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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1906
Page
8
Reads like a mid century store circular listing discounts on fleece lined shirts under garments gloves mittens and sweaters for men women and children. Highlights include fleece lined unions ribbed undergarments and gloves priced mostly under a dollar with footwear and rain gear also advertised.
Scores of programs and letters poured in to President Roosevelt urging a course of action after the dismissal without honor of three companies of the Twenty fourth Infantry. Most contributors are Northern Civil War veterans who served with black troops. A congressional resolution may seek full War Department information on the matter.
In Pittsburg on December 1, more than 1,500 teachers at the Pittsburg Teachers Institute faced a disruption when a crowd of schoolchildren raided the banquet room at Syria Temple. A negro boy entered the storeroom, guided others to food, and the youngsters helped themselves to cakes and cream before the janitor intervened. the organizer could not identify a single leader.
In Nashville at the late Fair a owner reportedly refused a thousand dollars for a famed hen. In Sandy Bottom a Wyandotte hen hatched four broods this year and raised forty six chicks, never roosting to care for her youngsters. Miss Nannie Phillips owns the bird near Slatter’s hut, with eleven in charge now and potential for another brood. The writer notes the poultry potential and mentions the desire for a fry of chicks amid humorous musings on value and appetite.
The second annual Middle Tennessee Poultry Association exhibit closed Friday with judges calling it the best and largest show ever seen in the South. Birds from seven states appeared as Maury county fanciers shine, with awards across dozens of breeds led by Barred and White Plymouth Rocks and Buckeye Reds.
Lynnville Tenn Dec 1 Steve Jones an aged respected Negro died aged 72 He was an ex slave owned by Daniel Jones and faithful to his old master s family He belonged to Columbia Bivouac C S A and Columbia Ly anville Reserve Guard He served in First Tennessee Cavalry Company H Wheeler s Regiment during the Civil War and voted Democratic He attended Confederate reunions and Pulaski State Reunion and the Sam Davis monument unveiling He was buried with old soldiers from Columbia and Harvey Miller Bivouans Pallbearers were prominent members of those organizations The funeral drew a large crowd of white and Black mourners The tribute shows enduring Southern ties between whites and faithful enslaved ancestors.
The schooner Academy arrived in San Francisco with 75,000 specimens from seventeen months on Galapagos Island. The collection includes 14 Galapagos tortoises, 4,000 reptiles, 10,000 birds, 10,000 plants, and 40 land and sea shells. Ornithologist B H Beck led the expedition.
New York dispatch notes record Thanksgiving abundance with 400000 turkeys slaughtered for city meals and an estimated 50000 fed outside homes. Weather praised as ideal for the holiday. The piece reflects on joy, optimism, and communal giving amid winter’s uncertainty.
The six year case against Helen Post known as the Bea Breese mental healer ends as she files an affidavit of acute inflammatory rheumatism. She pays a $500 fine, agrees to stop using the U S mails for mental healing, and is released from a thirty day sentence. Mrs Post, 76, is in frail health.
York Nixon, a black youth, died Sunday night from injuries sustained when accidentally shot Friday by Horace Catina. The incident will be investigated by the Grand Jury.
Winter tourist tickets to Florida Alabama Georgia North and South Carolina winter resorts Havana Cuba and many other points on sale daily with stop over privileges. Final time May 31 1907. For tickets and information contact any Southern Railway agent or J E Shipley D P A 204 Fourth Avenue North Nashville Tenn.
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