Old Times in Tennessee Law and Anecdotes
The column recalls Tennessee history with 1788 state salaries in deer and raccoon skins, notes Franklin’s early name, and describes Holston Presbytery meetings. It includes anecdotes about postal-era posts, Memphis dates, and locals like Eph King and Jos Plumb, plus brief sketches of Cecil Rhodes and Elizabethton industry hopes and a fable-like angel tale.
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Tennessee
State of
Franklin
Commonwealth
General Assembly
Frankly
Yar Annom
House of Commons
Assembly
Conatalio
Donnensee
Memphis
How Birds Migrate and a Ceylon Remedy Ad
A historic note describes bird migration by day for larger species and by daylight rest for smaller ones, with routes guided by rivers and coastlines. An advertising testimonial advocates Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs and colds in children, praising quick chest relief and suitability for family use, sold at City Drug Store.
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Yor Bight
Chamberlain
C M. Cramyer
Colombo
Ceylon
Private Den Bath Tub Scene Heads to Public Nuisance
A reflective passage chronicles a man showing his new residence with modern electrical appliances and a hidden bath that slides into a den after a bath in the adjoining room. The tale notes social humor and modern conveniences amid miscellaneous references to period ads and articles.
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Smith
Jones
Mra Smith
Mrs. Sallins Sulling Dies At Cleveland Tenn
Mrs. Sallins Sulling wife of Rev David Sulling D D a renowned East Tennessee Methodist minister died at her Cleveland home at 6 a m She leaves two sons in Knoxville W B and C C Salling and three daughters including Mrs Gee R Stuart and Mrs Frank Donser Her funeral will be held Sunday at the M E Church South with interment in Cleveland cemetery She was 69 and had been invalid for a year
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Holston
Tusculum Thureday
J. M. Walton
Washington College
BR. B. Armstrong
H. P. Corey
Falmouth
AM. W. White
Jacksonburgh
W. Va
Presbytery
J. H. Wallin
Hancock County
Hey
J. J. Louz
Elizabethton
General Assembly
Cleveland
Tenn
Sulling
David Sulling
Methodist Church
East Tennessee
Sallins
Knoxville
W. B
C.C. Salling
Gee
R. Stuart
Frank Donser
Jonesboro
M. E. Church
South
Cleveland Cemetery
David D. Bullinn
Annie Rebeces Blair
John Blair
Tennessee
Frank Blair
Virginia
Asheville
Wen
Ashville
Sullins
Southern Methodist Church
Southern Methodiat Ehtred
Supreme Court Invalidates Tennessee Privilege Tax on Brokers
Washington April 7 The United States Supreme Court today decided the case of Stockard et al v Morgan et al ruling the Tennessee statute levying a privilege tax on merchandise brokers unconstitutional, holding brokers who only took orders for outside firms disrupt interstate commerce. The decision reverses Tennessee’s high court.
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Tennessee
Washington
United States Supreme Court Today
B.A. Stockard
Clint Morgan
Stockard
Jnstice Peckham
Supreme Court of the
State of Tennessee
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Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Miller, Jr
Miller
Miller, Phyalctans and Surgeons
Rooine
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Moura
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Wataign
Roan Street
J. W. Cox
Saraton
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Beckner
F. M
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Wilbourn Street
J. H
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Offce
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Reeves
Leroy Reeves
Reeves & Reeves
Tohnson City
Kirkpatick
Williams
Bowman Kikpatrick
Williams & Bowman
Chance
Tennesser
Thad
A. Cox
Atorney
Market Street
H. Miller
Arronxey
Robt, Burtow
City
Washington, Sullivan, Garter
Sid Witty
Hotnl Haulton
Bristol, VA
Kates
Tamilton
Hotel Piedmont
Southern Depot
P. Brewer
C.H. Longley
Natcher
Assis
Mammoth
White
Alvo
J. BR
Tarexin & Son
Shenandoah
Towa
Ar Atae
Eph King
Missouri Pacific
Jos Plumb
King
Plumb
Cecil Rhodes
South Africa
London
Rhodon
Cecil John Rhodes
Belaytown
P. Concray
Toncray
T. T. Seeley
Electric Purnace Company
New York
Bristol
Conniorth
Arthur Smedlay Greene
Cresnwich
Conn
Holy Land
Eugene Field
Heaven
Dr. French
Earth
Father
Qosvon
Minsheir
Cherub
Gump Bros
Corner Spring and Main Streets
William
Farmer City
Ill
Monticello
Til
Caldwell
Dows
University of Tennessee
Andrew M. Soule
Ander
Ion
C. A. Kaffor
A. Mooggs
Didreaity J
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Dr. Sullins
Mintate
Obytrans
Supreme Court
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Chicago & Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Minnesota
Clark Street
Michigan
Horowitz
J. C. Youd
Road
Lakeville
Chicago
Attorneya For the Road
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Charleston
Byer
Rome
Enrico Malatesta
Monthe
McKinley
Henpeck
Cavard
Marconi
M. L. Scarbrough
Hebron
Ohio
Rembedy
Boeing
Carnival
Geeneville
Domi
Apel
Lonn
Jatown
Nson City
Rogersville
Intermediate Pointe
Southern Railway
J. L. Meek
Madison County
Britain
Columbia Phonograph Company
Maj
H. Loch
Culcutta
India
Persia
T. H. Macdonald
Shah
Yankee Land
Paris
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Batam
Black Sea
Teheran
Tommy
Ieee
Ted
Hood
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