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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1911
Page
2
In Birmingham on November 28 1941 Representative Underwood argued against direct democracy via initiative and referendum. He claimed elected representatives better protect national interests and warned against replacing constitutional safeguards with popular will.
A Columbia reader endorses Doan’s Kidney Pills for kidney relief. Lipscomb of 112 Main St testifies of back pain and kidney trouble improved by the pills bought at Adams & Martin Drug Store. He says his family now keeps the medicine and urges others to use Doan’s, 50 cents a box, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents.
The text hints that Congress would respond to enlightened and murmured public opinion with legislation on aid, food laws, and campaign contribution measures as examples of such responses. The passage is incomplete and unclear about specifics.
November 23 in Pall Minnesota an applicant claims to be the first to seek admission to the Jag Farm hospital for the afflicted His plea cites lifelong failures to gain a place elsewhere and appeals to the State Board of Control for consideration.
William J. Burns told the American Bankers Association that prosecution witnesses in the Los Angeles Times dynamiting case have faced death threats after repeated bribery attempts by defense agents. The remarks came in New Orleans on November 25.
A man aboard the villsville Nassville line fell from a passenger car into a creek while waiting for the southbound accommodation. He was found almost frozen, in the water about two hours, rescued and taken to a hotel for care before continuing to Rives Tennessee.
The census bureau reports a notable rise in oat cultivation across the United States with Tennessee ranking fifth among sixteen Southern states. Acreage up 44.8 percent, production up 7.2 percent, and yield up 1 percent since 1900, except Kentucky and Texas.
In Richmond on November 24 delegates split on federal aid for highways. While the American Association for Highway Improvement elected officers and barred federal aid, a faction backing federal aid formed in another room to press their stance and prepare for a national conference in Washington, D.C., on June 1.
Dr C F P of the lay men missionary movement reports plans to fund a 190000 share in San Francisco in memory of the late Bishop C P Fitzgerald. A Sacramento conference collection raised 11000 for the tribute while Fitzgerald served on the coast and in California during the 1870s.
At the Atlanta AFL convention Samuel Gompers and socialist delegates clashed over adopting the initiative and referendum principle for officer elections. The minority report urged acceptance if executive review supported it, highlighting support from Joseph De Vannen and the Western Federation of Miners.
John Meyers, a colored boy who sued the International Agricultural Corporation for damages, secured a verdict in his favor for 800 dollars. He alleges he lost a leg while working at the plant during duty.
Taft backers push a strict delegate oath to pledge loyalty to Taft, fearing a Roosevelt comeback. The plan aims to seal delegates’ allegiance by a clear bond wording as the 1912 convention nears, with speculation about Roosevelt’s influence and Taft’s renomination timing.
Near Farmer's Exchange in Ishiac county, three year old Edward Greely died after his clothes caught fire from a blaze. His mother tried to extinguish the flames and tore off the clothing, but the child died about two hours later.
One of the largest coal land and mining deals in the Southeast was completed as Southern Mining Company of Williamsburg Kentucky leased the Asher Coal Mining Co operations at Warraro Kentucky. The transfer covers operations and a solid boundary of more than 16 000 acres of high grade coal lands mainly in Bell County Kentucky.
A man named Jess Wortham testified before the grand jury and was released Thursday morning. He returned to his home on the Squire Petty place to be with his mother and grandfather.
Latray Choate pleaded guilty in Liberty Missouri to tying his wife with a rope to a harrow and driving mules around a field four times while beating her with a club after she talked to another man. He received thirty days in jail. The wife seeks a divorce.
Rev. B. G Regen, noted evangelist, is appointed chaplain of the main prison by Gov. Hooper to succeed Charles B. Sullivan. Regen, 42, hails from Marshal County and has a history in Lay Missionary work and evangelism with several revivals statewide. The position pays 1250 annually, up from 600, reflecting the governor’s stance on rewarding spiritual guidance for inmates.
Mattie Pillow transfers a divided interest in the 5th district to T. B. Forgey. 3 F. A. Howard conveys acres in the 6th district to J. E. Brownlow for 2500 dollars.
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