Most Disastrous Rain Hits Maury County Friday Night
Severe storm drenches Maury County with 60 inches of Friday afternoon rain and 2.2 inches overnight. Lightning, thunder, and pockets of damaging wind ruin freshly planted fields, wash soil, and damage homes and outbuildings from Santa Fe to Williamsport. River rises, trees topple, churches suffer minor strike damage, with no injuries reported. A Chicago News note mocks marriage instability.
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Maury County
Santa Fe
Fly
Williamsport
Cullooka
Fountain Creek
Johnson Branch
Presbyterian Church
Doan's Kidney Pills Advertised in Columbia Tenn
A vintage ad warns backache as a sign of kidney trouble and promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as a long trusted remedy. It includes a testimonial from Foreat Ledbetter, a Columbia machinist, praising relief and notes Adams and Marty’s Drug Store as a local retailer. Price is 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is named as US agents.
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Nature
Bright
Dean
Doan
Columbia
Foreat Ledbetter
Tenn
Adams & Marty's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Alabama Troops Offer Service in Event of War with Mexico
Alabama National Guard's Fourth Regiment volunteers its services to the United States in the event of war with Mexico. Telegram from Col. E. Graves confirms tender, amid rumors of a Foley mobilization point for federal troops and preparations near Fort Barancas Pensacola. News notes appearances by U S officers and possible deployment of 10 000 soldiers to Foley, with others to follow in summer. Also mentions a fire hero praising Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for burns and other ailments at 25 cents from Woldridge Co.
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Montgomery
Ala
Apr
Alabama National Guarda
United States
Mexico
War Department
BE. H. Graves
Foley
Baldwin County
Fort Barancas
Pensacola
Fellowa
Woldridge CO
Girl With Gun Stunt In Burgettstown Theatre
In Burgettstown Pennsylvania on April 26 Margaret Gribben bookkeeper for McDonald coal mine escorted teacher Harry Thon from a theatre at gunpoint after he refused to remove his hat. The theatre manager later charged Gribben with carrying concealed weapons and pointing firearms.
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Burgettstown
Margaret Gribben
McDonald
Harry Thon
Tilton
Miss Gribben
Columbia High School Defeats Winchester In Pitchers Battle
A Friday contest saw Columbia High School beat Winchester 7 to 2 as Jennette pitched seven innings and Minor finished. Winchester proved tougher at home, but Columbia’s improved lane formation and grit secured the win. A second game with Morgan was canceled prior to kickoff.
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Winchester
Jennette
Minor
Columbia High School
Morgan
Recital Postponed One Week By Illness Of Soprano
Due to Mia illness, Henry Darden Herkreader announces postponement of the Matinee Musicale Club recital by soprano Miss Waggoner of Nashville. The recital now set for Monday night May 6 rather than the original date.
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Mia
Henry Darden Herkreader
Miss Waggoner
Nastville
Matinee Musicale Club
Vast Louisiana Flood Buries Vast Farmlands and Crippled Life
An Associated Press report from New Orleans dated April 27 describes massive floods across central Louisiana. Hundreds are marooned as water rises from the Panther Forest and Alsatia crevasses, with sanitation fears rising from thousands of drowned cattle carcasses. Delhi hosts 1,480 government ration recipients while no sanitary officials have reached the camp, and Crews lake and nearby parishes remain under water with rails and towns threatened.
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New Orleans
Richmond
East Carroll
Madison
Associated Press
Delhi
Thomastown
Delta Point
Madison Parish
Tallulah
Alsatia
Panther Forrest
Macon Hills
Millhaven
Monroe
Rayville
Holly Ridge
Girard
Crew Lake
Vickeb Ourg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad
Monro
Mississippi River
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Notice in Toledo
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars for an untreatable case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It states F J Cheney & Co of Toledo endorse the product and backs the claim with testimonials. The ad mentions internal action, price seven cents per bottle, and Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F J. Cheney
Waldirs
Kinnan & Marvin
Trousdale Heads West for Houston Duty
David A Trousdale left this morning for Houston Texas to report to the express company for duty on May 1 He has been visiting his parents near Lightville and is not yet advised on his assignment A short note urges taking Dr Kings New Life Pills for indigestion and stomach regulation at 95 cents from Woldridge.
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David A. Trousdale
Houston
Texas
Express Company
Lightville
Justin McCarthy Dies After Illness in Folkestone
London April 26 Justin McCarthy novelist historian and longtime Irish parliamentary figure died tonight at Folkestone after a winter and spring illness His career spanned journalism politics and prolific historical writings including A History of Our Own Times and Life of Pope Leo XIII He was born in 1830 and served as a prominent home ruler and editor and author in Britain and Ireland.
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London
Justin McCarthy
Parliaent
Folkestone
Ume
House of Commons
Parnell
McCarthy
Stat
Liverpool
Reporters’ Gallery
Morning Star
United States
America
Georges
Wiliam IV
Pope Leo XIII
Mr. Gladatone
School Closes For The Term At Culleoka
The term at the school in Culleoka closed on Friday with an auditorium packed by friends and patrons. The past session was highly successful with large attendance and good pupil work. Ed Haines of Knoxville offers a testimonial for Foley Kidney Pills, claiming relief from back pain and improved kidney function after a few days, describing himself as well and sound today.
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Culleoka
Knoxville
Haines
Fobeey
Foley
Rainfall and Minor Damage Reported After Friday Afternoon Shower
Heavy rain fell Friday afternoon between 2 and 3 oclock, totaling about half an inch in under thirty minutes. Wind touched the area but caused no damage. a tree fell across a telephone line on the Nashville pike about eight to ten miles from the city and was quickly cleared by the repair crew.
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McCains
Hampshire
Hugh
Joe Porter
Wiliamsport
J. C. Pinch
Hugh Porter
Joe Potter
J. C. Finch
Gabe Mayberry
Sawdust Valley
Nashville Pike
Non-Resident Notice in Spring Hill Court Case
Magistrates Court in Spring Hill Tennessee issues a non resident notice for B C Chrisman defendant in Ewell Farm complaint. affidavit shows Chrisman is non resident. appearance required by May 25 1912 to plead answer or demur or bill deemed confessed. order to publish in The Columbia Herald for four consecutive weeks.
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Spring Hill
Tennessee
Percy Brown
Ewell Farm
B. C. Chrisman
Columbia Herald
John M. Davis
Henrietta Mayberry
Thas
Thomas Morton
Toom
Morton
Tennesee
Chancery Court
Columbia
Herald
A. .N. Akin
J. H. Dinning
Magistrate's Court
Fercy Brown
Com Plainant
W. P. Drewry
Dleke
Columbia Hernin
Alex Harlan
Matte Stratton
Florence Stratton
Martha
Peter Stratton
Billa Cooper
Euzere Cooper
Lizzie Cooper
Grace Cooper
State of
Wednessee
AN. Akin
J. 4. Dinning
Tala
Insolvent Estate of E R Long Notified
Insolvent estate of E R Long, deceased. Claimants must file with County Court Clerk H W Thomas by October 26, 1912 or be barred. Debtors urged to settle promptly with administrator W L Hoge.
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E. R. Long
H. W. Thomas
Enid
W. L. Hoge
Admr
Legal notices from Tennessee chancery and magistrate courts
Court notices from Columbia and Spring Hill Tennessee in 1912 1913 order defendants non residents appear before May term chancery court Columbia and magistrate court listings with names Morton Morton Drewry Crosby Stratton Stratton and Cooper families plus a testimonial about Foley's Money and Tar Compound for coughs and colds from a Little Rock merchant's wife written in a period newspaper style
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C. B. Palmer
Little Rock
Foley
Saya
Dridge CO
Sale Notice of Maury County Property Foreclosure
By authority from a 1910 mortgage Hannah Frierson, Maury County Tenn, I will sell May 17 1912 at the courthouse in Columbia to the highest bidder for cash. The property lies in the 9th Civil District, begins at Wilkes Street, proceeds along Henry Bosworths line and street margin with specified bearings and lengths. Trustee W B Greelaw notes date April 1913 and includes unrelated ad copy for a constipation medicine.
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Hannah Frierson
M. C. Tenn
Court House
Columbia
Maury County
Henry
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Alabama
Girl With Gun
Scope
IL Ness
Louisiana
David Trousdale
Justin M’carthy
Dobbins @ Ewing
Columbia, Tenn
Phoenix Savings Bank & Trust Company
Cubre and Master’s
Douky Crosby
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