Columbia Institute Celebrates Seventy Fifth Anniversary
The Columbia Institute, established in 1535 as a premier girls education school in the South, prepares for its seventy fifth anniversary in May. Rev Walter Capers, the president, announces admissions and an expanded campus including a rebuilt dormitory third floor a new tennis court and basket field. Seventeen faculty will teach many branches with several new courses added.
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Columbia
South
Mason and Dixon Tue
Columida Institute
Walter Branham Capers
Wheat and Oats Wanted by City Grain and Feed Co
City Grain and Feed Co seeks to buy wheat and oats from farmers. Bags furnished and storage available for those who want to store grain. Attentive service for immediate barter and supply.
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City Grain & Feed CO
D. Bros
Harned Accepts High State School Superintendent Post
Clarksville July 13 P L Harned resigns as Clarksville city schools head to become State High Schools Superintendent for four years at 2500 dollars yearly plus expenses. He will reside in Clarksville but oversee Tennessee high schools. successor to be named soon.
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Tenn
PL. Harned
State Board of Education
Harned
Tennessee
Montgomery County
Patterson
Prof. Harned
Monument placement urged for Cormack memorial at Court House steps
A Herald letter pleads for the Cormack Memorial to stand at the West entrance of the Court House, arguing the site offers a grand view from West Seventh Street and avoids overshadowing by the Capitol or Davis and Jackson monuments. The writer also suggests moving the Confederate monument to the Court House South entrance to balance the town’s memorials and bolster Columbia’s civic pride.
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Columbia
State Capitol
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Jackson
National Capitol
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Rose Hill
Skibo’s Laird Grows Stingy
In Edinburgh on July 13 reports recount Andrew Carnegie at Skibo Castle carefully counting trout during a house party fishing trip. He halted the activity after tallying seven fish, stating each guest already had one, stopping further fishing for the day.
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Edingburgh
Juy
Governor Johnson Ill Calls Special Legislature Session
Governor Johnson is seriously ill at his Aberdeen Hotel apartment after three operations for appendicitis and intestinal troubles. Physicians say the condition is not alarming and should yield to treatment. From his sick bed he notes a special session to address the income tax and the pork barrel issue, with lawmakers expected to act favorably on the tax proposal.
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Minneapolis
Johnson
Aberdeen Hotel
Taft
Supreme Court
Aberdeen
Minnesota
Frank A. Day
Lebanon Banker Suffers Stroke At Home
Lebanon Tenn July 18 Mr 8 G Stratton president of the Lebanon National Bank and former Wilson county legislator in 1903 and 1906 suffered a stroke of paralysis at his home Sunday This is his second stroke in three years the first being a light attack Attending physicians Dr J Bdawrten McFarland and Cowan report him slightly improved today
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Lebanon, Tenn
8.G. Stratton
Lebanon National Bank
Wilson County
Here
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McFarland and Cowan
Suicide in Centreville caused by love affair
Miss Cora Felds, 21, shot herself at her uncle Andrew Hassell’s home near Vernon after learning her lover, Will Carothers, had eloped with her sister Frances to his home near Only. Cora’s trunk held her trousseau and engagement letter was burned upon her uncle’s order. Carothers and his bride attended the burial Monday.
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Centreville
Tenn
Cora Felds
Andrew Hassell
Vernon
Miss Frances
Wiccwed
Will H. Carothers
Frances
Haseell
Carothers
Carothera
Bit
C K G Billings Trotting Horses Attract Global Demand
New York July 13. Efforts by C K G Billings centered on Chicago gas tolerant lines may create material demand for trotting horses across Europe. Billings, owner of a Kentucky breeding farm and sprawling stables in Chicago, Cleveland and New York, has exhibited this string of trousers in various parts of the country and is now in Moscow, Russia where he has received an ovation. Lou Dillon’s work in barns has astonished the world and other speed animals abroad have left a lasting impression.
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Cleveland
New York
Moscow
Russia
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Lou Dillon
Barnes
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ACT ON Income Tax
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