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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1907
Page
3
A continuation from the first page reports Judge Gordon stating satisfaction with sanitary conditions and noting efforts to ensure the desired state. He adds a remark attributed to W. O. Gordon, county judge, confirming commitment to public health standards.
John Akin, superintendent of the County Work House, defends inmate credit practices against grand jury claims of improper accounting. He says daily credit is given for all confinement days when a fixed sentence applies, and only days actually worked count for work and cost offenses, at forty cents per workday. He questions why the grand jury did not inspect the Work House records to verify compliance.
The Federal Assembly at Berne elected Dr. Ernest Brenner a Radical to serve as President of the Swiss republic. Brenner, noted as vice President of the Federal Council, assumes top office amid 1908 reforms.
YOLLANDE Ala Dec 17 At 8 tonight forty two blackened mangled bodies have been taken from the Yolande mine where a methane explosion occurred yesterday making the total known dead sixty one. Rescue teams labored under heat and smoke as lower entries remained hard to reach. No cause is certain though a misfired dynamite stick causing dust ignition is thought likely. One body showed entire front torn away with backbone exposed.
In a call to secure state factory completion, contracts should be placed with reliable and reputable parties. The goal is to execute all plumbing work in a satisfactory manner, with faithful performance and prompt completion.
At the Maury County Fair meetings June stakes totaled about 3800 dollars with expectations of not less than 4000 at the next event. The association will arrange purses and ground improvements at the coming meeting. A new rule bans negro riders in races.
In Nashville Tennessee, a Tennessee Fair Circuit meeting set dates for county fairs across the state. Lincoln County at Fayetteville runs August 10 to 15, Bedford at Shelbyville September 1 to 5, Giles at Pulaski September 11 to 18, Maury at Columbia September 15 to 19, Montgomery at Clarksville August 26 to 30, Putnam at Cookeville September 18 to 20, Rutherford at Murfreesboro must run September, Sumner at Gallatin August 21 to 23, with the Tennessee State Fair in Nashville September 21 to 26.
Mrs. K. M. Fishel of Dillaburg Pa. recalls a copperhead bite on August 29 1906. Distant from medical aid she applied Sloan's Liniment which relieved pain and saved her life. She is the mother of four and says she would be never without the remedy.
Denver descendants of Capt John Sevier who aided in Kentucky settlement are set to profit from a Supreme Court ruling. E. P. Sevier and Charles Sevier in Denver each stand to receive 250000. Six other Colorado descendants in Routt County also gain, tied to Sevier land grants from revolutionary war service and Kentucky settlement.
Reported in late dispatches that former Secretary of the Treasury Shaw has been selected to assume the presidency of the Kansas City National Bank of Commerce. The move signals a high level transition in the Kansas City financial sector with Shaw taking the helm at the prominent bank.
An announcement from Cincinnati dated December 17 reports the formation of the National Anti Race Death by Own Action Bureau with members in major cities. The chiefly medical membership includes about 300 honorary members to secure nationwide representation and educate the public per President Roosevelt's anti suicide campaign. Nashville members include R. E. Fort A. W. Hats R. G O Tucker and D. M. McFall.
A Yolande Alabama mine blast at Mine No 1 of the Yolande Coal & Coke Co. killed about 35 as rescue teams faced gases and heat. Officials fear 30 to 40 may still be trapped as debris and crowds hinder operations with many bodies recovered from the fifth or sixth right entrances and identification nearly impossible.
Verna Faris, found dead in a Clarke County area cornfield near Omaha, with a revolver and one empty chamber. believed to be self-inflicted after a love affair disappointment. He had lived in Clay county Kentucky near Manchester. Local employer Frank McLean discovered the body.
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