Five Day Fall Fair Opens With Record Opening Crowd
Five thousand people fill South Side Park for the five day fall fair with exhibits in Floral Hall and farm display areas. Physicians demonstrate disease prevention methods as the event features fruit, poultry, dairy, machinery, and a baby show drawing large local interest and judging awards announced.
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R. 8. Cowles
Jo L. Hutton
Mary Carpenter
BE. W. Gamble Grocery & Ed
Columbia Mil & Elevator
Maury Cereal Co
South Side Park
Walter Hall
Geers
K. Barnes
Mitchell Ashley Hardware Co
Robinson Moti! Busey Co
Floral Hall
Mitchell, Ashley
Federation of Woman’s Clots
Middle Tennessee
Btudents’ Club
Top Prices Paid for Young Mules
Tillman Green promotes himself as Maury’s champion mule man and reports selling four suckling mules for $600 total, an average of $125 each. Purchasers are Mesrs. McRey and White of Santa Fe.
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Tillman Green
Maury
President Taft Makes Long Swing Through County
President Taft visits Boston for a banquet celebrating local business organizations. Mrs Taft and daughter Helen accompany him. A guard of 50 Boston lancers escorts the President from the Touraine to Mechanic's Hall amid a crowded, cheering crowd of 1,200 attendees.
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Prince Henry
Prussia
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants’ Association
Associated Board of
Louis F. Moore
Boston
Chamber of Commrece
Taft
More
Beverly
Boston Lancers
Mechanic's Hall
Red Lancers
Frick Forms Vast Steel Combine Involving Mellon Interests
Pittsburg reports that H. C. Frick and Mellon banking and business interests are forming a giant steel combine spanning ore beds to finished products. Included are McClinton Marshall Construction of Pittsburg, a $200 million mill at Butler, Standard Steel Car, Forged Steel Wheel, Lackawanna Steel, Middleton Foundry, and talks with South Baltimore Steel Car and Foundry. Frick aims to unify rival concerns and expand control amid consolidation.
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Pittsburg
H. C. Frick
Mellon Banking
McClinton-Marshall Construction Company
Melton and Frick
Butler
Standard Steel Car Company
Butter
Forged Steel Wheel Company
Lackawanna Steel Company
Middleton Foundry Company
Middleton
Mellon & Frick's
South Baltimre Steel Car & Foundry Company
Baltimore
Frick
Steel Corporation
American Bridge Company
McIntoe-Marshall Company
Mellon
Castle Heights Opens Season Practice Under Coach Palmer
Castle Heights School in Lebanon Tenn began football drills with about thirty applicants for spots. Veterans Barker Hice Turner and Porter compete for last year’s roles while new hopefuls from other schools add competition as Coach Matt Palmer of Colgate brings a strong record and a heavy schedule.
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Lebanon
Tenn
Castle Heights
Matt Palmer
Colgate University
New York
Fnr
Barker
Hice
Turner
Porter
Palmer
Bates Entering Eleventh Circuit Attorney General Race
Douglas C Bates a young attorney from Centreville says he will enter the race for attorney general of the Eleventh circuit and announce within a week. Besides Bates three candidates were noted Thos H Peebles of Columbia and Horace Frierson Jr of Lawrenceburg. The Herald confirms Bates intends to run.
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Douglas C. Bates
Atorney
Centreville
Eleventh Circuit
The
Herald
Bates
Thos. H. Peebles
Columbia
Horace Frierson, Jr
Lawrenceburg
Riot Inquiry Court Convened In Kentucky After Bloodshed
A Frankfort court of inquiry, called by state guardsmen, convened to identify those responsible for last Saturday night’s riot between citizens and soldiers. Evidence points to Sergeant Ingram Tate’s death at the saloon blamed on Joseph Nichola, while Jefferson Cook died from a bullet from a Krag Jorgensen rifle. Arrests are anticipated. the case will be sent to the state’s attorney for a special grand jury review.
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Lexington
Frankfort
State Guard
Ingram Tate
Joseph Nichola
Jefferson Cook
Tate
Nichols
Negroes to Hold a Fall Fair in Maury County
After the Maury County Fair closes, the Negro Fair opens for three days on September 21 22 and 23 under the Tennessee Fair Association rules. Officers include Dr T W Stephens manager F J Webster president J W Johnson vice president Dr J W Whitfield secretary and others. The event mirrors the white fair with premiums and department structure.
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Maury County
Tennessee Fair Association
T. W. Stephens
F. J Webster
J. W. Johnson
Dr King’s New Life Pills Fight Appendicitis Beliefs
An old advert claims Dr King’s New Life Pills prevent appendicitis by stimulating the stomach liver and bowels. It asserts the product stops constipation biliousness chills malaria headaches and indigestion and promises relief with a single dose.
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Dr. King
Won Prizes in Nashville Tennessean Contest
Maury county participants excelled as Miss Porter Amis of Franklin won second prize a building fund totaling 1000 dollars and Miss Louise LaNeave of Columbia earned a 360.00 scholarship to Draughon's Business College. Both hailed from nearby areas and impressed judges with strong late entries.
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Nashville
Porter Amis
Franklin
Louise LaNeave
Columbia
Draughon
Business College
Amin
Jonas ‘Amis
Mina LeNeave
B. W. LeNeave
Trains Crash Kills Eight, Wreck Burns Bodies
A Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis railway wreck near Pegram Station on September 15 killed eight, with six bodies burned. Engineers Will Morgan and Joe Gower died, as did freight crew Jess Tarkington Sam Whited Ellis Martin and others. several were injured including conductor Ellis Martin.
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Nashville, Tenn
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Luis
Pegram Station
Wiehlspeed
Will Morgan
Joe Gower
Jess Tarkington
Joe Roach
Sam Whited
B. Well
Starcup
Martin, Tenn
Ellis Martin
Towns swept away by raging floods in Tamaulipas
Mexico City reports describe widespread devastation from floods and tornadoes across Tamaulipas. Telecommunication cutoffs hinder full loss estimates while refugees move toward Victoria for relief and plantation owners warn authorities of severe damage and numerous fatalities.
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Mexico City
Tamaulipas
Monterey
Federal Telexral
National Meteorological Atn
Mexico
Victor
Plantatio
Victoria
Vic
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Milton Baker
W. H. Jones
J. L. Wallace
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Thomas H. Ezell
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Allan B. Harlan
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Lee
S—Hest
Thomas H. Bell
Maury National Bank
Moore & Steele
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E. W. Gamble Building
Columbia, Tenn
Douglas Bates
H. M. Adams
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