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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1902
Page
6
The Rural Free Delivery will place Maury County under service with seventeen new routes and seventeen carriers. The plan, mentioned earlier in the Herald, aims to have mail delivered directly to every resident once completed. It is unclear where Mr. Clapp will start, but he will survey the district before leaving.
A Saturday meeting in the Circuit Court room gathered citizens to discuss a proposed county and city high school and to advance a plan for securing the institution. Messrs Fleming Fry and Dinning were named to join the prior committee to devise equitable terms between city and county and report at the next county court term.
In East Tennessee Hon Roderick Randont Butler died at his Mountain City home at 12 o clock aged 75 after a period of illness. Butler was a longtime Republican leader in East Tennessee politics and served one term in Congress representing the First Tennessee district and many years as a State Senator up to his death.
Oyster Bay N Y Aug 15 The President ordered that enlisted men who die in the Philippines be cabled to the United States every two weeks. The practice had stopped after the volunteer army withdrew, despite higher cost for officers.
Wisconsin Central Ry announces September 1 start and daily runs through October 1002 selling Settlers' tickets Chicago to Montana Idaho Oregon Washington and British Columbia at reduced rates. Inquiries via Ticket Agent or addresses T D Campbell 218 Pike Building Cincinnati and Jus C Pond Milwaukee. Angi T&B. Summer Hotel Wise Westal rumor about Van Smythes paying more for rooms. Husband and wife quip over perceived wealth. San Jose area. August. Inspired by Harry Tracy daring. Charles Tann and Charles Willan farmhands near town turned bandits. Tan dead Willian prisoner.
Reports describe a shock among Lloyds and insurers after His Majesty fell ill delaying the coronation. Insurance rates jumped, with weekly premiums rising and overall losses expected to exceed millions. Underwriters frantically studied telegrams as entertainment, exhibitors, and West End traders faced vast indemnities and postponed ceremonies.
Evansville council passed an ordinance giving Cumberland Telephone ninety days to quit the city after its franchise expired July 22. The Board of Public Works will request bids from several companies, with Cumberland likely among bidders. Headquarters are in Nashville.
Amid reports of Roosevelt and Hanna factions rallying Southern Republicans Roosevelt work in the South is Underway. Alabama is viewed as pivotal to align early on the party roll call and attract wavering colleagues. The Nashville American notes Alabama’s leverage for a candidate’s initial gains.
Manila dispatch reports the Moro situation in Mindanao growing critical with possible U S moves against Bacolod after the murder of two Twenty-seventh Infantry men. A night attack at Camp Vickers killed two and wounded one, with attackers from Bacolod noted. Capt. Pershing urges fort reductions amid local opposition.
A Big Four passenger train from Indianapolis to Peoria wrecked at Rising Station near Champaign about four this morning. Engineer Henry Gordan suffered a scalp wound and jaw fracture. fireman W. Th Parish from Indianapolis burned badly and is in serious condition. A postal clerk in the mail car was slightly hurt.
Col William Arnold Hemphill founder and long time business manager of the Atlanta Constitution died Sunday night at his Peachtree Street home of apoplexy. Born in Avhens Georgia in 1842 his death shocks Atlanta. Prince Chen arrived with Sir Liang Chen Tuen after coronation duties. Hebrew burials in New York total about 584758. A severe storm hit missing locations with stock deaths barns blown down and corn mashed.
Collected quips from newspapers show snippets about trains, plays, and social tact. Jester and Jimson joke exchanges hint at power and dating mishaps. The Chicago Post and Ohio State Journal excerpts read like satirical banter.
A fragmented Chicago Daily News piece shows a bustling shop scene with clerks and customers, a meek shopper seeking five yards of fabric and deliveries. The humor centers on miscommunication, flirtation, and the brisk sales staff exploiting delays while a young man flirts.
A reporter, sent to cover a wedding, asks to print the wedding events list in a supplement. The bride playfully consents, saying she wouldn’t mind the extra print, as the exchange reveals a light hearted moment about publicity.
Crystal Springs in Lincoln County sits 1 100 feet high about 50 feet above Columbia with cool air and no mosquitoes. It offers mineral water with carbonate of sodium and magnesium sulphate, courteous treatment, dancing parlor, alley, and bathing pool. Only 244 boats ride from Columbia on the NX G B Louis Road. Best place for Columbians to spend August days with monthly, weekly, and daily rates and Caldwell as manager. Post-office Crreta Springs, Horton, Tenn.
Letters from Dr Joby A Shilling president of Tayboo University Uptandd Ind and Rev Frederick J Taylor pastor of Central Baptist Brooklyn endorse a plan to feature Jerusalem at the St Louis World’s Fair An opposing view warns of opposition and urges careful reproduction while praising the educational value and religious revival themes connected to the project.
A jumble of brief notes records deaths and injuries including Mrs Matilia Oliver near Eldorado and Capt Moses Hilliard at Maryland resort. Reports list a railway fatality near Bloomings ton, a cavern accident in Marelall HL, a man crushed by a train while rescuing a child near Murphysboro HL, and John Warren hanged at Groes beck TX. Also noted are labor and economic snippets, crop pests, a political rally by William Bryan, a greeting after a long sleep, and regional business concerns in Evansville and Beaumont.
Aug 1 Salem reports a large fruit evaporating plant run by Jacob Roger at Kell burned to the ground in the early hours. The evaporator was at full capacity with $3,000 in building and machinery losses and $1,700 on apples, all uninsured.
A patient named Elbagno in Harlem Hospital has slept for months with no nourishment and barely any response. Doctors, baffled by the trance like state, treat him for typhoid then suspect a rare neuro condition. He only awakens for meals, accepting soup and bread before sinking back. He is nicknamed Rip by physicians.
An advertisement touts Clifton brand flour as a perfect, pure soft wheat patent flour made from Kentucky grown wheat. It claims superior quality through careful selection, cleansing, gradual reduction, and silk bolting for velvet softness. Sold by Chaftin Bros at Bransford Mills in Owensboro Kentucky.
A Swedish professor, urged to stay at the college during a fierce storm, returns home with a damp nightshirt bundle. The tale, cited as fact, plays on teachers' absent mindedness and the lure of a familiar comfort, highlighting a humorous misunderstanding.
Nina May, daughter of Mr and Mrs John R Martin, nearly suffered serious burns Friday when her clothes caught while playing with matches in the yard. A man who helped quickly extinguished the flames, preventing worse injuries to the child.
Bud Adcock fell while carrying a heavy stick of wood on his shoulder Monday at his home near the Time kiln and broke one of his arms.
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