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WAY BACK WHEN: LOOKING BACK IN HISTORY. Happenings in the cookeville area as recorded in the pages of the Herald Citizen Newspaper, cookeville , TN. By Bob McMillian 1930's (Compiled by Audrey J. Lambert). 1930. (January 2, 1930) The E. P. Maxwell grocery store on West Main Street was destroyed by fire this week. The alarm was sounded too late for firemen to put out the blaze. The building, owned by Mrs. H. M. Mackie, was insured for $800. *Some 200 rural farm women, including some from this area, will meet at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville this week for UT's annual farm women's short course offered by the university's home economics department. (January 9, 1930) Sheriff Warren and his deputies broke a ring of thieves this week. They arrested four young men at their homes after an intense investigation. The men were charged with a string of thefts, including this week's robbery of the Bank of Algood. The sheriff tracked the four from the bank to where their getaway car was parked using bloodhounds and used the clues he found on the scene there to continue trailing them.

WAY€BACK€WHEN:€LOOKING€BACK€IN€HISTORY Happenings€in€the€Cookeville€area€as€recorded€in€the€pages€of€the Herald€Citizen€Newspaper,€Cookeville,€TN.

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