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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1907
Page
8
Readable text fragment shows partial content from a local notice with unclear action and missing names or dates. The source lacks enough detail to identify parties, place, or deadlines.
Dan Maxwell in the Chancery Court at Columbia Tennessee will sell at noon on August 17 1907 at the courthouse the land described in the decree bounded by Sid Dooley Alex Blair Edmond Wale and E B Erwin lying on the outskirts of Columbia about four and a half acres. Terms Credit six and twelve months cash 125 dollars day of sale. Sale free from redemption. W Akin C M notices dated July 1 1907.
In the foreign district known as the Brave Yard on First Avenue, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth Streets, a child’s mutilated body was found, marking a spree that mirrors last week’s murders. Katie Pritschler, daughter of a restaurant waiter, vanished a week ago and was killed the same night. The area, filled with foreign residents, has seen prior brutal killings near the old Thirteenth Street cemetery. Her father, Carl Pritschler, reported her missing and posted notices. the body was recovered near his plaque and home within a block. The case remains unresolved after weeks of fear.
Mrs Sam Small wife of the Georgia evangelist criticizes women’s clubs and beneficent organizations for neglecting real home life and steering young women toward wage work outside the home. She calls for clubs to focus on home values, notes women’s rising salaries, servant problem, and critiques cafe managers who employ white girls under black workers. She cites her lineage and connects Booker T. Washington to local attitudes.
Court orders sale at noon in Columbia Tennessee of two parcels in Maury County part of a Civil District Ward property. First tract fronts High Street with 44 feet 4 inches, second fronts High Street with 50 feet, both running 180 feet to Frierson street. Sale is cash, dated July 19, 1947.
A wagon and team owned by four men named Ragan were struck by a train at the Ridley crossing Saturday afternoon. Two colored men in the wagon were seriously injured. One mule was killed and another injured with a broken hip. The wagon was destroyed.
Mark Twain writes Mayor Parsons from Tuxedo Park that he will not attend Roosevelt's Memphis visit on October 3. He insists he will not make another overland journey until he travels in a rubber tired hearse, otherwise he will cancel.
Smith Thomas won a good purse of $1,000 at Decaturville Wisconsin last week with Randy Hal in the final time of 2 10. The rider finished fourth aboard the Buddy. He is entered to race this week at Pekin Illinois.
In Saranac Lake New York Aug 4 the American actor Richard Mansfield known as Beau Brummel Baroo Chevical and Dr Jekyll lies in a cottage at Ampersind among mountains after severe injuries and illness. His wife and brother say he is improving slightly while they seek specialists in Montreal and New York. Though no immediate danger of death is seen grave doubts remain he may never leave his bed.
A fragment quotes a heated exchange about a young person’s susceptibility to impulse buying. The terse dialogue hints at concerns over maturity and self control in consumer choices. No further context is provided.
In Chicago today Judge Landis fined Standard Oil Company $29,240,400 for 1,462 counts of violating the Elkins law on rebates, the largest infraction penalty in history. The court outlined further actions against the Chicago & Alton, Chicago & Eastern Illinois, and Chicago Terminal railroads and their officers, with indictments to follow under conspiracy statutes. A government report by Commissioner Herbert K. Smith accuses Standard Oil of price manipulation over decades, noting profits and dividends vastly exceeded initial investment and asserting the public harmed by higher petroleum costs.
James Garrity and his 17 year old son died from gas while cleaning a well at Refuge, Alabama. Both men entered the well to free the bucket, were overcome, and perished. another man found them expiring after descending. In Clinton, Mississippi, a grand jury returned six count indictments against Fred Magill and his wife for the death of Mrs. Pet Magill, including murder by poison and various methods. The defendants pleaded not guilty as court set potential trial dates for November, with motions and consolidation considerations ongoing.
Richmond Va Aug 3 The railroads operating in Virginia have surrendered under pressure from the legislature to amend the constitution so the two cent passenger rate set by the state corporation commission can take effect The rate should go into effect within about thirty days though details remain unsettled between state representatives and railroad lawyers
Dr George King of New York and Henry Washington with a group of bankers spent January searching Henry Huddlestons Pike county farm. They report 140 diamonds ranging from a quarter to six and a quarter carats were found on a single tract in a volcanic formation akin to the Kimberly mine. Estimated value between 150000 and 200000 dollars.
Lawrenceburg sent the first car load of sweet mountain Rockford cantaloupes yesterday to Pittsburg, Pa. The shipment brought handsome remuneration to the growers. The cantaloupe industry in Lawrence County ranks among the state's most valuable crops in this region.
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Nashville Tenn Aug 4 The stockholders of the People's Bank at Gallatin will meet Monday to take over the bank under a reorganization scheme. They voted no assessment of 60 percent of their holdings to meet the deficiency caused by the defalcation of Cashier Harris.
Nashville Aug 4 G B Kirkpatrick assistant attorney general of Davidson county resigns over conflict between big path ic and private practice J Washington Moore named to the vacancy He is an old Vanderbilt man long active in state and county politics He managed Benton McMillins campaign in his race for United States senator against the late Senator Bate
Palestine Texas August 4 The first arrest and conviction under the new law making it a misdemeanor to drink on a train in the state occurred yesterday. A white man was fined ten dollars after a south bound train stopped nearby and a bottle was taken from him. A state ranger aboard the same train arrested him for the offense. The report includes a dubious testimonial from J H Waller of Sunbury Ohio about Burdock Blood Bitter.
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