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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1901
Page
2
Yard sale items feature Hemp Carpeting in Smyrna 9x12 designs priced at 20.00 each or 2 for 40.00 with nine purchases noted and a value claim of 825.00, reflecting discounted sale terms.
An OCR fragment advertises Qarwood’s Sarsap Sarsaparitia for the blood, promising guaranteed relief and featuring an unusual brand claim attributed to B. Wains.
An official from the State penitentiary arrived Wednesday and escorted prisoners. Will Simpson alias Debra Whittaker colored, sentenced to two years for stealing a mule from the Bros at Mt Pleasant. J A Sloan white, sentenced to three years for house-breaking and larceny. Sloan broke into a negro house near Glendale.
Washington dispatch notes Representatives Patterson and Padgett of Tennessee receive key assignments. Patterson to the Senate Finance committee on Imperial Affairs, Padgett to Banking and Currency. Cox shifts to Military Affairs. Padgett seeks recovered cannons for Columbia and pursues army post plans, plus bills to reimburse Jackson College and Cumberland Presbyterian Church for Civil War occupancy. He also pursues rural routes.
The Indian Territory Mulminating Oi Co with a 2,000,000 capital was incorporated in Jersey City on December 12. It is authorized to purchase and control all rights and properties of Phoenix Co and Osage Oil Co operating in the Osage Indian reservation. Incorporators include John J. Billings Tracy Buckingham Evan J. Dudley Thornton Parker and Thomas J. McLaren all of Jersey City.
The RACKET presents extensive Mens and Boys furnishings with unmatchable values. Men s heavy shirts and drawers in assorted colors plus fleeced lined varieties and wool underwear. Boots, gloves, caps, lap robes, rubbers and caps listed with prices. Also over shirts, baby caps and novel accessories. Boston duplicate whist set and latest copyright books advertised.
Patrolman Robert Vaughan was wounded this morning on Broad street when a man in a buggy fired at billboards and resisted arrest. A fusillade followed as the suspect fled toward Hillsboro lake leaving a blood trail. authorities pursue. The man, identified by circumstantial evidence as J. Bert Henson, is described as young and dissipated, believed to be returning to the city after a spree.
To make room for new stock we close out our remaining furniture. Act quickly for fast selling bargains with a chance to choose the best pieces. Visit Sarrentreco and Dopson to take advantage before stock runs out.
Lewisburg Tennessee voters chose city status after a tense election today. J. Adams was elected Mayor, with R. Armstrong as Recorder and Steve Derk as Police Captain. Aldermen named were H. C. Edwards, P. Smithson, J. J. Long, and Rox Woods.
Coal buyers urged to stock up for winter with a clear call to order from Mercantile Storage Co. The ad provides a contact phone number 79 and emphasizes preparations for cold weather.
Jobe Jones files suit for divorce from Annin Jones in Chattanooga asserting she is a slave to cocaine. The filing marks a dissolution of marriage amid alleged drug dependency.
Dissolution notice for the old firm Fuller Brittain dectH Wherry indicates all accounts and bills are closed. A single red poll and a short item are noted among the readable fragments.
A local notice seeks millet seed buyers seeking reliable supply. The advertisement asks for price terms and storage arrangements, inviting merchants to contact a storage company for deals and cooperative trade.
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