1897 December
Jere Baxter, or his backers, have one week to come forward with the $112,500 and pay same to the Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court at this place or judgment will be taken on the note and the Tennessee Central Railroad will again be advertised and sold. It simply means the longest purse will get the road and the “creditor will get nit.”
Editorial: The general drift of talk is that the present congress will accomplish little in the way of really important legislation. This is no surprise as it has been the policy of both parties for years to act upon a plan that no legislation is better than that the party in power should pass such measures as they deem wise. The legislature convenes, parley, filibuster and consume time and the people “pay the freight.”
1945 December
The Goering armored car scheduled to stop here was delayed in Cookeville by a heavy snow storm. It never stopped here but went straight to Knoxville.
$2511.50 more has been pledged for our proposed 50-bed Uplands-Cumberland hospital and health center. The minimum to be raised by donation is $310,000. Last week, the hospital committee received a telegram from Congressman Albert Gore advising the Federal Works Administration had appropriated $9,650 for the hospital. This fund is to assist in preparing the plans for the new hospital.
At the grocery – 8 pound bag of Florida oranges: 49 cents; Campbell tomato soup: 9 cents; 3 pound bag coffee: 9 cents; Hershey candy bars: 2 for 7 cents; carton of cigarettes: $l.62 tax paid.
1987 December
City officials expressed interest in owning the Depot, which is being abandoned by Southern Railroad. For many years, the Depot was a focal point in the community. Its brush with fame came when the 1941 Gary Cooper movie on Sgt. York filmed a scene of the Depot when York returned from war.
The Frank Clement Fraternal Order of Police Lodge presented Crossville city policeman John Bilbrey as their “Officer of the Year.”
Area News
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Plane has rough landing
No one was injured when a pilot veered off a runway to avoid a deer that was in the path of his light airplane as he landed the craft.
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Lemert grave site rededication set Monday
The restoration of the gravesite of 1st Sgt. Milo Lemert, Cumberland County's only WWI Medal of Honor recipient, is finally complete after months of repair and rebuilding. A special dedication will be held May 28 at the City Cemetery at Sgt. Lemert's gravesite. The dedication will immediately follow the 11 a.m. annual Memorial Day Ceremony for Cumberland County in downtown Crossville. The public is invited to both events.
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County to use new district boundaries to fill vacancy
The Cumberland County Commission approved a resolution to use new district boundary lines in the August County General Election in order to fill the vacancy created by the death of 9th District Commissioner Clyde Cramer.
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THP to enforce seat belt usage this Memorial Day weekend
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is planning to step up efforts to enforce seat belt usage over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. State Troopers along with other state and local law enforcement agencies are participating in the national seat belt enforcement campaign, Click it or Ticket, May 21 through June 3.
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Shooting victim identified; accomplice jailed
A burglar who fled from a home invasion after his partner was shot by a resident may be held responsible for his friend's death, sources close to the investigation of Tuesday's fatal shooting have told the Chronicle.
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Healthy eating, activity earn CO honors
Students at Crab Orchard Elementary have been eating better and getting more activity during the past school year. Those efforts have been recognized with prestigious awards for school health.
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Defendant pleads guilty to avoid jail
A Crossville area man told a Criminal Court judge earlier this month he was entering a plea of guilty to fraud to keep from going to jail.
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Man sentenced in sexual battery, statutory rape cases
A Crossville man charged with raping one woman and with having sexual relations with an underaged teen in a separate incident has pleaded guilty to related charges and was sentenced to jail.
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County to build, operate Big South Fork Visitor's Center
The Big South Fork Visitor's Center may become a reality after the county commission narrowly approved building and operating the facility once the project is completed.
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One dead in shooting near PH
One person is dead, a homeowner slightly injured, and at least a third person is in custody following a fatal shooting that may have been sparked by a home invasion near the Pleasant Hill community. And a fourth person might be connected with the incident.
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