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1905 8th
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Sept 11 – Morton Funeral Home est. on East
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Sept 13 – Over 11000 people attended the Tennessee Fair Association event in Columbia on the first day in South side park. Governor Bob Taylor visited the event. Prof. Mack performed his balloon ascension act as he parachuted from the balloon at 400 feet. This has been the greatest Fair in Maury county’s history.
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Sept 25 – The Columbia YMCA chooses its temporary officers: J.F. Brownlow, Pres; Jas a Smiser, Vice-Pres. And Rev. W.A. Provine, Sec & Treasurer.
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Sept 26 – W.J. Towler and Matthew Gordon engaged in a street shootout on North Main street in front of the Towler house in Columbia. The gunfight caused by a long standing feud, 8 shots fired, Gordon wounded twice.
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Sept 28 – First Maury County Historical Society meeting held.
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Sept – Preston Taylor, African-American businessman in Nashville purchased land at corner of Spence lane and Lebanon road to Est. Greenwood cemetery for blacks.
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Oct – Construction of the Hales Bar dam begins on Tennessee river near Chattanooga. (completed in 1913. TVA acquired dam in 1933, demolished 1968. Tennessee first major flood control dam.)
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Oct – Webster-Locke Milling Company est. in Mt Pleasant.
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Oct 6 – Noah Finnard, an aged well known “colored” preacher who lived behind the Jack Baugus place six miles north of Columbia was fatally shot in his home after returning from a tent meeting. A shotgun blast fired through the a partially open door struck him in the right side. There has been trouble among the Negro’s here for some time and threats were made against Finnard’s life.
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Nov 3 – Interurban service between Nashville and Franklin begins.
Nov 3 – Modern Woodsman of America, Columbia Camp #11,928 organized.
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Nov 4 – John Isaac Cox elected Governor of Tennessee.
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Nov – D.P. Robbins completed Century Review of Maury County, Tennessee 1807-1907
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Dec – Some 200 Maury County Civil war veterans met at the court house, Wm Trousdale Camp and Leonidus Polk Camp consolidated.
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Dec 4 – Lee Roundtree faces 2nd murder trial of Mr. Reaves after hung jury.
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Dec 7 – R.H. Guest elected Mayor of Columbia.
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Dec 15 – Columbia secures Carnegie library donation if Columbia appropriates $1000 annually to support the library operation.
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Dec 20 – Columbia Stockyard sales exceeded 6000 mules and horses this year.
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Dec 31 – Popular Top formally called “Brown’s” where store operated there by W.R Brown now called Neopolis.
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