Primary Board of 1918 Must Act This Year
The Daily Herald reports Secretary Hugh Todd Shelton will convene a meeting Monday to name officers for the 1918 primary. The old board, appointed two years ago, is the only lawful board, with Charles P. Hatcher away on business and other members listed. Shelton aims for legal publication of officers ten days before the election, seeking bona fide representation for legislative candidates amid uncertain status of the new board.
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Daily Herald
The
Herald
Hugh Todd Shelton
Charles P. Hatcher
Louisiana
Chas. P. Hatcher
Wingfield Harris
Ben Mullins
Hardy Pickard
Shelton
Charmga Sage Pty
Crabtree
Roberts
Hatcher
Money motive probed in poisoned candy case
Nashville detectives pursue a money motive after two women died and four others fell ill from candy at the Central Hospital for the Insane. Investigators analyze stomach contents and contend the sweets contained strychnine. Relatives of Mrs Littrell are being contacted as clues are chased.
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Nashville
Tenn
Susie Littrell
Central Hospital For
Lizzie Brooks
Fountain Head
Wm. Litterer
Mra
Suale Littrell
Dora Bordens
Willie Caffey
J. Ivey
Robert Sidebottom
Littrell
Hent
Villa Surrenders to Provisional Government Report
Eagle Pass Texas July 25 Villa surrendered unconditionally to the provisional government after a conference with General Martinez. Carl Saeglin had been released, it was said.
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United Presa
Eagle Pass
Tex
Villa
Martinez
Carl Saeglin
Roberts Speech Ablest Ever Heard by John Trotwood Moore
John Trotwood Moore lauds Gov Albert H Roberts in Columbia praising his Tennessee leadership. He calls Roberts intellectually courageous progressive and states Tennessee’s greatness, contrasting past governors Sevier Carroll with the present vision for the state, urging Middle Tennessee supporters to back Roberts.
Dominion Air Force To Begin Training
The Canadian Air Force starts training at Camp Harden near Toronto on August 1. Over 100 airplanes and flying boats, plus aerial photography and wireless gunnery gear, are included. Britain pre donated machines valued at five to six million dollars. Airdrome at Camp Boren is ready for a twenty day training period.
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United Press
Ottawa
Ont
Camp Harden
Torronto
Camp Boren
Hundreds Seek Minor Offices in Union Alumni Election
In Columbia U alumni districts, many posts including constable lack candidates. Horsley was not sought as group leader for the August 10 11 12 elections.
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Horsley
Columbia
T. Alumni
Big delegations head to Columbia for farmers institute
Hundreds of farmers are planned to attend the Middle Tennessee farmers institute in Columbia August 10 to 12 with large county delegations from Montgomery Robertson Davidson Williamson Marshall Gillespie and more. Governors Parker of Louisiana and Roberts of Tennessee will speak along with nationally known farm figures. Auto tours and a new highway project near Nashville affect travel as organizers promise a robust program and ample accommodations.
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Daily Herald
Columbia
Middle Tennessee Farmers Institute
Montgomery County
Robertson County
Davidson
Williamson
Marshall
Institute
Parker
Louisiana
Roberts
Tennessee
University of Tennessee stumps group appoints Dr Horsley chairman
Secretary Lowry reports strong success for the alumni organization as Dr Alfred Horsley is chosen to lead the stumps association for Maury Giles Lawrence Marshall and Lincoln counties. Plans include selecting county leaders and meetings in Columbia during the farmers institute to organize the state wide alumn i network. secretary Lowry heads to Nashville to finalize state wide cooperation efforts.
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Alfred
Horsley
Tennessee
Maury
Giles
Lawrence
Marshall
Lincoln
Columbia
Farmers Institute
Perc
Secratary Lowry
The
Association For the University
Lowry
Nashville
Former Columbians Join Vaudeville Tour
Spokane brothers Johnny and Bill Mitchell, former Columbians, now Lewis and Clark and University of Washington students, have joined the Alexander Pantages vaudeville circuit. They perform banjo and saxophone acts with pipe organ, touring south and east as nightly audiences demand encores.
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Spokane
Washington
Mitchell Boys
John T. Mitchell
Banjo
Johnny
Bill Mitchell
Lewis and Clark High School
Univerisity of
Alexander Pantages
Liberty Theatre
Johnny Mitchell
The
State University
Bill
WA Beau Avenue
Mitchell Brothers
Columbia Band Shows Improvement
The Columbia band during Spring HU events in Columbia and Me Pleasant impressed Governor Rob erts by proving itself a real musical organization capable of high class rituals. Boosters note plans to expand to about thirty pieces as director Paity Hahn aims to grow the group while Columbia expects a creditable ensemble.
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Columbia
Roberts
W. A. McDougal
Paity Hahn
Hahn
Marshall County fixes tax rate as trip covers 1100 miles
Lewisburg Tenn July 27 The county court fixed Marshall county tax rate at thirty five cents with an estimated state rate of twenty five cents totaling six ty cents The move eases tax dissatisfaction and weakens opposition to Governor Roberts as supporters foresee a large majority There is mention of a long road trip by Baker brothers from Weatherford Texas to visit relatives in Santa Fe They traveled in a Ford roadster covering 1100 miles with eight days on the road and only one tire puncture They report crops along the route from here to Weatherford are good
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Daily Herald
Board of Education
Thomas B. Lytle
Whitthorne
Gabriel K. Houser
Pruston J. Ross Burns
Webb Williams
County Board of Education
Jackson
Haywood
A. J. Hardison
Ed Hardison
Db. Hunter
P. Richardson
W. B. Parris
W. James Russell
W. M. Ktegerald
J. B. Davis
D. J. John
Lewisburg
Tenn
Marshall County
Roberts
Maraball County
Baker
Weatherford
Texas
Meredith Cook
Santa Fe
Bowling Green
Dickson
Messrs
Cave
Alumni drive to unite University of Tennessee graduates countywide
Secretary Fez Lowry of the University of Tennessee alumni association tours Giles Marshall Lincoln and Lawrence counties to reorganize local alumni groups and form a broader countywide body. He envisions a statewide federation to back a memorial building on the Knoxville campus honoring soldiers and sailors from the university in the World War.
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Daily Herald
Fez Lowry
The
University of Tennessee
Giles
Marshall
Lincoln
Lawrence
Lowry
Knoxville
Negro charged with serious crime arrested today
Jay Wallace alias Walters held for identification by engineer Marchbanks’s twelve year old niece after an attempted assault at the South Main Street home. Detectives traced a yellow man in a gray palm beach suit and black cap to a Nashville arrest, with the suspect later confined in Radnor Yards awaiting identification. Local officers reported the incident caused considerable late evening excitement before the Nashville arrest.
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Jay Wallace
Jay Walters
J. B. Marchbanks
South Main Street
Nashville
Allen
Radnor Yards
Wallace
Walters
Marchbanks
Aisee
Herald
Marchbank
Prisoners, But No One Claims Them
Three inmates at Richland county jail cannot be kept or released. Federal prisoners in Atlanta, including a former New York judge, face one year terms for moonshining. Judge Samuel H. Sibley ordered habeas corpus and review of sentences, returning the men to Columbus for review.
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United Press
Columbia
Richland County
Atlanta
New York
Samuel H. Sibley
Sibley
Columbu
Mystery of Poisoned Candy Cleared as Lover Confesses
George Littrell 28 confessed to planning and carrying out a murder plot with his young sweetheart to kill his insane wife Mrs Lissle Brooks in Nashville Tennessee. Candy laced with poison was intended for Mrs Littrell but she survived. The case drew national attention for its sensational motive and sequence of events.
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United Press
Nashvile
Tenn
George Littrell
Robert Sidebottom
Lissle Brooks
Central Hospital For
Brooks
Erie
Development of Devasure Promoted by Byun Yanns Co
Devasure, after a Memphis visit with Byun Yanns Co representatives, receives a promotion to special representative and general auditor. He will depart early next week for a broad tour of areas with stores, then move to new territory to open both retail and wholesale outlets for the company.
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BP. Devawure
Memphis
Bynn Yanns Co
Devasure
Blum City
Byun Yanns Co
Bright future in Mexican oil belief experts
Mexican oil growth is seen as long term profits for years. UPI reports American and British firms expand refineries storage and housing to attract workers in Tampico and plan large tank complexes and new wells, signaling a booming development phase despite unsettled Mexican government issues.
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Ralph Turner
United Press
City OF
Mexico
Mexicai Oi
Ras Ras Neah
Corona Petroleum Company
el Aguila
Gorona Company
Continental Mexican Oil Company
Tampico
Transcontinental Company
Standard Oil
Corona Company
Hello Girl Fatally Injured by Auto in Polaski Town
Cumberland Telephone Company employee Mins Jorming Bakes was struck by a motorcycle operated by Sullivan Hott late yesterday. The bike veered onto the sidewalk and dragged Bakes 20 to 30 feet. She regained consciousness today but the full extent of injuries remains undetermined.
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Polaski
Mins Jorming Bakes
Cumberland Telephone Company
Sullivan Hott
Holt
Minx
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Primary Board OF 1918
Willard Curtin
John Trotwood Moore
Mea
Rose Hill
William B. Bate
Albert H. Roberts
Supreme Court
Tennessee Historical Committee
Union
Tam
Maury County
John Sevier
William Carroll
Middle Tennessee
Gath
Sevier
Crockett
Honaton
Polk
Andrew Johnson
Carmack
Dominion Air Force
Mt. Pleasant
Hampshire
Dert
J. Murphy
Tom Talbott
W. D. Stewart
Seth R. Gilmore
J.C. Caldwell
W. 5. Lentz
Mel M. Butts
William J. Good
Piatriot Advisory Boards
R. C. Elam
W. 7
Jones
Elmer Fraser
W. J. McKnight
M. A. Taylor
Pat
John and
John Mitchell
Ford
Ade
H, C, Baker
Weatherford, Texas
Association OF U. OF 1
State Institution
Geo. Littrell
Harsid
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