Academy Term Opens Under Auspicious Circumstances
The opening of the term is described as most auspicious with hopeful outlooks. Readers are prompted to watch for upcoming events as routines resume after a period of transition.
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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1909
Page
6
The opening of the term is described as most auspicious with hopeful outlooks. Readers are prompted to watch for upcoming events as routines resume after a period of transition.
The Columbia Military Academy will open its fifth year on Wednesday in September with a diverse staff and a student body drawn from seventeen states and three nations. Captain Cox and Captain Ragsdale lead canvassing from Mississippi to Texas while Major Newman oversees military instruction and Lt. Whitten Beecham depart for experience. Seventeen states and Mexico and Nicaragua will be represented among incoming pupils as applications surge beyond capacity.
The article notes a large contingent from the surrounding country and highlights beautified grounds and improvements. It emphasizes the school’s long-standing natural beauty as a top asset and claims it will exceed any school south of the Mason-Dixon line.
Seed wheat for sale from Vanderwood with smooth head. Any quantity. Won first honors two years running in the sweepstakes at the State Fair in Nashville for best half bushel in the state. Address T L McAdams Belfast Tenn or call Cumberland 206 144. Sdltwklyst.
A report on the new Lincoln cent highlighting the designer initials V. D. B etched in tiny letters. Rumors of government retirements circulated, but Phoenix National Bank shows no instructions. Locals buy the coins as souvenirs for up to twenty five cents, though unverified.
J R Dodson of Thompson Station neighborhood was thrown when a horse bolted in West End Saturday. He suffered cuts bruises and a head injury. Dr James Williamson treated the wounds and Dodson is improving. The runaway horse remains uncaught.
Judge Newman in federal court ruled against W James of Blakeley Georgia who claimed NY cotton exchange losses were gambling and not payable. James refused to pay $10,145 to a New York brokerage firm, arguing his cotton losses were wagers and not valid debts. He asserts total cotton losses exceed $20,000 with about half paid.
Gen Jefe McCard spent Tuesday night in Lewisburg en route to Nashville from Mooresville after serving as chief speaker at an educational rally. He stayed at Stilwell House and was greeted by many locals including a party of young people, amid applause for his stance on maintaining the right.
Hiohing torturing skin eruptions disfigure and annoy, Doun's Ointment brings quick relief and lasting cures. Fifty cent at any drug store.
Beverly Mass Aug 16 Taft keeps line on census supervisors ordering no use of post positions for party ends. President Taft's letter to Nagel warns relief for officials who politicize duties and outlines rules for supervisors and enumerators as April 1910 census counting approaches.<br>
An advertisement promotes Foley's Urine Laxative as a cure for indigestion and stomach trouble. It claims to stimulate the stomach and liver regulate the bowels and positively cure habitual constipation, attributed to GEO. 8. ALCORN.
The Fourth District community near Match is constructing a new school house about one mile from Match. The old Union school was torn down. the new sixty by twenty building includes a "T" wing and a corner rostrum for supervision. Classes start late this month under Prof. J. T. Stamps. Subscriptions urged for The Herald.
Float talcum powder ten cents, plain crepe paper ten cents, palm leaf and Jap folding fans priced to sixteen cents. Hair brushes eleven cents to fifty cents. Men's striped overalls up to ninety six cents, children's romper suits twenty five and forty five cents. Bamboo porch shades sixty cents to one dollar. Ladies vests priced low with taped neck details.
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