Winnie Davis Chapter Chooses Booth Bet at Elk Carnival
At a called Winnie Davis Chapter LD D meeting, members voted to take a weekly bet for the Elk Carnival booth. Committees for each day were named with chairmen Manley Mine Mamie Lodge and Whitthorne, plus numerous members including Emma Wooten, Rebecca Williamson, and Mary Carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnie Davis
Manley
Mamie Lodge
Emma Wooten
Annie Williamson
Rebecca Carpenter
Willie Biddle
Loutie Williamson
Edna Brerson
Toraday
Mira Let
Whitthorne
Rebecca Williamson
Badin Shoawee
Ethel Hateher
Anse McMillin
Ken Stamens
Lillie Pobbing
Mise Minnin Towlar
Aileen Moore
Relevea Carpenter
Jane Elam
Lila Coleman
Mary Rains
Lucy Williamson Jean Dubbing
Mre
W. M. Chaffin
Misgea Clyde Gant
Eden Friarson
Lily Dobbins
Daisy Towler
Sadin Shegow
Misa Rebooen Williamson
Anne Evans
Jane Shegow
Mittie Klam
JeaneRe Lea Whitthorne
Dorothy Owing
Mary Carpenter
Mary Frierson
Mamie Hodge
Danny Towler
Lucy Williamson
Alleen Moore
Elise Ewing
Clyde Gant
Texan at O Neill s Hotel Drops Hundred-Dollar Bill
A Texas cattleman in New York s barroom at O Neill s Hotel on Broadway flashed a massive roll and offered a thousand dollar bill for a small beer. Bartender and patrons nearly fainted as the spender insisted on paying with the huge bill, refusing change. A policeman was summoned to eject him after he refused smaller denominations.
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New York
O'Neill's
Broadway
Texas
Eves
San Antone’s
York
Ben Childers Seeks Attorney General Post in Pulaski
Ben Childers announced his candidacy for Attorney General of the circuit. He has practiced in Giles County for years and is currently chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee there.
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Ben Childers
Pulaski
Childers
Giles County
Peruna touted as cure for systemic catarrh in period ad
An endorsement from Miss Mattie L. Guild of Chicago promotes Peruna as a universal remedy for catarrh of the stomach and other mucous membranes. The letter asserts Peruna cures pelvic, abdominal, stomach, and chronic dysentery catarrh, claiming it’s the best remedy and endorsing its effectiveness across bodily sites.
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Mira Mattie T. Guild
Presidert Mbnels
Young People’s
Kristia
Temperance Union
Lettur
Chicago
Tfl
Peruna
Peruana
Peruna Medicine Co
Tolls of the Temenes Press Association Buffalo Niagara Falls and Toronto Visit
The Herald reports on a Temenes Press Association excursion to Buffalo Niagara Falls and Toronto. It praises Pan American Exposition lighting and the electric tower, details Niagara Falls height and changes, notes Toronto's saloon laws and churches, and recounts travels via trolley and steamers with sunset aboard the lake voyage.
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The
Herald
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Ningurt Falls
Rapide
Malle
York State
Niagara
Lake Erie
Lake Ontarly
Great Gorge
Lewiston
Lake Ontario
Tennessee Pro Se Association
Torono
Dixie
Depew Seeks Nickel From Morgan For Car Fare
New York August 28 Senator Chauncey Depew visited Wall Street after returning from Europe and told a reporter he was strapped and out of money. He entered J P Morgan & Co seeking a nickel to ride uptown saying he spent all his vacation funds.
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New York
Depew
Wall Street
J. Pierpont Morgan
Europe
J. P. Morgan & Co
Senator Depew
Morgan
Killed His Brother in Centreville Spillover
Centreville Tenn Aug 30 At the Haya phosphate mines about two miles from this panel last night while Jonah Martow and his brother Horace were cooking supper a dispute over a dishpan led Jovan to strike Horace with a miner’s shovel, crushing the skull. Horace died this morning. Both boys are under age. Jonah says the blow was accidental. No arrests have been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centreville
Tenn
Haya Phosphate
Acid Attack on Wife at Wallace Circus in Decatur
Decatur Ind Sept 2 Charles Kors a Wallace circus performer threw carbolic acid at his wife Mamie Forepeugh a bareback rider during a meal The acid burned her face and neck Kors was arrested claiming jealousy He had waited months for a favorable chance to attack her at the treet Fair prior to a trapeze act.
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Decatur
Ind
Charles Kors
Wallace
Circus
Mamie Forepeugh
Mra Rost
Adam Forepeugh
Sumlay Fels
Mr. Row
Tee
Bart Abe
Ife
Hoss
Libel suit filed against Southern School of Osteopathy and Columbia Herald
Legal action seeks 210,000 in damages over a paid advertisement in the Columbia Herald. Plaintiffs claim the article damages their character by contrasting an old established school with a newer one in Franklin Kentucky. Herald asserts ongoing operations and promises fuller coverage when pleadings are complete.
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Herald
Southern School of Osteopathy
Franklin, Ky
Herald Company
Mra
Me Knight
Brown Godwin
Southern Bethool of Osteopa
Old
Franklin
Columbia
Maury County
Maj James Geddes Honored on 50 Years with L&N
Nashville September 3 Maj James Geddes longtime head of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad celebrated fifty years of service with an elaborate Nashville banquet. He received a silver chest as officials created a new Assistant General Manager post with headquarters in Nashville to keep him with the system.
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Nashville
James Gadden
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Louisville & Nashville System
Maj
Geddes
Smith
Thomas
Flood damage devastates Tennessee Valley crops
Savannah Tenn September 1 Since the receding river waters the great damage to thousands of acres of growing crops can now be seen. Only bare fields of decayed crops remain across the Tennessee Valley. Traveling men estimate overflow damages from 1500 to 2000 dollars stretching from Florence Ala to Paducah Ky. Physicians fear illness due to the awful stench from decaying vegetation in the bottoms.
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Savannah
Tenn
Tennessee
Florence
Ala
Paducah
Elmwood Tenn Patches Finest Fresh Water Pearl
Marion M Fora of Elmwood Tennessee owns a fresh water pearl weighing 11 grains with fine lustre and large size. A New York man offered to buy the gem but was refused. Mr Ford reportedly received 22,000 dollars the highest price paid in the country for a pearl, with potential extra value if sold elsewhere.
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Elmwood
Tenn
Marion M. Fora
New York
Ford
Che
Mr. Word
Pearl
Postoffice Robbery Reported in McKenzie Area
Special to the Heraie Nashville Ave. Two men entered the postoffice at McKenzie last night and forced Postmaster Ba ssietan to open the till. They seized blue stamps and money, then fled the scene after pistol threats.
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Nashville
Ave
Tennessee Pearls and New York Pearl Fashion Influence
A New York World report from Tiffany proves the Tennessee pearl supply and its irregular shapes inspire high fashion. Designers feature La Villiere necklaces with irregular Tennessee pearls set in ornate chains. Newport and New York trends show them worn over bodices and even with shirt waists.
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New York
Tiffany Lo
Mayully Taahtou
Brian Beter
Newport
Refuses to Kiss Her Divorce Suit Tops Kansas Docket
Mrs. August Simmons files in Hodgeman County alleging her husband, since their two year marriage, has wilfully refused to kiss or show affection. She recalls an incident where she attempted a kiss and was slapped, plus his kissing other women. Simmons counters that kissing harms health and plans to bring physicians to testify.
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Kinsley
Kan
Hodgeman
August Simmons
Kansas
Simmons
American Phosphate Co. In Suit Over Stock and Indebtedness
In Chancery Court WW Gibbs sues the American Phosphate Co alleging a debt of 18000 and challenging the companys organization and bond and stock issue. The suit seeks injunctions to bar further actions, compel Gibbs to file stock and notes, prevent sale of the Mt Pleasant Southern Railway assets, and require bonds to be surrendered or paid off with the court directing sale and settlement of the companys claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Phosphote Co
Mendes, Fioners & Padgett
Geo. T. Hinthes
Chancery Court
WW. Gibbs
American Phoepiate Co
Sis
W. Gibbs
Gibbs
Mt Plessant Southern Railway
Only Woman Officer in Confederate Army
Mrs. Louis Adams, the only woman who held a commission in the Confederate army, died here Friday at age fifty six. A native of land, she married Louis Adam in this city in 1866. Her husband joined the Confederate army era, Adams organized a relief association for Confederate prisoners. In 1862 she was ejected from New Orleans by Gen. Butler and went to Richmond where she served in the Confederate War Department and was commissioned a Lieutenant by Jefferson Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Adams
Land
Louis Adam
Adam
New Orleans
Gen. Butler
Richmond
Confederate War Department
Jefferson Davis
Philadelpia Inquirer
Frightful Accident At Tennessee Copper Plant
A converter containing molten copper was toppled at the Tennessee Copper Company furnace in Ducktown on August 30. Worker Allen Richards died from burns, while George Forter and Bam Ray were severely burned and not expected to survive.
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Ducktown
Tennessee Copper Company
Allen Richards
George Fortoer
Bam Ray
Laborere
Great Things at Mt. Pleasant
A Mt. Pleasant correspondent reports rumors that consolidators of phosphate fields plan to build a new railroad through the area from east to west and establish several large fertilizer plants in Tennessee. The purchasers are said to be negotiating for thousands of acres in North Carolina where a valuable bed of trom py tires has been found, enabling access to sulfuric acid at nominal costs.
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Mt. Pleasant
Tennessee
North
Carolin
Killing at Elxmont Springs
A man named Kerstein shot and killed Bepe 2 Kessy Vannunser at Ellmont Springs three miles below Elkmont Springs last night at 7 o clock. Kerstein reportedly surrendered to an officer in Alabama after the incident over a dispute about peaches.
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Kessy Vannunser
Ellmont Springs
Sand Springs
Allo
Elkmont Springs
Kerstein
Alabama
Charter Filed for Tennessee Valley Fertilizer Co
The charter of the Tennessee Valley Fertilizer Company of Florence Alabama was filed in the secretary of State office this morning. It has capital stock of 20 000 and the incorporators are Lee and Jobin Ashcraft of Columbia Tennessee. Nashville News.
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Tennessee Valley Fertilizer Company
Florence
Ala
Secretary of State
Lee
Jobin Ashcraft
Ad T Rt
Meadows
Columbia, Tenn
Nashville Beet! News
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Mattie L. Guild
Chtoago
the Press Association
Temenes Press Association
Hia
Queen Clay
Moon
Johnsun
Mother Earth
Phen
Rainbow City
Gail
Hare Tian
Great Lakes
Sontet
Drs. Ammerman
S. T. Maxwell
Souuthern School of Osteopathy
Columbia Herald Co
Jiroult Court
Wad, Welster
Des. W
Lou Amtermen
Sol. T Maxwell
Harwich
Jas. Geddes
Smith County
Tennessee Pearls
Cross Gill
W. W. Gibbs
Mr. Gibba
Elxmont Springs
Lewisburg’s
Iticura
Mother Ou Teowna Ee
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