Postal notice from Columbia Tenn marks mail matter
Botored at the post office in Columbia Tennessee a nine second place mail matter.
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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1905
Page
7
Botored at the post office in Columbia Tennessee a nine second place mail matter.
A Nesbville editorial praises Governor Taylor's friends predicting a shift from rhetoric and humorous campaigning to sober, argumentative statesmanship. It notes his thirty years as a public speaker and argues the upcoming opening speech will demonstrate real grasp of public questions, not just anecdotes and songs.
The passage praises Gov McMillin and Sen Carmack for preparing campaign books and statistical detail to aid speakers. It notes McMillin’s mastery of figures and references tariff debates, aiming to educate Gov Taviy and present Benton McMillin as a grave, wise statesman loaded with facts.
In Giloe County Carmack and Taylor backers clash as Dan Selick stands with Taylor while Jack Flournoy wins for Carmack. The article notes Carmack as a strong national figure and predicts statewide battles with May primaries approaching, Tennessee politics spurred by rival factions and noisy Taylor supporters.
The Nashville American endorses a joint debate between Senator Carmack and his competitor after Carmack’s Vendome address. It praises the high tone and manly defense of Warmack’s public record and views, asserting both candidates would uphold debate dignity and allow direct exchange on public questions.
The piece argues that face to face debates surpass long distance exchanges, praising Taylor and Carmack as skilled debaters. It urges a joint debate as fairest and manliest, noting forthcoming railway competition and potential alignment of several lines including Louisville and Nashville, Dickey Bird hints, and regional industrial stakes.
In a Boston public school a teacher aimed to illustrate a volcano using red chalk fumes on the board. After finishing, she asked the class to describe what a volcano looked like. A quick reply from a student named Joey startled the room, saying it looked like hell with abrupt candor.
Market information offers the highest price for wheat and sacks available at the mill. Customers are invited to visit or call the mill, with contact noting the identifier B. Ashton. The promotion appears in a concise 1900s style notice encouraging farmers to bring grain for competitive rates.
The Spree River in Berlin overflows to the banks, flooding Spreewald Avenue in summer and freezing with ice in winter. Summer traffic moves by boat while winter travel uses skates and sledges. Even deliveries, schooling, markets, and funerals occur on water or ice, with boats carrying coffins and mourners past submerged or flooded streets.
Special to the Herald reports HJ Davidson receives a pardon after conviction at the March term for large pretenses and petit larceny. He is ordered to two years in the penitentiary on one charge and one year on the other. Governor Cox grants clemency amid goodwill.
The Kansas City Star notes the wheat harvest as the year’s real work, while farms in the wheat belt foster culture. It praises educated, savvy farmers who treat harvest workers with care, shaping communities where men of humble origin find better prospects and families bond over shared toil and refined life.
A garbled OCR fragment lists varied foods and condiments including cream tomato soup crackers Tabasco Worcester sauce celery pickles olives head lettuce radishes onions salsify cranberries salad dressing and canned fruits. It also mentions potatoes, greens, beans, fruits like peaches grapes and apricots along with beverages and miscellaneous items.
Local store touts pre holiday sales on ladies cloaks and suits, children’s wear, wool dress goods, silks, and dress fabrics. Bargains include long coats in Empire style, ladies hats, rugs, and men’s shoes with prices cut for next Saturday and Monday. Five-figure stock highlights offer sample suits, tailored pieces, and kid shoes at reduced rates.
A worker narrates his injury and recovery under a surgeon, later leaving with $250 after writing to his worried mother. The speaker reflects on future land consolidations in the wheat country and the impact on local labor needs and autumn migration.
W Cary Ely, Buffalo president of the American Street Railway association, recounted a Philadelphia convention tale about a mother giving a boy a half dollar to pay fare. The boy kept it, received 40 cents change, and cried that a 'bad half dollar' had been taken. Also notes Bishop Hanlon on Uganda medicine men and converts.
Centreville Tenn November 28 S M Ward and J J McGill sold to M B Coburn of St Louis property on Blue Buck Creek from 8 K Bona and Jones for 23500 The Chicago deal with Swan Lack Creek and Gray's Bend lands may close this week valued near 2000000 It would greatly enrich Hickman county with phosphate and iron lands to be marketed and a new company may run fertilizer factories with J O Kealley Griffio in charge More Maury county investors hope the deal succeeds.
Wheat buyers advertise the highest market price for wheat with sacks furnished. J B Ashton promotes deals through 2ute channels.
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