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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1909
Page
7
The Columbia Herald Publishing Company lists subscription prices and weeks of service while naming A Farrell as general manager and W Ed Hastings as advertising manager. The ad mixture hints at period newspaper operations and reader duties.
Houston Thomas, noted lock man, spoke in Columbia this week on sheep scab spread and urged Maury county farmers to form local groups to build a dipping vat for the region. He warned Kentucky sees the disease as a danger to the sheep industry and said the vat could dip other vermin infested stock. The Herald endorses the plan as practical.
The county’s half mile mark was broken by Geers Direct and March McEwen before Walter Hal. Opal Wilson set a new record locally. The author praises the fast track at the fairgrounds and hopes Maury’s record returns and stays for another year.
A notice urges Maury county Democrats to attend the September sixth county meetings to choose delegates for a September twenty first Nashville state meeting. The goal is to select candidates for prohibitionist representation and focus on legislative choices. The event aligns with the state fair week, offering cheap travel.
The Alabama Senate approves the Fuller bill, to be signed by Governor Comer and take effect immediately. It targets locker clubs and saloon subterfuge, shifts proof to the accused, bans the word saloon, and treats possession of a federal license to sell liquor as conclusive guilt. Murfreesboro and Jackson each claim a Board seat as the Normal moves status.
A report warns that Indiana boys inhale gasoline fumes leading to intoxication and health risks. The piece discusses dangerous behavior near vehicles and questions potential long term damage or wrecks, mentioning concern from authorities and the public.
City Board of Education votes to seek Columbia’s share of state funds for a Normal school and urges Mayor and Aldermen to approve the maximum allowed by law. A mass meeting Thursday will gauge public sentiment on the project and its promise to guarantee a street railway construction. The Herald urges broad turnout to decide Columbia's stake in the school.
The passage praises an explorer who may claim the North Pole while another seeks to conquer two near impossible feats at once. It notes the challenge of making an airship work and suggests the world would excuse failure to locate the pole if the airship succeeds.
Col Allen Brown and Judge W B Turner appealed to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen for a street railway franchise in Columbia. They cited ready funds and foreign capital, urging a franchise with proper restrictions to unlock transportation modernity. Officials see the project as a boon to growth and commerce, with the Normal School's arrival likely accelerating the railway.
Walter Wellman, Chicago publicity figure, abandons plans to reach the North Pole by airship. After four years of preparation and a 1907 failed start, he left New York on May 12 for Spitsbergen to resume trials, but persistent winds thwarted progress toward the pole.
Governor Beckham nominates Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis as Kentucky's representatives to the Hall of Fame. The piece notes support and opposition, cites Virginia's choice of George Washington and Robert E. Lee, and argues Lincoln and Davis are the state's most worthy figures in history.
The Lincoln penny, once overlooked, now generates attention as its design and edge changes prompt complaints. The Nashville Banner notes Treasury concerns over protecting the new one cent piece design while a thicker edge is adopted to guard the coin.
Reported that the new penny drops into nickel slots and jams penny slot machines. Machines may be rendered unusable or require redesigns, with much capital invested in various slots. The Treasury could order changes to one cent coins to fix the issue.
The Herald explains county and city bond funds must be spent only on purchasing a site and erecting a building for the State Normal school. Proceeds go to the state comptroller for the school, not for maintenance. Funds from Maury county and Columbia will all be used for the site and building.
A civic booster urges attendees to invite strangers with the phrase Meet me at the Fair to boost Maury’s fall show in Columbia. The idea aims to increase attendance by casual, friendly remarks and widespread word of mouth.
The piece references street railways and new ventures like a shirt garter firm, praising Maury County and Columbia while lamenting misrule in places. It mentions lynching near Paagerald, debates over employee freedom to trade, and Alabama politics with Montgomery and Birmingham shifts.
A local store promotes a capital showing of fall ladies and misses suits with prices from 15 to 50 dollars. The notice touts ready made stock, parasols at discount next Saturday and Monday, plus fall hosiery, window shades made to order, linoleum and floorcloth offerings, and trunks and suit cases with various price points.
A twelve year old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Beckett, was knocked from a buggy in front of Woldridge's drug store when the horse jerked the lines. She struck her head and hip but suffered no serious injuries and was taken to Adkisson Bras for examination.
A brief classified item from The Herald promotes selling blown down corn and young hogs for profit. It mentions W. H. Warfield as the contact or seller and invites subscribers to The Herald for details.
Aurora news reports Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota will enter a hospital on September 1 for a fourth operation to treat appendicitis. Public reaction from Aurora women highlights Johnson's support for woman suffrage and a candid remark about gender equality.
The Tri-State Fair in Memphis aims to boost mule breeding and trade. Exhibits will feature mules, sacks, and textiles with large premiums, drawing breeders from Mississippi Arkansas and West Tennessee. Organizers promise livestock shows rivaling the World's Fair with classes for mule breeders and mule traders.
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