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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1902
Page
2
Local store proclaims two week sale with deep discounts on fabrics and quilts. Featuring Figured Lawns 5¢ yard Swisses 75¢ yard large white quilts $1.00 each Sea Island domes tic 42¢ yard bleached domestic 7 1/2¢ yard Penangs Madras Cloths and more. Alterations free. offers limited and sales driven by stock needs.
In Mt Pleasant Tennessee on August 20 a group of negro phosphate diggers uncovered the skeleton of a large animal, likely a mastodon, embedded in phosphate layers with bone fragments shattered by removal. Experts study the bones, photograph the phosphate wall, and plan to send findings to the Smithsonian. Local interest grows as bones are displayed in town stores.
J. W. Howard and Co at Stock Yard offer two cars of extra good broke two year old mare mules for pale trade or will exchange for aged mules.
A jumble of social notes lists visitors and residents from Andrews, Cross Bridges, Beechland, and Nashville. Families like the Gaines and McBride are mentioned with travels to Franklin, West Tennessee, and Williamsport. Classifieds offer sale of apple vinegar barrels and Triumph Seed Potatoes, plus Notary Public blanks and seed seed vendor ads.
Pulaski Tenn August 11 Supervisor Mike Clark of the Louisville Nashville Railroad found the corpse of a negro in Rivers corn field near Riversburg Station. The man identified as John Henry Jones of Haywood Creek Twelfth District lived nearby. He was last seen at Wales Station and is believed killed by a train on the railroad line.
In Frankfort Kentucky a group of convicts at the state prison overpowered two guards at breakfast and attempted to break for the outer court. A riot spread as guards backed by fellow inmates fought from nearby rooftops. Albert Ransom was wounded while Wallace Bishop, leader of the revolt, was shot in the breast. The convicts surrendered thereafter.
A poetic meditation on a restless spirit stirring discontent across society. It traces unrest from politics to religion, noting zeal without lasting impact, the urge for freedom and higher purpose, and the inner quest to live a true noble life despite external strife. The piece ends with a call to inner calm and duty.
A secret July 24 Columbia wedding between Sheriff elect James H Forgey and Lola Bello Hanks was revealed yesterday. The ceremony was performed by Rev J W Hatcher. the couple plans to reside near Timmons until September 1 then relocate to Columbia. Forgey, a popular county figure, recently won the sheriff’s office and his bride is noted for personal charm and domestic attainments. Friends extend congratulations.
Fragmented police report from San Francisco states a man named William Partholin or Bartholin was arrested on suspicion and jailed. He claims to be from Chicago and to have worked on a sailing vessel while denying knowledge of his mother Minnie Mitchell Sheext’s murder. Detectives remain tight lipped as details unclear.
Eight workmen are known dead after two steel digesters exploded at the Jessup and Moore Paper Company plant on the Christiania River in Wilmington. Six are missing and several others were badly injured, including names such as Frank Harriss and John Collins. Recovery of some may be doubtful.
A brisk colonial style ad extols green coffee priced at 12 lbs for 1.00 and compares favorably to pricier packaged brands. It touts “Southland” and several price points, urging households to switch to this superior drink “fit for the gods.”
Fragmentary OCR text references a product Owens Pink Mixture and a baby’s friend from birth until teeth with mention of druggists. No clear event or date. Readable nouns include Owens Pink Mixture and druggists.
Great reductions on straw hats and a line of Palmer's Mosquito Barres in assorted sizes. Mosquito netting in colors, summer lap robes, talcum powder, and assorted pensdas offered at low prices. Fine writing tablets and crepe papers also reduced, skirts sale prices range from 9c to 1.21.
Annexe advertises a wide range of school supplies at low prices including fiber lunch boxes crayons slates inks pens pencils and tablets with discounts on matches hammocks and window shades. Also promotes grey enamel preserving kettles and wall paper with a note of stock varying from cheapest to best grades and ready to furnish in any color or size.
A poem mixing Civil War imagery with lines about Blue and Gray soldiers waiting judgment day. It reflects mourning, valor, and unity in defeat, ending with notes on an 1880s apple growers congress in St. Louis and transatlantic travel.
Walter Tyndall sold thirty cattle heads all to Bowling Green buyers. Ino M Gray sold cattle from his Sanaverde farm to Mame Tail and Robertees of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Cattle averaged about 1000 pounds with price around six cents per pound, totaling about 40,400 for the lot. The same buyers also purchased cattle from Walter Tyndal, bringing the two sales near 7,004 dollars.
Fragmentary notes describe potato barrels or barrels for storage, attributed to Bee Lt Barrel Co and Citizens. Readable phrases reference small buyers and operation details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
An enormous rise in arrivals since January shows over 255000 immigrants entering the United States, more than 100000 above the prior year. Officials anticipate a total increase near 8 million for 1908 as many newcomers favor city settlements to start life in America.
Three hundred barrels of Trium Seed Potatoes for sale. Apply to W Nichols or H Frank Alexander in Columbia Tennessee.
A Princeton physics oral exam ends with a senior asking a playful query after Brackett invites questions. The professor smiles, seeks another question, and the senior finally asks, Are we through, sir.
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