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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1902
Page
3
The meeting records indicate the primary action was the passage of a new ordinance on its second reading with no amendments. Amid debates Aldermen Bennett and Sher abstained from certain motions while the rest of the board approved the measure.
At the fifteenth anniversary of the War Veterans Association of the New York Conference at Grace M. E. church Bishop C H Fowler traced McKinleys lineage to Irish kings and claimed his greatness rivaled Caesar. A reader from Hillsboro Illinois praised Bucklen's Arica Salve for skin and pain, noting its curing effects.
Frank D. Lander in Columbia receives a renewal request dated April 6 1802. W N Hueurs a retired U S Army captain signs and encloses a check for 2 50 to renew a one year subscription to the little daily. The letter stresses the need for the daily issue.
A front yard disturbance at Mr. A. A. Hodge’s property reveals a large hole and a missing flat stone, with hints from long-ago times about a buried treasure. The area shows many small probing holes. no solid clue to identify the person or party involved. The article then shifts to compare baking powders, arguing Royal cream of tartar powder yields better leavening and health benefits than alum powders, with cost considerations.
Complete returns from Thursday's papers indicate Allison leads Chancellor by 2,714, Childress defeats Bonner in Circuit Two by 583, Cartwright tops Caruthers for Second Circuit Judge by 1,048, Hart defeats Pendleton for Criminal Court Judge by 267, Price beats Burns for Attorney General by 667. Rain kept many Hart voters away. Williamson County primary due May 1 may shift resale.
Mr H H Faxon prints figures showing Boston area poverty support over twenty years. Despite a 120 percent population rise, expenditure for the poor department declined 12 percent. Quincey Maas notes Massachusetts cities with smaller populations spent more per capita for the poor.
A horse driven by J. H. Keltey and his son John bolted down South Main street Saturday crashing into Bucks Ocean store. The buckboard was wrecked and the horse injured though no injuries to people were reported.
A one story brick store occupied by Wolff Alexander in West End was destroyed by fire in the early hours Tuesday. The building belonged to J. M. Sheppard Sr. with an uninsured loss around 100. Alexander’s stock was insured for 250. Fire company A O P Niebuhr responded though outside the city limits. Origin of blaze unknown. Ex-Postmaster T F Anthony reports Mystic Cure for Rheumatism, sold by A B Rains, Druggist.
A garbled Courier item quotes B Contey predicting a notable troublemaking figure, calling out Ester as the only one likely to provoke a scrape this year. Premain announcements hint at incoming bills, signaling upcoming political frictions.
A fragmenting poem recalls Alice and Ben Bolt with lines about a granite slab, a hickory tree grave, and shared childhood scenes. The text shifts to notes on a cruel master, a dry running brook, and friends now changed, ending with an advertisement for Dr King’s Life Pills and a local seller.
The piece argues that true Christian manhood is shown under trial and that trading personal integrity for money harms more than it helps. It criticizes slander and the misuse of religion to shield bad speech, citing a Christian Advocate stance on integrity and spiritual wealth over worldly gain.
Giles County Court approved about 30000 dollars for rebuilding bridges swept away by the flood. O F Smith, Jt Cults and Jeff Pullen were named to oversee the project. The court also adopted the three wire fence law. Nearby Capt J W Rivera and his horse and buggy were nearly smothered in a creek but a neighbor crew of about a dozen workers rescued them after hours of effort.
Are desirable. You are strong and vigorous when your blood is pure. Many women fail to properly digest their food and become pale and weak while skin loses its freshness. Remedy this by nourishing food and a small dose of herb after each meal. Officer Scott captured Macey alias Mable Ewing, an escaped convict from Marshall county chain gang, in Southeast Columbia Sunday night. An officer brought the prisoner back from Lewisburg this morning. Four other convicts escaped with Ewing.
An old advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as a cure all for sickly children It claims to improve energy color and growth by giving them oil The copy emphasizes the product's pleasant taste and invites readers to request a free sample from Scott and Downe Chemists at 49 Pearl Street
Court sale in Columbia Tennessee on April 26 1902 by W W Gibbs et al to satisfy decree in Swan vs American Phosphate Co. Land includes several tracts totaling about twenty acres and rights of way to mills and race. Properties conveyed to American Phosphate Co previously by W W Scott. Six and twelve month credit with personal security.
John Day, intoxicated and sleeping on a railroad track at Ozone Cumberland County, was run over by a train last night. He left a wife and several dependents. The mishap highlights dangers of drunken sleeping on active rails in rural Tennessee.
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