Gamble elected president of Maury County Automobile Association
At a Columbia meeting of auto enthusiasts the Maury County Automobile Association was formed with F. R. Gamble as president and George T. Hughes as secretary. The group aims to promote autoing and will host Glidden Tourists arriving in Columbia on June 16.
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Columbia Savings Bank & Trust Company
Maury County Automobile Association
F. R. Gamble
George T. Hughes
Columbia
Disastrous Fire Destroys Lewisburg Mill Building
A morning fire in Lewisburg Tennessee leveled the main building of the Lewisburg Mill and Elevator Co. The blaze, whose origin is unknown, consumed machinery flour and grain. Loss about ten thousand dollars with seven thousand insured. The structure was the city’s oldest.
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Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Lewisburg Mill and Elevator Co
Lewisburg
Mason Declares Cash Buys Seats in Senate
Chicago June 11 former U S Senator William B Mason defended his claim that about half of Senate members are bought by moneyed interests. He said purchases are not outright but money spent to create favorable sentiments for or against candidates.
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Chicago
United States
Senate
William B. Mason
City Purchases Duo of Wagons for Street Work
The city bought two wagons from Mitchell and Ashley after competitive bids, the lowest and best bid accepted. The city is also seeking a good pair of mules for street work.
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Mitchell & Ashley
Maury County Dairy Partners Hire Expert for New Hotel Supply
J. M. Howard and John Carpenter hire R. F. Alexander to manage their Jersey herd at Leatherwood for a modern dairy supplying the Hermitage Hotel in Nashville. They operate Page Farm of about 600 acres with rich springs, 100 acres in oats, and ship milk via the Middle Tennessee Railroad. Alexander, a Nashville dairyman, will run the dairy and butter making. Dean's Ointment advertised for eczema relief.
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J. M. Howard
John Carpenter
R. F. Alexander
Leatherwood
Hermitage
Nashville
Middle Tennessee
R. R
Page
Howard
Howard & Carpenter
Mr. Alexander
Maury County
Carter's Creek
Jan. M. Alexander
Handsome New Hearse Delivered by Cincinnat
Oakes & Nichols, popular funeral directors, have received a handsome new hearse from Cincinnati. The silver grey vehicle, special order, features filigree silver patterns, hand carved wooden panels, and modern equipment with rubber tires. Cost around $2,000.
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Oakes & Nichols
Cincinnat & Handsome
Kidney Remedy Promoted By C J Budiong
C J Budiong of Washington reports kidney trouble, hereditary in his family, and claims four bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy cured him. He urges others not to neglect treatment and subscribes for The Herald.
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C. J. Budiong
Washington
Foley
All Drug
Sluices of Rain Ravage Maury County Crops
Heavy Thursday night rains caused extensive damage across Maury County with rivers and streams over flooding bottom lands. Fountain Creek struck worst, washing away 40 acres of clover at H. Mckibben and badly damaging a corn field. Wheat and oats lay leveled. Deputy Trustee Harris Puryear notes widespread losses. Duck River rising, Columbia gauge at 16 inches, threatening low-lying areas.
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Maury County
Fountain Creek
H. McKibben
Harris Puryear
Glendale
Puryear
Duck Fiver
Columbia
Resignation of Dr Capers at St Peters Church
Dr Walter B Capers resigns as rector of St Peters Episcopal Church in Columbia Tennessee effective October 1 after nine years. Wardens and Vestry express sincere regret and praise his leadership at Columbia Institute and return a copy of resolutions to Capers and press. Capers will devote full time to Columbia Institute expansion.
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Columbia Institute
Walter Branham Capers
St. Peter's Church
Capers
St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church
Columbia, Tenn
WM. M. Biddle
Geo. E. M'Kennon
Dr Capers
Farmesville
Internal Revenue
United States
Bryan
Will contest Tafts traveling bill again in House
Washington June 11 Democrats in the House prepared to fight a deficiency appropriation to pay President Tafts traveling expenses for the current fiscal year. Senate action to add 25 000 for the coming year drew strong rebuke. House had rejected it May 26. Senator Hale proposed a further amendment to require the funds be available 1910 and 1911.
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Washington
Hale
Fim
Heroic Work by John Pigg in Fire Rescue
John Pigg secretary of the Robinson-McGU Bugsy Company performed heroic work Friday morning at Fred Gamble’s residence on Eighth Street. He climbed the lattice to the roof and dumped water from buckets, helping extinguish a fire stemming from a flue. Fireman Edward Guest also aided. Miles was later helped down from the roof by a ladder.
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John Pigg
Robinson-Mc Gu! Bugsy Company
Fred Gamble
Eighth Street
Edward Guest
Miles
Alcorn commends the new Brooks Latham Drug Co in Columbia
George S. Alcorn announces sale of his drug business to the Brooks Latham Drug Company of Columbia. He praises the firm’s energetic, qualified pharmacists and pledges strong support while expressing gratitude for decades of public patronage and indicating the new firm will meet community needs with honest service.
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Brooks-Latham Drug Company
Columbia
Brooks- Latham
Geo
Alcorn
Noted jurist Judge Flippin dies at Somerville Tenn
Judge T J Flippin longtime circuit jurist of Tennessee dies at his Somerville home after brief illness aged about seventy five. He served from 1870 to 1902 and retired a decade ago. A Jackson College graduate with ties to Maury and Williamson counties, he was regarded as a leading jurist and uncle of the late Mrs Bostick.
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Herald
Somerville
Tenn
T. J. Flippin
Tennessee
Flippin
Old Jackson College
Columbia
Maury
Williamson
J. A Bostick
Mt. Pleasant
Bostick
Wheat sample yields astonishing county harvest
W C Grant delivered to The Herald a remarkable wheat sample. One seed produced 4,400 grains from 44 stalks, each stalk about 100 grains. Another produced over 5,000 grains from 71 heads averaging 65 grains. Seventeen acres of this wheat are expected to average about twenty bushels per acre.
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W. ¥. C. Grant
Herald Office
Secre
Buggy Overturns on Lowell Mill Pike Injuring Family
Mrs George Andrews dies at Budden s home on Silver Creek. On Lowell Mill Pike Sunday morning Mr Emmett Derryberry Mrs Derryberry and a young child were thrown from a bugy when a frightened horse wheeled after a calf and overturned the buggy. The child appeared seriously hurt but doctors now expect rapid recovery. Mr Derryberry had a cut above the eye. Mrs Derryberry was badly injured and the child was knocked unconscious as the horse dashed a mile down the pike before being stopped by a passing rider.
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Lowell Mill Pike
Emmett Derryberry
Teres
Derryberrys
Derryberry
Died While Milking at Silver Creek Farm
Mrs. George Andrews died suddenly while milking a cow on Saturday afternoon at her Silver Creek home. Her body was found in the barnyard with a milk-filled pail nearby. She was buried Sunday afternoon at Old Smyrna Cemetery, survived by her husband and other relatives.
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George Andrews
Silver Creek
Andrews
Old Smyrna
Thomas Finds Egg in Two Sections
Clyde Thomas of Mt Pleasant Pike sent to The Herald office a remarkable hen egg split into two sections one yellow and one white both nearly as large as a normal egg the two halves remain intact within a single shell a curious split egg described as a double chambered find by the reader.
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Thomas
Clyde Thomas
Mt Pleasant
Herald
Land Sale by Maury County Court in 1910
The Maury County Court announces a June 11 1910 sale of a 58 acre tract in the Suh Civil District Columbia Tennessee. Bounded by Jonas Ingram Jonas Brown and Robert Callahan, the land sells for 250 cash with a two year credit and a lien retained to secure notes. H W Thomas Clerk J C Woorhies Atty.
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de Sarah Ann Sands Et Ais
Maury County
Tennessee
Court House
Columbia
Suh
Jonas Ingram
Robert Callahan
Jonas Togram
Jonas Brown
H. W. Thomas
J. C. Woorhies
Atty
Wookly
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