Spite fence feud sparks dispute over dog caused death
In Columbus a feud between Raymond Moore and Frank Smith escalated after Moore built a spite fence on Sullivant Avenue. A painting of Smith’s dog faced residents, while city officials search for a legal remedy as Moore vows to keep the barrier to memorialize his claim the dog caused his baby's death.
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Columbus
Ware
Middle West
Raymond Moore
Sullivant Avenue
Awe
Moore
Frank Smith
Smith
Doctora
Athens Schools Open This Month In Limestone County
This month marks the openings of the State Secondary Agricultural School of Athens and Limestone County High School at Elkmont. Both schools will use nearly the same faculties as last year and aim to field strong football teams. Coaches studied this summer at the University of Alabama under Wallace Wads. Enrollment expected to be similar to last year with small increases.
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State Secondary Agricultural School of
Athens
Limestone County
Elkmont
The
Atheneption
Elkmiont Schoo
Wallacewads
University “of Alabama
Grammer
Athens Schools Delay Opening and Probate Judge on Vacation
Schools in Athens will not open until about September first and Athens College and Rivers Academy will start mid September. Probate Judge George Malone, county judge of probate, is on two week vacation at Red Boiling Springs. Roy Malone, chief clerk, handles probate matters in his absence. Elizabeth Maclin Hobbs of Atlanta announces her engagement to John David Higgins of Birmingham. Elizabeth is daughter of the late Col. T.M. Hobbs. Higgins is a Birmingham attorney, former McKenzie resident, and Randolph Macon alum.
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Schools of
Athens
Athens College and
Rivers Academy
George Malone
Red Boiling Springs
Roy Malone
Thomas Maclin Hobbs
Atlins
Elizabeth Maclin
John David Higgins
Birmingham
Miss Hobbs
Col
T.M. Hobbs
Randolph Macon
Lynchburg
Higgins
McKenzie, Tenn
University of Pennsylvania
Library Receives Fiction ation Gift from Donor
The Athens Public Library received a gift this week of fiction works from a local donor. The donation enhances the library's collection and supports community access to reading material.
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The
Athens Public Library
Library expands with Hamblen Hatchett gift mix
A Chattanooga donor Mrs GC M Hamblen and her daughter Mrs Newt Hatchett from Athens have contributed over one hundred volumes of current fiction. The donation, plus a Carnegie Association gift, swells the library collection significantly.
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GC. M. Hamblen
Chattanooga
Newt Hatchett
Athens
Carnegie Association
Decatur Visitor Plans Birmingham Visit After Springfield Stop
J. E. McCarter of Springfield Missouri visited his brother J. R. McCarver in Decatur and left on the noon train for Birmingham to spend a few days before returning home.
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J._E. McCarter
Springfield
J. R. McCarver
Birmingham
Childerses Learn Morgan County Typhoid Treatment Tour
Henry Childers of Eva and family visited his son when Morgan county officials were in Oden Ridge on Monday giving treatment for typhoid fever.
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Henry Childers
Eva
Oden Ridge
Mr. Childers
Morgan County
Ironton Pastor Reports Pleasant Motor Trip to Ocean View
Rev. E. N. Hart, Ironton Ohio Presbyterian pastor, said the motor trip with his family has proved delightful and that he is en route to Ocean View Virginia. He did not indicate a return date.
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E. N. Hart
Ironton
Ohio
Hart
Ocean View
Office Cat Compiled Satirical Definitions by Junius
Satirical Office Cat definitions critique roles and gender, noting women as detectives and business norms. Jumbled phrases poke at work life, honesty, and humor with puns on everyday terms and office culture.
Repartee on paying bill and canceling order
A dispute unfolds between Silas Gorder and Thomas Hill over shipping a paid bill with Hill demanding cancellation. The excerpt then riffs on speed, self winder, saxophone learning, and fishing as non arts, ending with musings on hot air and enthusiasm.
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Silas Gorder
Thomas Hill
Questionable weights and humorous quips from a period page
A scrambled OCR sample presents quirky lines about who weighs more Gene Tunney or the Saturday Evening Post, fashion changes away from hats and corsets, and a witty exchange with convicts where a minister urges reform while a convict humorously replies about fishing worms.
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Gene Tunney
The
Saturday Evening Post
Buying and Hiring at Home Spells Prosperity
A report highlights domestic purchasing and employment as indicators of growing commerce and economic health, suggesting that lifting home market activity fuels broader prosperity for communities and businesses.
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Hood
Leval Sharks
City Hall
Decatur
Calon
Southern Railway System
the Air
Mildred Doran
California
Honolulu
Rubye Thompson
Pacific Coast
Hong Kong
Maxine Dicks
Elsie MacKay
Mlle
Adrienne Bolland
Andes Mountains
English Channel
Fratlein Thea Rasche
America
Atlantic
Ruth Law
C. H. Howells
Mme. Lubo Phillips
Decatur Visitor
Ironton, Ohto
BSE
Jerry
Oldgold
Junius
Cat's Cyclopaedia
Saxophone
Cash & Carry Market
Reich
Thusiasm
Scholl
Grove’s
Mr. Cash
Arehey
Speake, Warren & Ratliff
Second Avenue
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