04 Dec 1907
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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1907
Page
1
The Herald editor critiques the Poor House conditions, detailing the yard layout with cottages, a central round house called the Horror of Horrors, and inadequate facilities. The piece argues for a modern central building to improve heating, bath rooms, cleaning, and control of inmate movement to combat tuberculosis risk.
Thomason, unmarried man of four years, was found dead near Hackney Bridge, about a mile south of Pleasant, on December 27. An inquest led by Judge F. M. Ricketts concluded death from an overdose of laudanum, with an ounce and a half on his person and a partly filled whiskey bottle found. No violence observed. autopsy confirmed laudanum as the cause. Burial set for tomorrow at Hunter Cemetery near the scene.
Memphis attorney Ralph Davis is named as the defendant in a suit for divorce filed in the Fourth Division of the Circuit Court. Sally S. Davis, formerly Sally S. Foster, alleges they wed in Missouri in August 1897 and that Davis denies ever being married and claims to know the woman.
The writer asserts the Charity Home can be kept only with adequate resources and calls Maury County Court to act. It contends the present keeper did all he could under the circumstances and appeals to residents to mobilize and restore the Black Bottom neighborhood.
Mrs Eliza A Wiley of Liswomb Iowa recounts eleven years of hand eczema and cracked skin failing many doctors. After using Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent Pills her hands healed, and she now praises the treatment and recommends it for eczema. Date Oct 18 1906.
fragmented ad style note describes skin ailment relief using Cuticura products. mentions Cuticura Soap and Ointment as cures, with an address and mixed garbled text suggesting a promotional reader solicitation in Reading. contains scattered references to dates and locations but no clear event.
Citizens in Columbia faced widespread outages as water and electric service failed across the city over two days. Pumps and boilers malfunctioned, riverside wells leaked, and a belt idle led to darkness. Independent firms and local leaders seek relief and reliable power. The Columbia Institute suffers most as patrons demand action and better guarantees.
The ad proclaims Dyspepala as a universal cure all, stating it drives out impurities tones the stomach restores perfect digestion enables normal weight and good health for everyone without citing clinical evidence or specific use cases.
In East Tennessee W. Hamilwa reports Anti-Saloon League concerns over high license for saloons. Senator Carmack replies that Memphis conditions require not abandoning but supplementing measures. He argues local vetoes won’t reduce vice and urges a state license of at least $1000 yearly with advance payment to cut saloon numbers in Shelby County.
In New York City during the first month of 1906 interest and dividends exceed 200 million dollars, the largest sum ever paid to bondholders and stockholders. The year 1905 closes as one of the most prosperous in U.S. history with many corporations distributing increased or special dividends. Conservative increases dominate as large surpluses after fixed charges fund most gains.
Gov. Cox commutes the death sentence of John Smith known as Shorty to life imprisonment in Tennessee. Smith was scheduled to be hanged in Knoxville today.
The speech argues for expanding the Adams law to curb saloons, praising Tennessee temperance progress and urging immediate, practical steps toward banning whiskey shops beyond Tennessee. It repeats a commitment to annihilating the saloon, with endorsement of the Anti-Saloon League and a Knoxville speech reference.
Civil Service Commission in Washington discussed Wilbert T. George, the only eligible black candidate for a Hattiesburg, Mississippi post office clerk job. He says white residents warned he would be mobbed if he reports for duty. Green notes transfers require service needs. commission may relocate him if he insists on serving in Hattiesburg.
A state legislative committee examining the asylum proposes sterilization of chronic insane and feeble minded to protect society from rising numbers. They cite about 5,000 chronic insane and 1,000 feeble minded statewide, with most in county almshouses. Dr James H. Nichol of Eau Claire chairs the committee.
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