like Cuticura. Mentions a person with a blood disease diagnosis and trial of Cuticura Soap and Ointment with limited legible details. Includes a partial address and date but many words are garbled or missing.
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Harner
Benners
Reading
Temperance Rally at Ryman Auditorium Draws Thousands
Nashville crowds estimated at about 4000 attended a Sunday temperance rally at the Ryman Auditorium with Senator E W Carmack as chief speaker. The event, hosted by the Anti-Saloon League, aimed to end liquor sales in Tennessee and featured prayers, gospel songs, and strong backing for a saloonless city and state.
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Nashville Tennessean
Nashville
Middle Tennessee
Ryman Auditorium
E. W. Carmack
Senator Carmack
Garmack
Anti-Saloon League
Alley G. Hall
General Assembly
Carmack
Pendleton
Tennessee
Allen G. Hall
W. R. Hamilton
Ant-Saloon League
Hall
Dr. Hall
Universal Brotherhood of Man
Gort
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Ington
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First Baptist Church
New Orleans
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Mount Pleasant
John D
Gare
Eczema
MR. Carmack
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