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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1908
Page
12
Columbia Tenn April 17 hog and sheep market unchanged. Cake quoted at mark. Eggs and poultry steady. Wholesalers report lively business while wool begins to arrive in good quantities on the local market.
Special to The Herald Louisville Kentucky cattle prices show a weak market with shipping cattle around 5 000 dollars and butcher grades ranging from 5 to 6 dollars. medians 4 50 to 9 35. commons 3 to 4. feeders 4 to 5. stockers 2 50 to 4. bulls 2 to 4 50. hog market steady with heavy 6 05 medium 5 50. sheep and lambs 5 to 6. best sheep 4 75 to 5 25. Local livestock report from Columbia Tennessee dated April 23 shows best shipping cattle 5 00 to 5 25. mediums 3 50 to 4 25. commons 2 60 to 3 10. feeders 3 50 to 4 25. bulls 2 50 to 3 60. hog market steady heavy and medium 6 10 lights 4 85. lambs 3 35 to 4 55. best lambs 3 75 to 4 76.
Quotations from Cal lender Co and Callender & Co cover cabbage and southern stock potatoes seed potatoes and various grains. Items include bananas winesap apples Florida tomatoes oranges lemons onions beans and cheese with price ranges for farmers hands stores and retail. Also listed are junk rubber zinc lead and bacon meat prices with egg poultry and grocery trade quotes.
The fragment lists assorted goods including Noes ginseng furs and animal byproducts with prices, then flour and grain quotations, followed by wholesale groceries. Items include goat skins, duck feathers, bees wax, tallow, and various flour and bran prices, plus sugar and lard rates and coffee rates.
The Pleasant Mount Sabbath Senior offers resolutions mourning the death of Carrie Lee Crews. The group extends sincere sympathy, pledges humble submission to God, and expresses hope of reunion in the eternal Sabbath around God’s throne.
An April 21 meeting of Hampshire community residents elected R Wade as chairman and J J Pogue as secretary. A six member building committee was formed and a $1000 audition for the school building was proposed. Prospects for a first class high school are bright.
Leroy Fariss a prominent young farmer from Rally Hill near the Marshall county line gave his life Thursday afternoon while protecting his child. He rushed her to safety as a tree fell and was crushed, dying within five minutes. His wife, child, and a widow’s family mourn his loss.
Bristol Tennessee April 16 The Herald Courier declares its mission higher than party fights but endorses Carmack in the upcoming contest saying he is better equipped and closer to what the people want and will lend support to him.
In Greeneville Tennessee April 22 Senator Carmack delivered a forceful critique of the political machine and temperance policy two rivals Governor Patterson and Carmack sparred over a statewide prohibition platform. Carmack pledged to end liquor interests and defended popular nomination against the party machine drawing a large Democratic audience.
Lawrenceburg Tennessee April 22 A prosperous period described as one of the town’s best. The Neely hotel is being torn down for a brick structure. The Bank and Trust Co building and Carroll block will be ready for occupancy. Several dwellings under construction and concrete walks planned. Property values rising amid strong business activity. Population around 3 000.
Weshingwe correspondence of the Busney Herald recounts a turning point in a U S Senate career involving Geo C Perkins. A veteran sailor tells of a near catastrophe at Poverty Flat when a chair rope broke during a high reeving, prompting him to describe his moment of career change legendary to readers.
Winchester Tenn April 21 The grand jury returned three indictments against Rev B H Fulkerson for abduction wife tibet of his wife and desertion Judge Allison adjourned court to next Monday Felix Lynch named Special Judge to receive the report Sheriff Hushes received a letter from James H Tennant Fayetteville Ark regarding Fulkerson A photograph was sent to Arkansas today to Mr Tennant.
One hundred fifty four men were stripped of citizenship by Chicago courts amid World War I turmoil. At the district attorney's request Judge Pinckney revoked fifty five naturalization papers for alleged anarchist ties, while Judge Ball last week voided ninety nine for failing to swear they were not linked to groups seeking government overthrow. Twenty five similar cases await hearings.
Manila reports detachments of the Twenty third and Twenty fifth Infantry with constabulary and armed launches under Maj Finley are disarming Moros on Basilan Island. Troops close in around the coast seizing arms amid restless bands. A second drive operates at Lake Lana Mindanao. Telegraph service interrupted.
Cairo votes "wet" by large margin. about forty saloons closed statewide. Illinois counties show mixed swings with several towns moving from dry to wet and others remaining dry. Notable: Jasper County fully dry, Rushville in Schuyler County flips wet, Effingham goes dry then Altamont turns wet, Naperville and Reddick go dry in some counties. Cairo votes wet by 3,340, total 4,005 to 1,665.
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