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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1901
Page
8
Mayor Jay M. Head declares candidacy for reelection saying administration projects reduced interest costs and new enterprises financed with lower rates. He credits loyal supporters and notes lingering governor ambitions but rules out 1902 nomination.
Garwood's Sursaparilla for the blood touted as a cure. Gen. C F P Long reports San Francisco Army Transport Service disbursing about 20 million dollars for transport maintenance. Manila voyage cost estimated at 186 for cabin passage. ships capacity 1200 to 2000. Meade sails today, burning 110 tons daily for 25 days. Coal is a major expense.
Nashville American reports Adjutant General W O Brandon is a candidate for governor to succeed Gov McMillin. A close political friend disclosed the bid yesterday. Brandon smiled but declined to discuss or deny the report. It is generally believed he may receive support from administration allies.
Nashville City to gain a new suburb as Belmont Land Company and Nashville Trust Company plan a joint venture with local capitalists to develop hundreds of acres west and south of Belmont College. The project aims to create a valuable addition to the city over time.
Urban man to an old neighbor questions the fighting cock origins of his chickens. He guesses fighting behavior comes from feeding and care. The exchange highlights local humor about urban poultry in a Detroit setting.
A brief poetic meditation on right as a seed in the soul that seeks God and elevates the heart toward noble understanding. The verse reflects inner impulse guiding toward truth and light through spiritual ascent.
Walter W Telher of Export OU and Pipe Line Company reports a telegram from fiscal agents noting a gusher over a derrick with oil production touted at least seventy thousand barrels per day. The opinion says weather will allow a photograph soon and a pipeline connection will follow. Gov McMillin is said to be interested in the company.
East Tennessee suffers five days of heavy rain with Coal Creek and Knoxvi lle reports. Water levels rise inches to feet in homes forcing evacuations as a large flood pool forms against a rail embankment risking collapse and widespread East side washout.
A fragmented note on Maury County rejecting the dog law and low state revenue, mentioning a remittance to Deputy Trostes Cheaine and funds from Mr Alive Cempiell of Spring Ti fe, with unclear totals and local response.
A Canadian Pacific liner the Islander sank after a collision with a wreck off Douglass Island Alaska en route to Victoria. Captain Foote and about two dozen others perished as boiler explosions and fire followed the crash. survivors were rescued by the Queen and Juneau steamer runs, with many local residents recognizing the missing aboard the ill fated voyage.
A girl grows into a queen amid jewels and pomp yet returns with Santini waves on a sunlit shore. She rests on the sand in a linen shirt and sailor hat, proving she remains a queen in simple garb.
John Marshall farmer was fatally shot today by John Higgs after an alleged struggle over a pistol. Higgs and his brother testified Marshall threatened them before gunfire ended the life. Higgs brothers were arrested and jailed. Marshall’s wife and several relatives faced prior legal trouble.
In Havana on August 18 Chief Surgeon Harvard halted the yellow fever mosquito propagation experiments after a nonimmune Spaniard died from the disease. Another bitten man remains seriously ill as tests by Dr Caldas, the Brazilian expert, faced scrutiny over a serum preventive.
Surprise sale announced in Louisville as Shelbyville Bloomfield and Ohio Railroad transfers to Louisville and Nashville for 150000 dollars. Philadelphia bidders had planned a major extension via Nash vi Booker Reed of Louisville and Stone Walker of Bienmont represented stockholders.
London reports from the Mark Lane Express estimate the Northwestern Europe's wheat crop at 494 million bushels, with Britain 86 million, France 5 million, Belgium and Holland 40 million. America has 679 million bushels, India’s famine status unsettled, and Egypt no longer exporting. The government expects a 5 million quarter export surplus, while India doubts a full famine relief is unnecessary.
Forty school teachers recruited from across the country sailed to the Philippines and never met before boarding the transport. Within days sixty succumbed to Cupid’s wiles and in Honolulu one clergyman officiated at thirty three marriage ceremonies.
Fragmentary notice describes Marvin M. Ford planning travel from Kimwood Tennessee to Arkansas and Missouri to buy and ship pears and related pearls. The item mentions several pearls and a spree of purchases from various counties, including references to individuals and locations with unclear context.
Commissioner Clay Evans releases the Nik annual report for the year ending June 30 1901 showing 44 225 pensions paid original, 1041081 names on roll, 4206 net gain, and 144 000 000 appropriations with 1 631 453 84 expended. War era pensions and Spain war accounts dominate the increases.
Seven of fourteen injured in the Ohio National Steel Co blast furnace department died. Names include Richard Richards John Cruikshank Andy Kohut Mike O'Brien Joseph Bugos George Mainik. Two more injured remain in serious condition.
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