Typical Scene at a Chautauqua Crowd at State Run Event
The photograph shows a large crowd at a Redpath Chautauqua program. Chautauquas have grown to about 1,200 nationwide, spreading to England and Japan. From 1878 the movement began with Bishop Vincent and Lewis Miller at Chautauqua New York, now a summer center for 10,000 people with land and buildings valued in the millions. The upcoming Chautauqua promises to be a major seasonal event.
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Redpath
United States
Canada
America
England
Japan
John H. Vincent
Lewis Miller
Chautauqua, N
Hume
Iowa
Kanas City
Chicago
Columbia merchants launch Chautauqua trading week
Local Columbia merchants announce a trading week during the Chautauqua from May 29 offering special inducements to residents within fifty miles. Fares and charges will be refunded for Maury county shoppers spending at least $15, while others within the radius must make $26 in cash purchases to qualify. Committees named include Anderson Bros, Jno T Wooten, and Emmet Dagger.
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Columbia
Maury County
Conubia
Ehaufanquary
Anderson Bros
Adh
Lamblia
NM Anderson
Jno
T. Wooten
W Evans
Edward Pbrher
Emmet
Abe Bauman
Warfield lots sell at bargain on prominent city corner
On Monday afternoon Warfield lots at Garden and Eleventh streets drew keen interest. Seven lots facing O Street averaged 48 feet frontage, selling for $8,620 total, about 11 per front foot. Whole sale price rose 25 percent to $4,900, Stewart Fleming purchasing at just under $15 per front foot.
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Warfield
Garden
Stewart Fleming
Fleming
Jamison's Store Team Defeats Carters Creek In Close Contest
In a hotly contested game Saturday afternoon at Jamison's Store, the Jamison Store team defeated Carters Creek, who had been dominating scoring in prior games. The victors showed evident jubilation at the result.
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Jamison Store
Jamison
Carters Creek
Jamison's
Two Hens With 145 Chickens At South Columbia Home
Report describes two hens each tending many chicks at Joe Rainey’s home in South Columbia. One hen nests eighty-three chicks, the other sixty-three, totaling 145 birds in good health, though the scene appears unusual and possibly suspicious.
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Joe Rainey
South Columbia
South
Columbia
Amicable end to Weber Hardy chancery case
An amicable adjustment reached in the chancery court over the Weber v. Hardy dispute at the Columbia Military Academy leads to dismissal of all bills cross bills and answers. Both sides withdraw derogatory statements and each bears their own costs incurred. The agreement names H C Weber J C Hardy and Lula D Hardy as signatories.
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Chancery Court
H. C. Weber
J.C. Hardy
Columbia Military Academy
J. C Hardy
Lula D. Hardy
Hardy
Weber
Costa
Milk and Butter Sale Regulation Enacted in Columbia City
City Health Officer PD Biddle serves notice that the milk and butter sale ordinance becomes effective immediately and will be strictly enforced within Columbia City limits. The act, passed in April 1913, requires all sellers of milk and butter in the city to comply with the ordinance provisions.
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City of Columbia City Health Omcer PD
Biddle
Commissioner Peck Addresses Cost of Living Discussion
Captain T. F. Peck, Commissioner of Agriculture, argues that shifting development lines have drawn people from farms. He asserts that higher production must pace consumption and calls for wiser farming methods and land improvements to raise farm output, with a note that the topic continues on page eleven.
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T. F. Peck
Commission of Agriculture
Manu Ifacturing
Maury County High School Board Meets at Court House
The High School Board of Maury County will meet at the office of County Superintendent Graham in the courthouse next Tuesday May 27 at 10 o'clock. The meeting is noted as the late annual session of the board.
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Maury County
Graham
Court House
Padgett to Speak in Canada at Ottawa bankers’ meet
Hon Lemuel P. Padgett, representative of his district, has been invited and accepted to address the New York State Bankers Association at the annual convention in Ottawa, Canada, on June 12 and 14. The event marks a centennial peace celebration among English speaking peoples, with several leading speakers from the United States and Canada on the program. The invitation comes in a letter from C A Pursley, president of the association.
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Lemuel P. Padgett
New York State Bankers Association
Ottawa
Canada
Dominion of Canada
Padgett
C. A. Pursley
New York State Bankera Association
Selecting Site of a New Church at First Presbyterian
At the First Presbyterian church a Sunday congregational meeting will decide the site for the new church building. Reports from the committee will be considered and a formal vote will choose between two recommended sites, with ardent advocates likely on both sides.
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First Presbyterian Church
Mayor Dedman Sheltered At Home By Illness Of Knight
Illness of Joe Knight kept Mayor Dedman at home and off the Nashville program today. He was scheduled to present a paper or talk on street building at the mayoral meeting.
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Joe Knight
Dedman
Nashville
King's Daughters welcome remarks at annual convention
A. B. Sheldon delivers an poised address at the seventeenth annual King's Daughters convention held at the First Presbyterian Church in Columbia. The welcome speech highlights the organization’s work, Christian womanhood, and the need for growth, with a promise of continuation on the next page.
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King’s Daughtere
First Presbyterian Church
I. B. Birkett
A. B. Sheldon
Cirele
Columbia
Nct
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Bie
Garden Street
Stewart Flem
Carter
Weber-Hardy
Chancery
City Health Officer
Peck
MR. Padgett
First Presbyterians
Municipal League
Knight
Mag A. E. Sheldon
Rev. Birkett
Tennessee
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