Record rainfall shocks Maury counties near Silversville
Massive storm delivers near four inch rainfall across southern Maury County with Ashwood Cullooka and Stiversville hardest hit. Roads washed into gullies crops damaged wheat devastated fences torn trees struck. Duck River rose over fifteen feet as lightning lit the night sky. Dean's Regulats ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maury County
Stiversville
Cullooka
Furthir
Catcha
J. W. Fleming
Ashwood
Fountain Creek
Hurricane Creek
Observer Cherry
Jriver
Defendants Plead Guilty On Varied Charges At Circuit Court
Circuit Court opened with a full docket as defendants pled guilty in multiple cases. Will Kelley and Cleveland Wiggins admitted to house breaking and larceny, receiving concurrent terms from three to fifteen years. Evan Fitzgerald faced two counts with one reduced to petty larceny and four months on the county road. Ernest Partee pled to three forgery attempts, drawing one to five years concurrently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Kelley
Cleveland Wiggins
Kelley
Wiggins
Timmons
Wisener
Evan Fitzgerald
County Criminal Court
John Alexander
Ernest Partee
Partee
Griffin
Hugh L. Webster
LOOK GOOD FEEL GOOD AD PROMOTES LIFE PILLS
An old advertisement promises relief from constipation with Dr. King's New Life Pills. It urges readers to buy a box, take one or two pills tonight, and wake with a lighter, more energetic feeling. The ad claims immediate improvement and lists a price of 25 cents per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy
Prince Albert Tobacco
Severe wind and hail devastation across Columbia area
Two Sunday storms bring heavy rain hail and high winds. Homes struck by lightning burned or damaged, crops fences and shade trees blown down, several buildings unroofed, and waterlogged, with no reported loss of life. Multiple farms and towns including Godwin and Hampshire suffer extensive damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
J.ellington
Mayes Place
Mr. Ellington
Godwin
Timmons and Wisener
George King
J. B. Shaw
Polk Godwin
J. R. Timmons
Ashwood
Hampshire Pike
George McFall
Ben Pullen
Pullen
W. D. Hastings
Pullen Place
Lynn
Cross Bridges
Spring Hill
Hampshire
Hampshire Creek
George Grimes
Joe Whiteside
Silver for Wedding Gifts and Storm Damage Report
Sterling or Sheffield ware is advertised as ideal wedding gifts with new designs and reasonable prices. A severe storm swept Jay's Creek, Rigbyville, and Santa Fe, bringing heavy rain, hail, and flash flooding. crops including corn and tobacco were destroyed, fields washed, and trees damaged. An ad promotes Thomas' Eclectic Oil as a household remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
Jay
Rigbyville
Santa Fe
J. H. Moore
Maury County
Lightning Strikes Hight Home Causes Chimney Damage
Lightning struck the house of Rev. John E. Hight on the Hampshire pike Saturday afternoon causing substantial chimney damage. Mr. Hight was fully protected by insurance and no other damage occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampshire
John E. Hight
Hampshire Pike
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Feat Ett Rei Tora Bago
P. A
Prince Albert
P.A
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Saler
WMC
RJ. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Columbia Observer
Silversville
Coe
Lands Els
Dean
Hendly, Thomas & Hendley
Maury National Bank
FLUK
VARIO
Joe Hagey
West End
Hagey
Jeight
Nine O'Clock
Charley Mason
East
Practical Tinnerg
Bell
Inew-eodenkiy
Crow Car
Crow Elkhart
Bray & _Tate
Lynnville
Geo, R. White
Tennesse
White Serum Company
Nashville
Tenn
Jey
W. P. Morgan
Mr.stoore
Willie
Thomas
Columbia Bank & Trust CO
Dinesdwickly
M. E. Allen
JNO
M. Burns
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