May Meeting of Maury County Farmers Set for Monday
Maury County Farmers hold their May meeting in the county courthouse at 1 30 pm Monday led by J N Meroney and Dr C I McMahon. Topics include The Care of the Brood Mare on Her Foal and The First Cultivation of Cory with practical notes for the coming season. A large crowd is expected and attendance may incur expenses.
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J. N. Meroney
Dr. McMahon
Coulouse
Yous County
C. I. McMahon
le McMahon
M. Meroney
First Prizes Of The Season Strawberry Show
Local TM notes first home grown strawberries appeared at Miles Cook’s store. Allen Turner of Limny Side grew the crop in his yard. Thirty quarts were offered at a remarkably low price of 20 cents.
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Stason
Miles
Allen Tor
Farmers train to tour Tennessee with nine cars
Nashville April 26 Industrial events representing railroads meeting with Capt Thomas F Peck commissioner of agriculture at the capitol to arrange an itinerary for an agricultural train running July 1 to September 14. The nine car train will include Pullmans day coaches a sine car and demonstration exhibits using Tennessee Central Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific Louisville and Nashville Mobile and Ohio Southern and Ninols Central lines.
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Nashville
Thomas F. Peck
Capitol
Tennessee
Capt Peck
Tennessee Central
Chattanooga
St Louis
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Texas Pacific
Louisville
Mobile
Ohio
Southern
Ninols Central
Strawberry Crop To Be Handled In Chattanooga Trade
Chattanooga April 30 Local officials of the Queen and Crescent railway prepare for strawberry shipments starting about May 5. About 200 cars are ready for a large crop, with estimates of 800 cars or 3,200,000 crates to be sent from Chattanooga. Birmingham district berries are shipping to northern markets with three cars headed to Cincinnati this week.
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Chattanooga
Queen & Crescent Railway
Chattanooga District Railroad
Chatanoooga
Birmingham
Horse on Seventh Street Runs Wild and Spooks Crowd
A hack horse hitched in front of Dobbins & Ewing's on Seventh Street bolted at about 2 PM, bucking and kicking with a spooked, high speed dash east to the square then north on Main. The animal has a history of "spells," including a past incident where it crashed through a plate glass storefront on Seventh Street two years ago.
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Dobbins & Ewing’s
Seventh Street
North Main
Livestock notes from Kentucky trip add jacks and jennets
Sim Watson returned from Kentucky with a carload of jacks and jennets. He stopped in Lebanon Tennessee on the way back and added several more. The lot includes extra nice jennets and jacks. W Cherry's mare Maude dropped a filly colt sired by Ed Morgan's stallion.
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Sim Watson
Kentucky
Lebanon
Tenn
Cherry
Maude
Ed Morgan
Glendale Hears New School Board Four Leaders Named
A new school board at Glendale appoints H. W. Thomas as chairman and D. B. Hancock as secretary. The group plans significant improvements for the Glendale schools this fall.
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Glendale
H. W. Thomas
D. 8. Hancock
River Flood Records and Relentless Suffering Across Delta District
Baton Rouge Louisiana May 1 ongoing Mississippi flood surpasses record highs with a five tenths rise in 12 hours and officials warn of further increases. Guards and volunteers line the levee from the mouth of Red River to Baton Rouge while 1500 destitute people near Red River seek relief. Reports of inundation reach Mellville Bordenville Lake Hamburg LaCour Naples and Bayou Sara. Deer venture along Mississippi near Natchez and Atchafalaya rises prompt stock movements and aid plans in Melville and Ferriday.
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Baton Rouge
Mississippi
United States Army of Engineers
Redriver
Red River
Army Commissary Department
Mellville
Bordenville
Lake and
Hamburg
la Cour
Naples
Cntire
Bayou Sara
Natchez
Miss
Mississippi River
Atchafalaya
Melville
Tve
Maringouli
Ferriday
Natchesta
Thanking Supporters Letter From Flood Relief Fund Treasurer
A note from the flood sufferers relief fund treasurer at Dyersburg thanks local people for past contributions sent through Postmaster Jackson, acknowledging ongoing support and the community’s generosity.
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Dyersburs
Jackson
Eetal
Tennessee Industries Lead In 1909 Census Highlights
The Census Bureau reports Tennessee's 1909 manufacturing showing agriculture and mining dominance. In 1909 there were 4,609 establishments employing 89,672 with $37,498,000 in wages and $180,247,000 in products. Leading sectors include lumber, flour and grist mills, foundry and machine shops, printing, and textiles, with shifts in ranking by value added versus product value.
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The
Herald
Washington, D. C
Tennessee
Tte Bureau
Department of Later
United States
Inc
Manufactur
Cara
Altough
Memphis
Nashville
Jackson
Chattanooga
Elate
Irun and
Steel
Roosevelt Republicans Call State Convention in Arkansas
Roosevelt Republican League of Arkansas issues call for a convention in Little Rock on May 6 to discuss the state organization. It argues the party has fallen into distortion and inefficiency under Clayton and Remmel forces.
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Little Rock
Ark
Roosevelt Republican League of Arkansse
Clayton and
Remmel
Academy Lads Triumph In Close Morgan School Victory
Morgan School of Fayetteville edged Columbia Military Academy seven to six in a standout baseball contest. The ninth inning held the drama with Lockwood at C M A and Morgan’s southpaw trading early blows in a clean snappy game praised as one of the prettiest on the Academy field. The crowd, though not large, rose to the exciting finish.
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Academy
Morgan School
Fayetteville
Columbia Military Academy
Branham & Hughes
Spring Hill
Lockwood
Morgan
Punkins
Railroad Timetable for Columbia Trains of Louisville & Nashville
A detailed timetable lists arrivals and departures for multiple lines. Northbound and southbound trains on the Main Line, Maline and Fayetteville branches show times for trains including No 4 No 8 No 6 No 90 No 10 No 92 No 2 No 1 No 9 No 91 No 3 No 7 No 24 No 26 No 22 No 21 No 25 No 28 No 267 No 141 No 142 No 144 with stations at Columbia and nearby lines and notes service windows from early morning to night.
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Louisville & Nashville
Columbia
Decatur
Fast
Maline Line
South Gound
Mmited
Fast Line
Stives
Ceparta
F. & & Division
Sheffield
Mt. Pleasant
N. F
Robinson's Circus Founder Files Voluntary Bankruptcy
Cincinnati April 27 John FP Robinson founder of Robinson's Circus made a voluntary assignment to bankruptcy. Liabilities and assets listed as unknown. Litigation and credit pressure cited as causes amid several recent suits. Robinson also controls valuable circus interests and owns buildings including Robinson's Theatre.
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Cincinnati
John FP. Robinson
Robinson's Circus
Robinson ‘E
Robinson's Theatre
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Maury County
Looney & Morgan
Louis Barker
Hn Thi
Peck
City OF
Census Bureau
Roosevelt
John F. Robinson
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