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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1907
Page
3
An advertisement lists Ladies Long Silk Gloves at 50c 75c and 68c with colors black white gray and tan. Also features laces embroideries nets veils and shirt waist patterns with assorted trims and new fashion accessories including belts combs and cosmetic powders.
Martin A. Meyers of Buffalo, N Y, born on a mountain near Knoxville, has become a near millionaire after discovering rich silver veins on Silver Mountain, Ontario. Meyers, president of Montreal River Lumber Co and working director of Harson Consolidated Silver Mines, says profits surpassed 750000 and forecasts a second million within a year.
An editorial warns against mercury based remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo as a safe internal treatment. It claims no mercury and emphasizes authentic product sourcing with testimonials offered. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A new move to Sulures story from Harper's Weekly recalls a girl fond of chickens. An eight year old caretaker forgot the brood and discovered six drowned chicks after the mother returned. The boy confessed, saying the six died happy, as his mother cried in disbelief.
In Knoxville Tenn Aug 26 saloon men plan to challenge the new charter becoming effective Nov 1 by seeking an injunction. They argue a technicality from the Memphis charter ruling may block enforcement while temperance leaders see differing circumstances. The dispute centers on ousting city officials and reappointments to fill unexpired terms including Chairman W O White whose term ends Jan 23.
A Massachusetts pastor recalls a fable about a mother meadow lark to explain his plan to paint his untidy church. He has received funds and supplies from supporters and will lead parishioners in the project, aiming for a decent finish in support of cleanliness as next to godliness.
A Philadelphia Press snippet captures a brief street scene in which Mrs Housekeep asks for five pounds of sugar from a grocer. The grocer offers a lighter weight, saying he will weigh only three or four pounds, as she contemplates carrying the package home.
New York reports Japan bought 1,000 Whitehead torpedoes for 5 million dollars, quickly depleting the market after the US secretly arranged to purchase 50 for its navy. Navy officials acknowledge the Wells expedition secured fifty for America, while Japan’s purchase limits immediate US supply.
A Putnam's Magazine writer argues Americans are highly intelligent and uniquely curious about all facts. He praises daily newspapers for informing the public about events, crime, and even intimate matters, crediting reporters with gratifying and shaping this native curiosity.
A coroners jury verdict in London found Isa bella Thurgood died from overwork while employed at a wash-tub. The seventy seven year old widow collapsed after a strenuous day, highlighting harsh conditions of domestic labor in the era.
It is best to entrust us now with the installation of a modern steam or hot water apparatus. When the cold snap occurs our steam fitters will be over rushed and we cannot attend to your wants immediately. Place your contract during the slack season. Both Phones REES WATKING.
Tulsa Aug 25 Dock Barnes aged about 96 killed his wife at their home eight miles southeast of Tulsa last night. Three months earlier Barnes tried to kill Richard Lewis who had been paying attention to Barnes's daughter but was discharged after a preliminary hearing. No arrest has yet been made.
Washington Aug 22 Acting Secretary of War Oliver says a careful reading of canal construction law confirms the President may grant the Isthmian Canal Commission permission to create an $8,000,000 deficiency in the current fiscal year to fund an enlarged engineer department operations plan. The President is advised and will be notified by cable.
A saddle-colored porter on the St. Louis Memphis line stopped in Blytheville for breakfast at Walters hotel but has not eaten. He wore a large cut above the eye after a confrontation with Charley Walters, and fled toward the Prisco train southbound. This marked Blytheville’s first attempt at social equality, likely to be brief.
Road duty required for male residents aged eighteen to fifty in Maury County under 1907 act. Overseers must warn three days. nonperformance penalties include fines of at least five dollars. Commutation allowed at eighty cents per day to be paid to the County Trustee. eight to ten hour workdays noted. officials warned against improper commutation. FLOM THOMAS, Travies, Weawtt-18-1td
Norbert and Mrs Fittcroft read the Tocsin to confirm a shift in public opinion after the murder trial. Joe, planning a quiet settlement, lists unencumbered property while Ariel accepts the terms and Happy Fear awaits the verdict, which clears the defendant and secures Joe’s influence.
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