Maury County Fair to Feature Expanded Attractions This Year
Directors of the Maury County Fair Association plan a larger faire with more free and premium attractions. A new up town office opens next week as preparations begin, including enhanced agricultural displays and livestock exhibits, and a faster half mile track to crown a premier regional event.
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Ue Maury County Fair Association
Hely
McGaw
F. ©. Boardman
Country Club
Senate votes down four battleships plan in defiant session
Washington voters see President Roose velt’s push for a larger navy fail in both chambers. In the Senate the four ships amendment by Senator Piles was defeated 23 to 50 with many new members supporting the House’s two-ship recommendation. Beveridge led the three hour debate urging preparedness and warning of potential war with other nations.
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Washington
Roose
Senate
House
Piles
Beveridge
Twen
Senate Naval Committee
Indiana
Japan
Masked Men Rob Resort at Indiana Club Raid
Four masked men burst into the Indiana Club gambling resort in Hot Springs Arkansas at 2 am through rear windows. They secured the club bank roll and locked guests in a room before fleeing with an estimated 8000 to 10000 dollars. Police were alerted when a thief crawled through a transom to join the escape.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Indiana Club
Central Avenue
Sfles
Busted Banker Now a Carpenter in Detroit
Detroit April 27 Arthur Collins once a Rochester banker who fell into bankruptcy is now employed by a carpenter contractor. He is seen climbing ladders and doing useful work for his former employer, appearing cheerful and contented as a diligent laborer.
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Detroit
Mich
Arthur Collins
Rochester
Coptcy
Vitor
Old Woman Dies in Fire in Florence
In Florence Alabama at 2 a m Mrs Charley Bernard 75 rose to tend the fire her gown touched flames and she was enveloped in blaze. John Garibaldi living nearby rolled her to safety and covered her with a feather bed but suffered burns. She died at 5 30 a m after physicians administered relief. Widow of a Baptist minister she belonged to the Baptist church and is survived by daughter Mrs John Barthol. Funeral planned for tomorrow.
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Florence
Ala
Charley Bernard
Bernard
John Garibaldi
Sordindaw
Rom
If Baptist
The
Baptist Church
John Barthard
Riding
Corinth
Prince Helle de Sagan and Madame Gould Tour Vesuvius Area
Prince Helle de Sagan and Madame Anna Gould with her children traveled by motor car to Boscotrecase on Mount Vesuvius. They walked the lava fields to the Ottaviano ruins and played tennis in a hotel garden before reportedly planning a journey to Rome and Paris, with a possible Florence stop.
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Naples
Prince Helle de Sagan
Anna Gould
Boscotrecaz
Mount Vesuvius
Ottatlano
Ite
Rome
Paris
Florence
President Roosevelt applauds Taylor lecture in Continental Hall
In Washington on April 27 President Roosevelt praised Senator Taylor after his lecture in Continental Hall. The large audience enjoyed the talk and proceeds from the event were donated to the Rough Rider monument fund.
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Washington
Senator Taylor
Continental Hall
Roosevelt
Matey
Rough Rider's Monument Fund
Russian mother leaves baby corpse in Montgomery
Mrs Katy M Dorte a Russian arrives in Montgomery with her dead infant after a brief illness. Lacking money her ticket to Los Angeles is voided so locals arrange burial by strangers. Coroner Tice has the body laid in a white shroud as the mother journeys to her husband on the Pacific coast.
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Montgomery
Ala
Katy M. Dorte
Los Angeles
Tice
Pacific Coast
Murder at the Blind Tiger in Whitesburg Kentucky
In Knott Creek settlement east of Whitesburg Kentucky 18 year old Harry Pratt shot 19 year old Howard Mounts through the head after a dispute over a card game at a blind tiger. Pratt, arrested, wept during the day.
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Whitesburg
Knott Creek
Here
Harry Pratt
Howard Mounts
Uger
Mounts
Pratt
John R. Gentry and the Hall Pacers in Maury County
R Weston of Columbia recounts the racing prowess and racing history of John R. Gentry, a Tennessee pacer bred to Hal mares. He details public performances from 1894 to 1897 against Star Pointer and other foes, noting world record times and Gentry’s superiority. Weston argues Gentry should continue to be bred to Hal mares to produce top pacers in Maury County.
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Ewell Parm
Hal
Tennessee Pacers
John R. Gentry
Wilkes
Joan R. Gentry
Hala
Rey
Star Pointer
Detroit
Tom Webster
Gentry
Terre Haute
Reflector
Chicago
Hal Braden
Aso Reflector
Chillicothe
Hal Dillard
New York
Maury County
Glens Falls
Hartford
Joe Patchen
Hals
R. Weston
Columbia
Marie McEwen Star Trotting Filly Delights Track
A race report praises a perfect-moving filly and mentions Smith Thomas stopping Marie McEwen as a highlight. The writer imagines a future Anita and contemplates McEwen’s lineage, urging Breed to McEwen to produce another Marie McEwen. geographic by GEO. CAMPBELL BROWN in Spring Hill on April 20.
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Smith Thomas
Marie McEwen
McEwen
Geo. Campbell Brown
Spring Hill
Storm victims aided as relief efforts rush to rescue
After Friday's tornadoes, Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama report up to 350 dead and about 1 000 injured on the road to recovery. Communities mobilize aid with money and food shipped to Amite and Purvis while streets reopen and churches serve as makeshift shelters. Authorities warn resources depend on donations.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Algo
Amite
Lse
Purvis
Miss
T. W. Davis
St Purvis
Selma
Ala
Aftermath of Alabama Cyclone Spreads Suffering
Reports from Friday's cyclone describe widespread destruction in Blount County and surrounding areas. In Warrior and Bergen, dozens of homes are unroofed, with three deaths previously recorded and many families homeless. Aid drives in Birmingham seek to raise thousands for Bergen, Albertville, and unroofed households as injured residents remain hospitalized.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bangor
Blount
Warrior
Partridge
Bergen
Albertville
Reever
Ian Gresham
Lttle
John Fraser Sells Fine Saddle and Harness Horses
John Fraser reports several recent horse deals selling to Dr. Murphy of Helena Arkansas a team and a saddle horse to L T Morgan of Richmond Virginia a saddle horse and to Mr Cook of Savannah a saddle horse. He bought a very fine saddle horse from Mort McMeon of Carter's Creek and Brown Hal mare by Van Buren Wilkes has a foul colt by a n iece colt (unsure).
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Elsa
Argot Hal
Brown Hal
Duplex
Argot Wilkes
Chain
Direct Pointer
John Fraser
Dr. Murphy
Helena, Ark
L.T. Morgan
Richmond, Va
Mr. Cook
Savannah
Mort McMeon
Carter's Creek
Bite of Spider Fatal to Girl in Martin's Ferry
Mine Micnie Cox, a prominent society girl of Martin's Ferry, died after a spider bite she suffered three days earlier. The victim swelled and endured intense pain before death.
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Martin's Ferry
Micnie Cox
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