Engagement of Allen Johnson to Curtis Williams
Society notes record the engagement of Miss Allen Johnson, sister of Mr and Mrs R A Johnson, to Mr Curtis Williams with a wedding planned in Douglas Georgia on a Monday in June. The Thursday Club reports new officers for 1916 17 and Shakespeare study plans, plus social events hosted by Mrs Padgett and appearances by Mrs Daniels and Mrs Bratsted at a Washington Post Society gathering.
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Williame Johnson
R. A. Johnson
Ponce
Erage Allen Johnson
Mr. Curtis Sr Willams
Douglas
Tornoon
Ione Sowell
Raymond Adkisson
Misses Day
Leah Sharp
Margaret Page
Congressional Club
Ernest W. Roberts
William D. Stephenson
Patrick Kelley
Edward T. Taylor
Stephen G. Porter
George Barnett
Frederick R. Harris
Andrieus A. Jones
Robert E. Peary
Bo Sweeny
Ruds Day
John A. Lejeune
James H. Glennon
Joseph Strauss
Charles Warren
P. P. Claxton
Frank F. Fletcher
Henry T. Mayo
David W. Taylor
Alexander M. Watson
Charles H. H. Lowndes
Willam A. Oldfield
Henry B. Wilson
John Gibbons
Josiah van Oradell
Albert McLemore
George Lawa
Annapolis
Frederick Dennett
Williaml. Padgett
Faes Newman
Edward Capehart
Charles W. Richardson
G. Livingston Bayard
Arthur Ramsay
Thomas Stubblefield
Daisy Fitzhugh Ayres
Franklin, Tenn
Frances Crouch
Washington Post
Miss Watson
Charlotte Whitthorne Hughes
Charles A. Forgey
Hughes
Elizabeth Watson
Camille Herndon
Mia. Watson
Charlotte Hughe
Charlotte Watson
Rebecca Watson
Charlotte Henderson
Woman's Exchange
Mrs. McPhail
Marshall
Texas
Josephine McPhail
A. A. Hodge
Watson
Hugh T. Shelton
Eliabeth Watson
Henry Moore
Charlotte Hughes
Horace Cayce
Annie McMillan
Cayce
Acquitted on unwritten law in Tennessee murder case
Jackson Tennessee June 1 after two hours deliberation the jury found E A Atkins not guilty in the murder of J L Skipper. Atkins pleaded unwritten law and destruction of his home and the trial drew hundreds. He later apologized to Vernon Edenton for a lie about the shotgun used.
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Skipper
Lyman Trial in New York Over Stock Swindling
Witnesses at the trial of Dr. John Grant Lyman charged with defrauding investors while operating as John H. Putnam & Company testified that telegrams and circulars were sent broadcast to stir interest in alleged dwindling stock. The case centers on alleged defrauding activities via malls and broker operations in New York.
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New York
John Grant Lyman
John H. Putnam & Company
Aberdeer-Angus Sale 15 Canceled By Contributors
Maury County reports cancellation of the planned Aberdeen Angus cattle auction in Columbia Tennessee to be held June 5 1916 due to contributors pulling out. The notice from Maury Co Livestock Assn and Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis Ry cites lost promotional rates. Marriage trends show a surge with 32 licenses in April and steady increases earlier in the year, credited to Daniel Cupid and the county clerk Lipscomb amid a June tradition of more weddings.
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Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad
Columbia
Tennessee
Maury CO. Livestock Assn
Allan Harlan
L. P. Bellah
Daniel Cupid
Maury County
Thare
Cupid
Mixed Paints From Mound City Brand
Martin Vaughan Co advertises Paint supplies with mixed Paints claimed more durable than rivals. The listing highlights a stock of lower price house paints and local street address there.
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Mound City
It Street
Martin & Vaughan Co
Dimple Welcome Was Royal One in Columbia Visit
The Louisville Post notes a warm reception for Kentucky boosters in Columbia Maury County. Mayor J M Dedman County Judge J T McKnight Brask Cassell Dr Ben L Bruner and W A Burnett welcomed visitors outside the courthouse. The Herald urged stronger ties between Maury County and Louisville through mutual exchanges and commerce.
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Louisville Post
Kentucky
Columbia
J. M. Dedman
Maury County
Columbia Military Academy
Columbia Insti
John Trotwood Moore
Court House
Dedman
J. T. McKnight
Brask Cassell
Ben L. Bruner
William A. Burnett
The
Herald
Louisville
J. L Finney
Tennessee
Cantrell Faces Nuisance Action Over Mt Pleasant Bar
Mt Pleasant Attorney General Horace Frierson moves to enjoin Jay Cantrell’s Mt Pleasant bar under nuisance laws. Cantrell, linked to bootlegging indictments in state and federal courts, allegedly sells liquor and permits lewd activity. his case includes contempt citations and intimidation accusations involving a state witness. Cantrell is brother to Mt Pleasant mayor Cantrell.
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Mt. Pleasant
Horace Frierson
Jay Camprell
Cantrell
McKnight
Mt Pleasant
Make Hay Despite Crop Fears and Nervous Bridegroom
Farmers worry over hay crops as sun shines hope persists. A wedding party banter contrasts nerves and bravado, with a memo that even a condemned feels hunger before hardship. The column mixes rural concerns with a tongue in cheek scene.
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W. M
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Elizabeth
Bouillon
Gads
Heinz
Heinz Sweet Mustard
Heinz Bottle Pickle
Welch
la Diane
Hill’s Circle H
Capitol Tea
Tetley’s Tea
H. G. Hill Grocery Company
I. H. Grizzard
Arch Lipscomb
J. T. Brittain
Joseph Byrne
Henry Osgood Futton
Fulton
South School Street
Jean Bell Akin
Marion Black
Joseph F. Brownlow
John Henry Dinning
Clinton Moore
William Fleming, Jr
Hugh Lee Webster
B. E. Regen
Gordon Cowle
Jessie B. Watson
Marie Brownlow
Minnie Fry
Imogene Barrow
Ruth Fleming
Elizabeth Whitthorne
Frappe
Leonora Williamson
Josephine Bibb
Fredonia Tolley
M. Fanny Day
Marvin Roberts
Maple Ash Avenue
W. J. Hayes
William H. Mitchell
Bear Creek
Susie Mitchell
Nashville
Middle Tennessee Asylum
W. C. Walker
Garden Street Presbyterian Church
West Seventh Street
Farise
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Birth Street
Bertram Dedman
Mra. James Dedman
J. L. Skipper
Lyman
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Ters
Jay Cantrell
Grand Juret
Circuit
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