Great phosphate boom boosts Mt Pleasant mines and jobs
In Mt Pleasant Maury county a phosphate boom brings 4000 workers, high rock prices, and rising fortunes. Mines pay $1.50 to $6.50 daily with strong demand from domestic and foreign buyers. New firms, a Swan Creek link, and a Mt Pleasant Fertilizer Plant run at full capacity as merchants report banner business and ongoing labor recruitment.
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MT. Pleasant
Maury County
Columbia
Mt Pleasant
Swan Creek
Pleasant
Uncle Abe Estes Passes at Harlan Farm
Uncle Abe Estes a respected longtime stockman with Mr. A. B. Harlan family died at the Harlan farm after a lingering illness. He managed the Harlan stock for years, earning trust from both white and black communities and from southern cattlemen who visited the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Estes
South
A. B. Harlan
Abe
Mr. Harlan
Off for Richmond Confederate Reunion Party Heads South
Maury residents depart Tuesday for Richmond to attend the Confederate Reunion May 20 to June 3. They travel in special coaches via Louisville and Nashville to Cincinnati and over Chesapeake and Ohio, with ticket terms extending to July 6 and optional stopovers, listing many named travelers and companions.
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Maury
Richmond
Jame
Columbia
Nashville
Louisville & Nashville
Ciackunati, O
Chespeake & Ohio
Capt
J. H. Fuscell
Messrs
H. H. Money
T. Mitchell
W. J. Whitthorne
Charles Williamson
R. G. Walker
Jasper Horne
G. W. Gordon
Joe Ballanfant
Maj
T. E. Jameson
Polk Godwin
P. Hawes
P. E. Godwin
Etta Timmons
Lillie May Hughes
E. Godwin
Pearl Allen
Bessie Allen
Tabitha Williamson
Cullooka
Jno
A. Jones
Q Weatherly
Carter's Creek
W. G. Carter
Carter’s Creek
A. B. Church
A. J. Fly
Joe Wilkes
Will Go to Annapolis Naval Cadet Franklin Loftin
Frank Loftin son of Mr Lovie Loftin and a Columbia Military Academy student has been appointed to Annapolis by Congressman Padgett. He has passed the mental exam and will leave around June 15 for the physical exam and possible sworn in as a naval cadet. Padgett, member of the Annapolis Board of Visitors, left for Washington to meet officials and discuss Post Office building work start.
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Frank Loftin
Lovie Loftin
Columbia Military Academy
Annapolis
Congressman Padgett
Congressman Paugett
Board of Visitors
Washington
Naval School
Padgett
Mayberry outlines Interurban grading contracts
Interurban President H H Mayberry visited Columbia and Mt Pleasant to finalize right of way matters and set grading contracts. He intends to award work to local residents along the route, with Hirsch managing labor and bringing in Italian workers if needed. Construction from Nashville to Mt Pleasant to begin soon, dirt to fly by mid June.
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H. H. Mayberry
Interurban
Columbia
Mt. Pleasant
Mayberry
Ml Remand Io
As Kerry
Hirsch
Wvas
Nashville
Mt Pleasant
Ladies Silk Gloves and Laces On Sale
Catalog note listing various ladies silk gloves in long and short styles priced from 1.25, plus a wide range of laces embroideries and linens sold by yard. Also includes nets, Swiss embroidery, shirt waist patterns, collars, trims, and beauty powders.
College of Columbia Institute Graduation Exercises Held in Chapel
The Columbia Institute graduated Friday morning in the chapel with Rev W B Capers leading a hymn and prayer and Bishop Gailor delivering an address to the graduates. Diplomas were awarded to Cora Jacobs Emma Brown Jessie Andrews Minnie Fry Bessie Hill Murphy Marie Smith LeRoy Buck Emma Irvine Mary Belle Gray Elizabeth Blackburn Myrtle Watkins Kate Cecil Sowell Kate May Pierson Irene Tift.
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Columbia Institute
W. B. Capers
Gailor
Cora Jacobs
Emma Brown
Jessie Andrews
Milas Minnie Fry
Bessie Hill Murphy
Marie Smith
LeRoy Buck
Emma Irvine
Mary Belle Gray
Elizabeth Blackburn
Myrtle Watkins
Kate Cecil Sowell
Kate May Pierson
Irene Tift
Lord
Shepherd
Mr. Capers
Emma Ricketts
Mary Ella Farrisa
Mary Ella Farres
Annie May Fleming
Louise Prosser
Miss Farris
Capers
le Roy Buck
Kate Pierson
Miss Pierson
Mery Rainey
Ewell
Minnie Fry
Frederick Reese
Christ Church, Nashville
Carmack Favored by Tennessee Democrats Says Murfreesboro Editor
L. J. Burgdorf of the Murfreesboro Home Journal, in Chattanooga, reports Middle Tennessee opposes Governor Patterson and backs Edward W. Carmack for governor. He notes anti-Patterson sentiment statewide, with East Tennessee showing the same trend, and predicts Carmack’s election if he declares his candidacy. Burgdorf stresses personal support and prior party divisions steering toward Carmack.
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L. J. Burgdorf
Murfreesboro Home Journal
Chattanooga Times
Read House
Chattanooga
Middle Tennessee
Patterson
Rutherford County
anti-Carmack
Tennessee
W. Carmack
Carmack
Tam
Mt Pleasant to Have $20 000 Opera House
Mt Pleasant Tennessee plans a $20,000 opera house and office building on the site of the old post office at the southwest corner of the public square and South Main Street. The three story gray brick structure will house a Young Men’s Christian Association basement post office bank and general merchandise store on the first floor with offices and the opera house on the upper floors. The Mt Pleasant Building Company will erect the building, and work will start after dismantling the old structure which is among the oldest in the area, dating to 1826. The town is growing rapidly with a flourishing phosphate industry and active mining.
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MT. Pleasant
Tenn
ML. Pleasant
Puble Square
Opera House
Louisville
Young, Men's Christian Association
Mt Pleasant Building Company
Brownlow Sweeps Convention With Mission Sermon
Mr J F Brownlow banker of Columbia Tenn spoke at the Southern Baptist Convention in Richmond urging young men to commit to missions pledging at least 1000 annually for five years. He argued all possessions belong to God and urged faithful stewardship as the convention embraced his address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Baptist Convention
Richmond
J. F. Brownlow
Columbia
Associated Press
Brownlow
J.brownlow
Tenn
Mr. Brownlow
Choice Fruits Offer Descriptions on Price of Trees and Vines
Promote or describe fruit trees vines and plants with price lists and contact details. Mentions Ciltenka Tein and a Met of fruit varieties. unclear OCR yields scattered words and place names.
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Wulres
Ciltenka
Tein
Bishop Galloway Stirs Mississippi Politics with Bond Payment Call
Jackson Miss May 22 The address of Bishop Charles B Galloway before the Mississippi Press Association urged payment of Planters and Union Bank bonds repudiated by the state The bonds total 5 5 million 5 million Union Bank 5 million Planters 2 5 million The push hinges on constitutional amendment and could shape the governor and legislative races as supporters and opponents mobilize.
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Jackson
Miss
Charles B. Galloway
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Mississippi
Union Bank
Planters
Bishop Galloway
Nashville Board of Trade urged for free country ads
Murfreesboro Home Journal criticizes Nashville Board of Trade for raising a fund to advertise the city yet offering little benefit to country papers. It contrasts Nashville’s plan with Dallas, where paid advertising yielded measurable results, urging generosity to boost state growth.
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Nashville
Board of Trade
Country
Dallas
Texas
Board of Trade of
Country Press
Nashville Board
Miss Nashville
Murfreesboro Home Journal
Card from C W McKnight Theta
A notice from C W McKnight of Theta claims he was arrested on false charges while arranging travel to Hvanaville Mississippi. He states the prosecutor dismissed the warrant before his trial at Spring Hill, and notes he can be found in Evansville, Indiana.
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Hvanaville
Miss
Spring Hil
Justice of the Peace
Evansville
Mine
McKnight
Startling disclosures in Boeck jewelry fraud case
New York May 24 startling disclosures emerge from Jewelers Security Alliance investigations into the jewelry windles of J Edward Boeck. Authorities say his flight bases reach at least 500000 with possible obligations near 1000000. Efforts to capture Boeck extend worldwide as officials pursue him over the alleged jewelry schemes.
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New York
J. Edward Boeck
Jewelers’ Security Alliance of
United States
Boeck
Malden Lane
Boeck Heckien
Public School Exercises At Athenaeum
Columbia Public School held commencement and diploma ceremonies at the Athenaeum study hall with speeches, recitations, and choruses. Graduates named include George Hayes, Mary Hayes, Lillian Lamar, Harriette Nichols, Tessie Rae Samuels, Laula Scott, Irene Sowell, Jessie Wharton, and others. A later program by Miss Lottle Wilkins’s first grade featured Daisy Festival, recitations, songs, and a boys and girls drill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Public School
Athenaeum
Robert B. Lee
George Hayes
Millicent Powell
John H. Ashton
Board of Education
A. &.Dinwiddie
Irene Sowell
Benediction
Misses Mary Hayes
Lillian Lamar
Harriette Nichols
Tessie Rae Samuels
Laula Scott
Jessie Wharton
The
Virginia Ham
Brantley Meadows
Tilmon Mitchell
Louis Summerton
Episcopal Convention Closes After Four Day Session
The Diocese of Tennessee wrapped up a four day convention on Friday with delegates departing for home. A memorial service was held at St John’s Church in Ashwood officiated by Bishop Guilor after a country drive for visitors. A brief business session disposed of routine clerical work.
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Diocese of
Tennessee
St. John's Church
Ashwood
Guilor
Off for home the Institute ladies return homebound
The following young ladies of the Institute returned Saturdays to their respective homes Miss Myrtle Watkins to Troy Ala Miss Jerrie Andrews to Pine Bluff Ark Miss Irene Tift to Albany Ga Misses Kate and Leslie Pierson to Alabama and Miss Bessie Blackburn to Lake Providence La
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The
Institute
Myrtle Watkins
Troy
Ala
Jerrie Andrews
Pine Bioff, Ark
Irene Tift
Albany, Ga
Kate and
Leslie Pierson
Alabama
Bessie Blackburn
Lake
Providence
Continental Fire Insurance Co advertisement with agents
Continental Fire Insurance Co promises best value, stating premiums are not higher than less reliable firms. Farm business solicited. Farrell and Lipscomb, Agents.
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Continential Fire Insurance CO
Continental
Fess-Responsible
Farrell & Lipscomb
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A. B. Itharkens
Tip
Burgdorf
Murmurfreesboro
Mt, Pleasant
Phosphate
Columbian
Acard
Knight OF
Theta
Episcopal Convention
Robert Berg
Fide Watch
Bethell Bigck
E. W. Jones
High Street
Columbia, Tenn
Frank Latta
Public Square
Phoenix Bank
Hendley, Frierson & Cochran Line
Guardians
Thuetio
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