Maury District Democrats Pick Primary Date and Rules
The Seventh Congressional Democratic Executive Committee met at Bethell House to select a Maury County backed primary date of August 7 and set rules to govern the race. Major Whitthorne and J. J. Patten led opposing factions over election supervision, with Padgett supporters gaining a county major and accepting a resolution against money or liquor influence in the primary.
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Congressional District
Parpore
Bethell House
T. H. Meredith
Lawrence
J. D. Pullen
Giles
M. L. Gower
Wayne
Lewin Baford
Williamson
J.T. Patten
Hickman
F. M. Carrol
Lewis
J. K. V. Schmittow
Dixon
W. Thowns
Hamphreys
J. J. Patten
Heod
L. W. Buford l
Williamon
Padgett
Major Whitthorne
Maury County
Congress
Maury
Towler
Manly County
Whitthorne
Thomas
Humphrey
Hew
Congressional Executive Committee
Seventh Congressional District
Tennessee
Con
Beny
Ang
Pullen
Meredith
J. T. Amis
J. B. Granberg
Franklin
Southern Population and Migration from the South
The July Southern Farm Magazine notes 1,847,121 white Southerners live in other Southern states and suggests each might bring four or five natives to share in the South’s development. It analyzes factors driving migration including curiosity, family ties, opportunity, urban pull, and regional talent flows shaping cross‑sectional exchange.
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South
Southern Farm Magazine
United States
America
Local notes and visits around the county
A patchwork of short items reports Peter Hanson’s possible return from Germany to Cuilooka, Miss Mary White Buchanan visiting Miss Peoples near Columbia, and Etta Younger’s Nashville trip to see her father. W H Edwards of Taylorsville is in Columbia after a fall, with health improving. Notices of visitors to McCains, Belton Texas, and Cross Bridges, as well as a theft stray from Jno A Thom’s slave near Bigbyville, fill a page of county news. An ice cream supper at Summa is set for July 17, while Beaver Dam hosts a month‑long trip for a party including Loftins and McCains.
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Young's
Peter Hanson
Cuilooka
Germany
Mary White Buchannan
Fayletteville
Prom Jno
A. Thoms
Bigbyville
Orse
Misa Emma Davin
McCains
Misa Sallie Jones
Belton
Texas
Silas M. Jones
Andrews
Mise Marie Harlan
Cross Bridges
Joe Wilson
Greenville
Barnest [Rwin
Mt. Pleasant
Uncalled For Letters Listed for Week Ending July 10 1902
The Matof office records letters awaiting pickup for the week ending July 10 1902. Names include W E Alexander Posey Butch Armstrong Hattie Ragsdale Fred Beard Sam Bhelly W Brown Stevens Marin Dugger Zula Tualise Walter Glover James Wash Col Acton Hardison W E Wells Willie Herrington Z Wilson Nennie Johnson Fannie Wright Sam Kirkpatrick Misa Williams Margaret Porter Kattie Winstadt John Parties urged to say advertised and pay one cent for delivery.
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Matof
Alexander
W.E. Posey
Butch Armstrong
Hattie Ragsdale
Fred Beard
Sam Bhelly
W. Brown
John
A.M. Huowns
P.M
Honest Cures of the Past Mentioned in Patient Remedies
Fragmentary note references a medicinal product named Owen Mixture described as a trusted daily remedy. The text mentions a baby’s friend from birth and refers to distribution through druggists.
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Owen
Pearl Finds Valuable Pearl In Duck River Find
Local resident Valuable Pearl and Jim Jones discovered a valuable item in Duck River near the pump station. The finder says it was sold for 250 dollars but will not name the buyer.
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Jim Jones
Duck River
Pearl Hunter Drowns in Duck River Near Bridge
Eli Bowers, a respected local Black man, drowned Wednesday afternoon in Duck River below the bridge while pearl hunting. He used a rope and weight from his boat to reach the river bottom, reportedly losing grip and sinking before his body was recovered.
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Eli Bowers
Duck River
Bemis Wears Heavy Winter Gear to Beat July Heat
Frank B. Bemis of Upper Sandusky Ohio, a furniture company representative, dressed in three suits of heavy underclothing a heavy winter suit and a thick overcoat with a fur cap to keep cool in ninety degree heat during a July visit. He samples a bizarre affliction, appearing in his usual summer outfit. Subscribe for the Herald.
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Upper
Sandusky
Ohio
Frank B. Bemis
Bemis
A GARD FROM W P WOLDRIDGE
Acknowledges friends and firemen who aided after a Monday night stock removal. Expresses gratitude to Lieut Bathiany and crew. Announces rapid reopening of the prescription department within 20 hours and asks for continued patronage.
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Bathiany
Variety bargain store catalog items flood front page
An ad listing numerous low price items from a general store. Crushed Roses talcum powder, parasols, fancy writing paper, men's underwear and shirts, bags, soap, ice cream freezers, flower pots, hammocks, wire traps, fly paper, matches, garden hoes, croquet sets, wall paper and more.
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Mennoo
White Mountain
Arctic
Queen
South Columbia Briefs of Local Illness and Travel
South Columbia reports multiple residents in fragile health including Martha Ledbetter seriously ill with fever and Louise Hunter with an aggravated tonsillitis. John Hunter badly mashed a hand at Columbia Mill. Laura Blount dying in Sheffield Alabama. Mary Warren and Lily Riley Griffith among those ill or visiting relatives. Milam family moved to Birmingham. Worley back from Lynnville.
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Martha
J. H. Ledbetter
Louise Hunter
Charley Mooney
Nashville
John Hunter
Columbia Mill & Elevator Co
Mary Warren
W. A. Holtz
Laura Blount
Sheffield
Ala
J. M. McAlister
State Line
Mary Wood
J. D. Sowell
Riley Griffith
Cox
18Th Street
Anon
W. B. Milam
Birmingham
J. A. Worley
Lynnville
Knights of Pythias Elect Officers at Meeting
Last Friday night at the Knights of Pythias regular meeting the semiannual installation of officers was held followed by a smoker. Elected officers include G. L. Coleman O J Robinson W C W B Turner Prelate Shelby Coffee K B S M B W P Erwin M A R G Irvine M E Amy Rawls M W F G Smith O G Robert Harlan I G.
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Knights of Pythias
Knights of Pything
G. L. Coleman
Frazier Ill at Home in Chattanooga Recovering
Nashville July 7 The Hon James B Frazier Democratic nominee for Governor is ill at his Chattanooga home with rheumatic affection The physician says recovery will take two or three weeks and he is not in any danger
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Nashville
Tenn
James B. Frazier
Chattanooga
Potato Barrels Production Details and Brand Note
A fragment discusses potato barrels crafted by an experienced coopers group. Mentions brands or labels like Beit and Bisey Barrel On with unclear model numbers such as 81 BL0-811. The source text is garbled and contains no clear event or outcome.
Des Moines River Floods and Destruction Across Iowa
Floods inundate Des Moines and central Iowa as the Iowa, Raccoon, Cedar, and Skunk rivers surge seven to fifteen feet. Hundreds displaced, crops ruined, bridges threatened, and levees weakened. In Peoria a severe storm damages rail lines and causes a fatal wreck, while Pioneer Adam Kumpf dies in Waterloo after eight months illness.
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Dex
Des Moines
Towa
Raccoon
Skunk
Boone
St. Dodge
Waterloo
Adam Kumpf
Insurance scheme with a domestic motive revealed
A young matron asked a male friend connected to a large insurance firm to write a policy on her household effects without the husband’s knowledge. The agent delayed the premium bill, the ruse drew her insistence that the company pay only the loss, and a bystander encouraged her in the deception.
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Yeu
Lowe
Chicago Record-Herald
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