Daughters Decorate Confederate Graves in Memorial Rites
After threatening weather large crowd gathers for Confederate Memorial Day ceremonies. Mrs Fleming presents crosses of honor to widows and veterans while Rev Capers cites invocation and Merritt Tomlinson speaks of the Lost Cause. Children' s flowers and songs conclude with God be with you till we meet again. Foley's Kidney Remedy ad ends the piece.
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Easil
South
W. T. Galloway
W. B. Capers
Farmer Strikes Black Man in Tennessee Farm Incident
In Brownsville Tennessee on June 1 a Sun morning at Halliburton farm three miles west of town William Stephens, a prominent farmer, struck and killed Alex Tyson during a dispute over farm affairs. Tyson advanced with a knife, but Stephens fled and Tyson was fatally wounded. Stephens surrendered, faced a grand jury, and was acquitted by the fugitive court.
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Brownsville
Tenn
Stephens
Ierendered
Fugsrate Court
In Jail Here, Wanted Elsewhere in Jail Here
Esquire W J Hatchett, merchant at Vero Ala, is in Columbia to see Anderson Staton and Munroe Pitta. The pair of negroes are in jail there for robbing the wid pecker at Dodson's Gap. Hatchett’s store at Veto was robbed a month or two since. the accused were near the store at the time and he identified trousers worn by one as part of the stolen property.
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W. J. Hatchett
Vero Ala
Columbia
Anderson Staton
Munroe Pitta
Dodson's Gap
Maury County Honored at Nashville Sunday School Meet
Maury county won top statewide recognition at the Sunday school convention in Nashville. Delegates from Maury topped all counties except Davidson, with about 300 attending and a grand parade postponed by weather. W A Dale of Maury was elected Vice President for Middle Tennessee, as the association named new officers including H D Hafffer of Chattanooga as President and J A Patten as Vice President East Tennessee.
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Maury County
Nashville
Maury
Davidson
W. A. Dale
Maury County Association
Middle Tennessee
State Association
Dale
County Association
H. D. Huaffer
Chattanooga
East Tennessee
J. A. Patten
Tennesseean and Weekly Herald Offer
An advertisement touts a bundled one year subscription for $3 cash, including The Tennessean and the Daily Tennessean except Sunday. It markets the deal as a less than cost proposition to boost paid up in advance subscribers and invites readers to subscribe immediately.
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Tennessean
Pension Bill for Mrs Whitthorne Highlighted in Congress
Washington June 5 Senator Progier introduced a bill providing a pension of 50 dollars a month to Mrs. Whitthorne widow of Maj W J Whitthorne of Columbia a Confederacy veteran and Spanish War era U S Army. Foley s Honey and Tar is recommended for sore throat and chest troubles by many sufferers from bronchitis asthma and consumption.
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Washington
Progier
Foley
It Will Be A Pleasure It Will Be A Pleasure To Give You Our Best Prices
It will be a pleasure to offer our best prices on hay carriers pure sisal rope machine oils rubber hose and lawn mow ties pumps and stock tanks buggies and harness all sorts Studebaker wagons Pioneer field fence Royal hay balers and bale.
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Studebaker
Guffey and Mack Meet in Pittsburg for Social Talk
Chairman Norman E. Mack and Col. James M. Guffey of Pennsylvania held a long Sunday conference in Pittsburg. Guffey said the hour long talk was purely social and not about politics, stressing there has never been trouble between them and that they remain close social friends.
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Pittsburg
Norman E. Mack
Democratic Committee
James M. Guffy
Pennsylvania
Colonel Guffey
Denver
Mack
Mackbury
Mr. Mack
Colonel Gaffes
Savannah Prohibition Effect: Fewer Drunkenness Arrests
Savannah reports 1908 total arrests 8,483, up 414 from 1907 but fewer drunkenness cases. Chief Austin notes a drop in whisky offenses and says no gambling houses operated in 1908 after prohibition, with saloon closures ending Savannah’s wide open era.
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Savannah
Jone
Austin
Fry Brothers Branching Out In Automotive Garage
Fry Brothers are converting a south side Square building, once James A. Smiser’s, into a first class auto garage. They will house fifteen to twenty cars, employ a skilled machinist, and offer repair and manufacture of any auto part. A full stock of tires oils and accessories will be carried. Buick cars will arrive weekly. Cleaning and fitting the building has begun.
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Pr Bros
James A. Smiser
Orstclase Automobile Garage
Buick
Phone firms sued for libel in Nashville court
The Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph company was named defendant in libel suits filed in Federal Court by Join T. Landis and the Landis Banking Company seeking 100000 dollars each. A separate suit by Jesse M. Littleton as receiver seeks 200000 dollars over stock value differences between February 1, 1909 and today. The actions arise from a Caldwell letter accusing the plaintiffs of dishonesty sent to Boston brokers Bowen and Company.
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Herald
Nashville, Tenn
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company
Join
T. Landis
Landis Banking Company
Caldwell
Cumberland Telephone Company
Bowen & Co
Boston
Jesse M. Littleton
Telephone Company
Mammoth Cave Trip Offers ten day bargain from Columbia
Advertises a ten day round trip by regular morning train from Columbia station for $4.55 with way stations. All railroad fare hotel bill and two cave routes including Karnak ruins fireworks total $9.55. Claims it will be the time of your life. See L N. Agent.
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Columbia
Karnak
Board to locate Normal Schools and set study plan
Nashville Tenn June 4 The State Board of Education met in a called session with most members present to assign duties under the new educational bill. It will draft county aimed resolutions seeking property or cash from counties wishing a Normal School and appoint a sub committee to prepare a high school course of study. The Text Book Commission will meet to select a committee to adopt school books for a term of years.
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Nashville
Tenn
State Board of Education
R. L. Jones
Profs. Jones
Harned and
Todd
Text Book Commission
Man Fights Niagara River Swamp For Wife On Brink
Aaron Cohen of Buffalo leaped into the Niagara River to save his wife after she jumped from the brink above Second and Third Staters J Lands. He gripped a tree stump, called for help, and after a long struggle failed to save her. The body was recovered later by Barnet and Brown near a rock above the cataract.
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Niagara Falls
Aron Cohen
Buffalo
Cohen
James Martin
James 5. Simonds
Oficer Martin
Brie
Superintendent Perry
Chief Shobridge
Goat Island
William Barnet
Hugh Brows
Brown
Barnett
Wall of Acton Block Coal Adorns Office
Mies Anni Walker, manager of John A. Walker & Co, has built a solid wall of Acton Block coal beside her office as a durable advertisement. The wall is expected to resist weather for ten years, preventing slack and showing the coal’s long-lasting quality.
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Mies Anni Walker
John A. Walker & Co
Acton Block
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THE
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Guffey
N. E. Mack
Georgia City
J. B. Reaebs
J. B. Rees
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FRY Brothers
Mammoth Cave
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Niagara
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Louisville
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