More Race Entries At Maury County Fair Week
Manager John P. McGaw reports record entries for Maury County July race meet and September fair meet. Eighty three July entries and seventy four September entries surpass any prior Maury county race. Rube Shields, famed ventriloquist with the largest voice in America, hired for Fairweek at 150 dollars, to entertain between races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. McGaw
Maury County
Othr
Nashville
Rube Shields
Fairweek
McGaw
Shields
Walta
America
Heavy Jersey cattle sales exceed two decades high
Jersey cattle markets show strong demand across the United States with auction averages rising. May auctions reported 674 head sold at $364 per head totaling $236,000, while individual dispersals in Tennessee, Indiana and Pennsylvania posted high average prices, underscoring vigorous demand for registered and grade Jerseys.
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Jersey
United States
Jersey Bulletin
Wm. Gettys
Athens
Tenn
A. P. Walker
Rushville
Ind
T. 8
Cooper & Sons
Coopersburg
Whitaker buys a fine Jersey cattle yearling in sale
The Jersey Bulletin reports Patton Whitaker & Son of Columbia purchasing Fox's Baronette Belle, a top yearling from W. Getty's Athens sale. The heifer, praised for size and dam, will calve to Oxford Raleigh, and strengthens Whitaker's herd despite competing bids from Cubs subscribers.
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Jersey Bulletin
Patton Whittaker
Oxford Raleigh
Mabel
Raleigh
Weekly stock shipments report from Columbia and Maury county
Live stock shipments from Columbia and Maury county were down this week with Allen and Burnett sending 600 sheep and lambs from Spring Hill to St. Louis. Hagey Green Grimes shipped a load of lambs to Louisville, and M. EB. Alen sent a load to St. Louis.
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Columbia
Maury County
Allen and Burnett
Spring Hill
St. Lewis
Hagey, Green & Grimes S
Louisville
M. EB. Alen
St. Louis
Sells Direct Filly to Missouri
John W. Alexander of Lynnville sold his filly by Will Direct in Columbia on Tuesday to ten parties in Missouri for a fancy figure. Alexander had bought the filly about six weeks earlier from John T. Walker, who has trained her since.
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John W. Alexander
Lynnville
Columbia
Missouri
Alexander
John T. Walker
Mr. Walker
Railroad Timetable for Louisville and Nashville Columbia trains
A detailed list of arrivals and departures for Main Line South and North Bound trains, plus N. F. & S. Branch and CG St Le Fayetteville prams, with train numbers, origins, and times. Includes through trains, accommodations, and arrivals from 6:06 p m to 9:50 a m. Also features an anecdote about J. F. Boyer of Fertile, Missouri praising Electric Bitters with a 150e price at Geo Alcorn.
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Louisville & Nashville A. A
Columbia
Decatur
Columbs
North Bound
Arives
Combia
J. F. Boyer
Fertile
Bagkade
Geo
Alcorn
Fine jacks bought by Sim Watson
Sim Watson has just returned from Humphreys county with two handsome and highly bred Star Light jacks for which he paid a handsome price. He plans to ship a car load of jacks to Washington later this summer.
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Sim .Watson
Humphreys County
Mr. Watson
Washington
Walter Direct Back at South Side Park in Maury County
Walter Direct 2:05% returns to South Side Park and impresses as a top horse. His presence fills a void in Maury County’s horse world and may lead to Walter and his champion sons Walter Hatl and Geers Direct entering the free for all pace, promising a marquee race if all stay sound. John B. Walker may continue handling Walter, with potential shipment to Mr Geers in Columbus, Ohio in the fall.
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Walter
South Side Park
Maury County
John B. Walker
Mr. Geers
Columbus
Ohio
Walter Hat
Geers Direct
Who Prepared a Member's Speech in Congress
Washington June 7. A House resolution asks who composed a speech listed in the Congressional Record of June 3. Representative McKinley of California is named in denials of Rainey’s charges that Attorney General Wickersham wrote the speech for the sugar trust. The measure seeks disclosure of the speech’s author.
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Washington
Wickersham
McKinley
California
Mr. Rainey
Suger-Trust
Traveling book shops by car supply London readers
London June 7 A new development in the literary trade introduces traveling book shops. Three automobiles adapted as mobile shops will cost about 3000 each and carry a chauffeur salesman and porter to serve country districts and regions northeast northwest and west from London.
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London
Bride of seven months dies in Sherman poisoning
Sherman Texas June 7 Mrs Sam Blackburn 26 a bride of seven months died at her home this morning from strychnine poisoning. Her reason for taking the drug is not known.
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Sherman
Tex
Sam Blackburn
No More Flowers for Girl Graduates Decree Issued
Dr Geo B Curtin president of the Acadia College, former Yale football player, has issued a decree forbidding the presentation of flowers to girl graduates in the future at Acadia College Wolfville Nova Scotia on June 4.
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Wolfville
Geo. B. Curtin
Acadia College
Yale
Republicans Follow State Committee Boost Independent Judiciary
Col A M Hughes says the Republican State Committee guarantees election of the independent judicial ticket. Maury county Republicans split with some to Patterson while a large majority back Shields and associates. Local secretary Barker disputes the state panel and urges free voter choice, favoring Patterson over Cates.
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Col. Hughes
Shields
Barker
Patterson
Republican State Committee
A. M. Hughes
Republican Committee
Nashville
Tuessins
State Committee
Independent Judiciary
Maury County
Old Maury
People’s
Neil
Beard
John W. Jackson
Jackson
William Barker
Holt
Lawrence
Wayne
Hickman
Dickson
Charles Cates
Hem Patterson
Democratic nominees listed for local and state offices
Announcement lists candidates for Circuit Judge W Bruce Turner Attorney General Horace Friereon Jr County Judge J Trim McKnight County Clerk Hardin W Thomas Circuit Clerk Sam Hash Poke 1 Sam J Taylor Sheriff Claud Godwin Trustee W Spence McFall and Congress candidate Con Lemuel P Padgett of Maury County seeking re election for the Seventh Tennessee District Chancellor Walter Bearden of Shelbyville seeking reelection for the Fifth Chancery Division across Maury Marshall Rutherford Bedford Moore Lincoln Giles Lawrence Lewis and Wayne counties all subject to Democratic party action.
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W. Bruce Turner
Horace Friereon, Jr
J. Trim McKnight
Hardin W. Thomas
Sam Hash Poke
Sam J. Taylor
Sherif Claud Godwin
W. Spence McFall
Congress
Con
Lemuel P. Padgett
Maury County
Tennessee
Walter 8. Bearden
Shelby Rile
Fifth Chancery Division
Maury
Marshall
Rutherford
Bedford
Moore
Lincoln
Giles
Lawrence
Lewis and
Wayne
Democratic Party
Oration at Sandusky memorial for Confederate dead
Gen George W Gordon will deliver the dedicatory address at the Sandusky wartime prison site on Yohnson Island. The Robert Patton Osperter of Cincinnati funded the monument, veiled by Mary Patton Huder, with Sir Moses Hückler presenting and speaking on the memory of the dead in the small cemetery.
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Sandusky
Yohnson'i Island
Sandusky, Bay
Robert Patton Ospeter
Cincinnati
Ughterej
Mary Patton Huder
Robert Patton
West Virginia
George W. Gordon
Jmy
Moses Hxckler
C Federacy
Robert B. Lee
Little Cemetery
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Ee Beard
Rube Shielda
Oakwood Farm Stud
A.B. Marlan
Columbia, Tenn
Rex Donovan
of Rex "McDonald
Whitaker
The
Herald
American King, Jr
Rosewood Stock Farm
Mooresville Pike
Thos
H. Exell
Mill Creek
Kell
AC Sabel & Soms
Losievlle
Mt. Pleasant
Sheeld
Sim Watson
Humphreys
Walter Direct
Irainey
Illinois
Freds
Wilkes
Fred
Higdon
Highland Farm
W. H. Jones
Ogal Republicans
GO. P
State
Gen. Geo. Gordon
Johnson's Island
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