White Ribboners Meet at Jackson in Annual Session
Jackson Tennessee October 2 the twenty eighth annual convention of the Woman s Christian Temperance Union of Tennessee opened at 9 a m in the First Methodist church under state president Mrs Silena Moore Holman More than two hundred delegates attended including all general officers The opening session was described as the largest and most enthusiastic in the history of the organization The weather in Jackson was ideal and visitors were royally entertained by local residents The report of the executive committee was read and adopted with recommendations including a new department for the Open Door official organ and a superintendent s department nominations for organizers and prize essays in temperance instruction priced at 10 each and awards at the state convention The delegates to the national convention were advised to oppose a proposed change in national dues and minutes volumes for preservation were proposed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Lide Meriwether
Memphis
Silena Moore Holman
Fayetteville
Leila Owen Stratton
Lebanon
Peter W. Morris
Nashville
Minnie Kerr Gilbert
Huntingdon
Elizabeth Davis Collins
Winchester
Florence Ewell Atkins
L.T
Rose Nipher
Dunn
Owen Door
Mary C. Baker
Knoxville
Pearl W. Morris
al Jenette Cook
Annie Somers Gilchrist
W. F. Bang
Bettie M. Donelson
McAllister
J. B. Partee
Stevens
West Side Union
Mary Willard
Theo. Willard
Little O'Daniel Union
W. W. Rogers
West End Union
Robert Jennings
Sue M. Morris
West End Upion
May Huddleston
Mary Stephenson
Alma Yarbrought
Effie Wadley
Central “Y's
E. H. East
Frances Willard
W. D. Mayor
East Tennessee
West Tennessee
Stratton
Minnie Kerr Giilbert
Atkins
Nipher
Dean's Kidney Pills Ad Promises Kidney Cure
An 1900s poster advertises Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure for back pain, weakness, and urinary troubles. Testimonial from D. Dabney of Lewisburg Tennessee praises relief. notes price 50 to 60 cents and availability through Poster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York as sole US agents.
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Dean
R. J. Dabney
Silver St
Lewisburg
Tenn
Saya
Milburn CO
Buffalo
New York
United States
Circus Pay Day: Big Barnum & Bailey Circles the Till
Thursday brought pay day for Barnum & Bailey performers as money orders at the Columbia post office show about 1900 dollars in circulation. Equestrians clowns wire walkers jugglers and trainers filled the line to cash payrolls often sending funds abroad including to Germany and Belgium.
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Barnum & Bailey Circus
Columbia Post Office
Germany
Belgium
Temperance fight gains energy as Virginia vote trend shifts
Va regions remain undaunted as Roanoke and Bristol tally lean prohibition results. The wets claim last minute gains despite Roanoke going dry last spring and Judge Staples ruling. Observers expect January legislature to refer the issue to a public vote, signaling a statewide showdown with whisky interests. Fo dys: Foleys Honey and Tar promoted as cold remedy.
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Tenn
Virginia
Roanoke
Tharlay
Uceraw
Rosnoke
Staples
Virginia Minog
Prohibition
North Carolina
Bristol
Orphanage Needed as Holder Children Seek Care
County Judge Gordon receives four homeless Holder children Annie 11 Dollie 9 Mary 7 Nellie 4 from Deputy Sheriff Good. Judge Gordon urges immediate action and calls in Dr Boaz who expects the Christian Orphanage to open in two to three months to receive the youngsters.
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Gordon
Good
Dr. Boaz
Mary
Nellie
Kern Explains Law Practice During Damages Case
John W. Kern, twice Democratic VP candidate and U S Senate hopeful, used his Martinsville damage suit defense to recount Indiana voters repeatedly endorsing his legal career. He pointed to 1900 1904 and 1908 votes, noting Morgan county’s role, while Homer L. McGinnis did not smile at the jibe.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John W. Kern
United States Senate
Hemenway
Martinsville
Homer L. McGinnis
Kern
Indiana
Washington
Anata
Morgan County
McGinnie
Green Kills His Son in Law in Paris
Hob Green surrendered in Paris after allegedly killing his son in law Green Todd Thursday afternoon. Bond set at $1000 for a preliminary examination before Judge J E Daniel. Motive alleged tied to alleged abuse of Green’s wife by Todd amid reported bad blood and prior moonshine raids.
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Paris
Hob Green
Jolan
Green Todd
Esq
J. E. Daniel
Green
Todd
Aquor
Taft Encourages Virginia Republicans In Campaign
President Taft writes to C B Slemp Virginia Republican chairman praising the push to enroll young progressive Virginians for the Republican ticket. He notes he will not return East before the election and sends best wishes for a successful campaign turnout.
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Roanoke
C. B. Slemp
Taft
Virgina
Virginia
Foley's Honey and Tar Advertises Cold Relief
The ad touts Foley's Honey and Tar as cleansing airways and soothing throat irritation. It claims to stop coughs and heal inflamed lungs while expelling the cold from the system and warns to refuse non genuine yellow package products.
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Foley
Alcorn
Colima Volcano Erupts In Violent Show Of Fire And Ash
In Guadalajara Mexico the Colima volcano roared Thursday with one of its most violent eruptions. Two lava streams issued from newer western craters while ashes spread over a wide area and threatened nearby towns and plantations. The upper crater belched fire visible for about 600 miles as the Mexican Central Railroad faced ash hindrance but no danger to the line.
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Guadalajara
Mex
Dod
Colima
Midnstem
Mexican Central Railroad
Non-Resident Defendant Must Answer in Tennessee Chancery Case
In Columbia Tennessee on September 17 1909 the clerk and master notes William Hopps is a non resident. He must appear within three days of the next term of the chancery court to be held in October 1909 and plead answer or demur to Chaitin Brothers complaint or it will be confessed and set for hearing ex parte. A copy is published in The Columbia Weekly Herald.
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William Hopps
William Hoppe
Tennessee
Chancery Court
Columbia
Ian Ed
Mission workers offer homemade candy for sale
The Home Mission Society of the First Methodist church will sell candy this Saturday at the telegraph office. The product is homemade and par excellent with a price of 30 cents per pound.
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Home Mission Society of the
First Methodist Church
Sale Notice of Maury County Property Auction October 28 1909
Lord Dale 81 Mra Tommie Brunson Lockhart and others in the County Court at Columbia announce a sale of described property in Maury County at noon on October 28 1909. Terms: 15 percent cash and balance secured by mortgage. Closes near Giles County northern boundary with various bounds and adjacent to Campbellaville pike.
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Tommie Brunson Lockhart
Columbia
Tennessee
Ilx
Maury County
Giles County
W. E. Peden and Phosphate Company
W. R. H. Matthews
Phosphate Company
James Cummins
Campbellaville Pike
James Brunson
A. Sands
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Coston Belt
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Southwes
Cotton Belt
Southwest
Arkanas
W.g. Sete Wey
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Shena Holman
Barnum & Bailey
the Herald
Fotey
Orino
Wee Et Te Me & Teu
Ith
Ting Vistan
Uae
Hlate
Florence
Ilsiid
Sears
Avatar Ariet
Oaklard Southere
Hartiare
Greece
Huthats
Robinson-McGill Buggy Co
Florence Wagon Works
Rox
Columbia, Tenn
Chaitin Brothers
Tha Herald
Lord Dale
R. L. Sands
Guardian
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