Died While Here on Visit Emma Rose Sykes Dies in Franklin
Emma Rose Sykes died Tuesday at the home of Oscar Glenn on Galloway Street during a visit with her sister Mary Walker Sykes. Former Columbia resident, she moved to Texas twelve years ago and was active in Baptist church work. Funeral services were held at the Glenn residence at 2 pm led by Rev. George R. Allen and Rev. W. T. Ussery, with remains shipped to Franklin for burial at 3:10 and interment at 4 in the family graveyard. Carriages provided by Oakes & Nichols.
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George R. Allen
W. T. Ussery
Franklin
Oakes & Nichols
Soren at Shiloh honors heroes with Southern pledges
Nashville reports a movement to erect monuments to Shiloh battle heroes with Southern state support. DeLong Rice, ex Nashville official and Shiloh Commission member, leads efforts to urge governors in Mississippi and other states to back funding. Tennessee actions likely follow.
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Earle Brewar
Mississippi
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Tennessee
Distribution of State School Funds to Local Districts
Comptroller George P Woollen transfers 81160274 from the general fund to the educational fund for the six month period Jan 1 to July 1 based on gross revenue. Allocations include common schools high schools normal schools and university with Maury Giles Marshall Lawrence Williamson and Lewis counties listed among recipients.
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University of Tennessee
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Marshall County
Lawrence County
Williamson County
Lewis County
Senator Bacon Is First Man Elected by Popular Vote
Washington July 16 Senator A Q Bacon of Georgia becomes the first man elected to the senate by direct popular vote under a new constitutional amendment. He ran with no opposition after a June legislature order for a special election, with Senator Tacon having served by gubernatorial appointment since March.
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Sorghum Poison Warning Spurs County Political Drift
A 1913 Maury County note discusses sorghum poison in cattle linked to dry clear weather. The piece cites Sheriff Claud Godwin defending Democratic actions, critiquing party leadership, and detailing a government agriculture advisory on prussic acid risks, symptoms, and recommended remedies for livestock poisonings.
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State Department of Agriculture
George K. White
Tennessee
False report as to Brooks Hight attack misleads readers
A Monday report claimed Brooks Hight was seriously injured at the Morgan place on the Santa Fe-pike while assisting to transfer Juvenal shows. In fact Hight suffered an acute indigestion after going home at noon, remaining very ill. Dean's Ointment is pitched for symptoms but cannot repair the erroneous claim.
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Hight
Morgan Place
Venice Coast team rejects 200000 offer
Los Angeles July 16. Maler president of the Venice Coast league baseball club refused an offer of 209000 for the team and franchise by a syndicate led by John McGaw of the New York National League club.
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Venice Coast League Baseball Club
John McGaw
New York Nationaleague Club
Seven Farm Tracts To Be Sold At Public Outcry Near Lynnville
Public sale of lands owned by the heirs of N. E. Martin deceased will occur about 1 p m on the premises two miles east of Lynnville near Crarrefville and Lynnville Turnpike. Seven tracts range from 21.5 to 20544 acres with improvements water fences and timber. terms: one third cash and balance in five and two years with interest. period details and exact boundaries to be provided at sale. People may view the properties in Lynnville Tennessee and contact the heirs for inspection.
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Lynnville Turnpike
N. E. Martin
Trigg Place
Corneraville
Lynnville Pike
B. M. Coker
N. K Martin
Immense Cattle Fattened by Our Forefathers in 1819
An 1819 American Farmer extract reprinted in the Franklin Gazette recounts John Barney of Port Penn selling two famed oxen in Philadelphia. The Holstein bull Delaware Ox weighed 2088 pounds alive, Columbus the heavier at 2962 pounds, with fattening fed on Indian corn, ruta bagas, upland hay, and meals. Prices soared to fifty cents a pound.
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Philadelphia
Herald
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Fort Pena
Columbus
J. Rusk
Oak tree falls near McAdams home on School street
A large oak near W. G. McAdams residence on School street toppled in the morning, scattering limbs across the street. No injuries reported as passersby avoided the danger.
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W. G. McAdams
School Street
Local merchant buys Chamberlain medicine stock
Whitemound Wisconsin merchant W D Magil purchased a stock of Chamberlain s medicine to supply customers but soon fell ill himself. He reportedly valued even a single bottle of Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as worth more than the entire stock. For sale by all dealers advertised.
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