Alleged forger hangs self in city lockup
A Nashville chauffeur named W. A. Huffman, 23, arrested on forgery charges by Officers Tom Cook and Gus Lamar on the word of Chief Det. Robert Sidebottom, hanged himself in a local jail cell shortly after 6 pm. Huffman had driven a load of ball players to Columbia on a forged check for a car. The body was found with neck broken, arms and legs positioned, raising questions about the self strangulation method. Nashville officials notified. Huffman’s parents informed. funeral plans pending.
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Tom Cook
Gus Lamar
Robert Sidebottom
W. A. Huthman
Naghville
Jwing
Huttman
Hepn
Thut
Sigebottom
Nashville
Halley Peyton
Huffman
Columbia
Sidebottom
Yeurs Nin
Gue Lamar
Young
Nears
Poles
Lewan
Ring
Oscar Wing
Aasi
Cherry
Robert Pillow
Pillow
Muirman
Jiel
Ant
Oliiver Roy
George Huffman
Coakes & Nichola
Keep Your Blood Pure If you Expect Good Health
An old promotional piece extols purity of blood and mood as safeguards against disease. It touts a remedy described as 5.5.5 praised for maintaining health by removing impurities and avoiding liability to illness.
Surveyor McKissack to survey vast mineral lands in Hickman County
County Surveyor W. McKissack, with Dr. Lucius Brown, travels to Hickman to map a large tract of land near Lewis County. The 16 000 acre property, owned by a major iron mining concern, will require several days to weeks. McKissack recently surveyed 100 acres in Giles County at Rheamont.
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W. RM
McKiksik
Hickman Courtly
Kyar Coble
Mr. McKissack
Lucius Brown
State Foodingspector
Tennessee
Lewis County
McKissack
Giles County
Rheamont
Famous Case in Circuit Court
The Western Union Telegraph Company sues Louisville and Nashville Railway for right of way condemnation. Judge W B Turner presided in Drewry County court, with Charles T. Cates and Job B. Garner for Western Union, J Hell Keeble and Ed Z Seay for the railroad, a dispute carried through multiple counties.
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Prom Wriday
Western Union Telegraph Company
Louisville & Nashville Railway Company
Plainiit
W. B. Turner
Drewtecourt
Litigants
Western Union
Atttorney
Tennessee
Charles T. Cates
Job B. Garner
Jant Company
Wax
J. Hell Keeble
Ed Z. Seay
Great program officers named second day of republican farm meeting
Maury county hosts the second day of a historic republican farm meeting in Columbia with Governor elects and the national head of the Farm Bureau on program. J R Howard will discuss The American Farm Bureau Federation and farm organization while leaders from Louisiana and Tennessee address financing, education and livestock topics.
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Republican Farm Meeting
Columbia
Farmars
American Federation of Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau Federation
J. R. Howard
Howard
Middle Tennessee
Farm Bureau
John M. Parker
Louisiana
Mer
A. H. Roberts
Tennessee
James KE. Cladwell
Fourth and First National Bank
Nashville
F Farmer
M. O. Cooper
Tennessee Heef Cattle Breeders’ Association
M. Jacob
Wilson & Company
Chicago
J. R. Gower
Port Royal
B. L. Bishop
State Board of Health
Margaret Ambrose
K. C. Davis
Peabody College
Corn Crop Growth in Maury County Boosts Yields
Seasonable weather over several weeks spurs a surprising corn growth in Maury county. Despite only about half the typical acreage, farmers expect around 75 percent of an average crop. In parts of the county a second clover crop nears readiness, with much of it to be saved in coming days. Some large clover crops will be cut for sod this season.
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Maury County
Election vote totals and travel note in brief column
Primary vote figures show twelve of twenty nine precincts totaling 418 for the early vote and a grand total of 575 for primaries and election. The columnist notes this will be about one fifth of total votes. Mon J B Knox travels with her mother Mrs Frank Wilsford toward Jackson Mississippi to join her husband.
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Daily Herald
Maury County
General Assembly
Mon
J. B. Knox
Frank Wilsford
Jackson, Miss
Ice Cream Supper Planned by Neapolis Community
The Neapolis community will host an ice cream supper on Friday night July 30. Proceeds benefit a fund for the upkeep of the Neapolis civic? The public is invited to attend.
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Neapolis
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B. A. Satterfield &Co
City Lock
Mixa Louise . Schuneman
Biloxi
Miss
Revell
Virginia Nicholson
Memphis
Harald
Ada
Surveyor M'Kissack
Hickman CO
Western Union Telegraph CO
Mai Aerix
Maury
James E. Cardwell
Tha Farmare
Tha
Tig
Bogatzky & Bauman
West 7Th Street
Herald
Giles
Great Lynville Corn Belt
Lynnville
Louisville & Nashville
Jones High School
Pike Road
Lyonville
Lyanville
J. M. Bray
Lynnville, Tennessee
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