Fancy Cups and Saucers Plates and Mugs
A catalog entry lists glassware and tableware items including cups and saucers plates and mugs alongside Bibles Testaments and hymnals and men's dress gloves and neckwear for sale or display.
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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1906
Page
8
A catalog entry lists glassware and tableware items including cups and saucers plates and mugs alongside Bibles Testaments and hymnals and men's dress gloves and neckwear for sale or display.
Berne reports Edouard Muller was elected President of the Swiss Confederation succeeding Ferrer. E Brennes named Vice President replacing V Muller as head of the Federal Council with Brennes also serving as Justice and Police chief.
A blast rocked western Columbia around 1 a.m. Saturday as dynamite was placed under Tom Frierson's cabin. The blast blew out one end and damaged interiors. the family escaped sleeping away from the explosion. Frierson, a colored man, suspects unknown assailants and notes a prior arson attempt the previous Sunday night with a hole burned in a wall.
In Guthrie on December 17 the constitutional convention affirmed that the U S Constitution is the supreme law. The bill of rights guarantees freedom of religion and speech and bars state funding for any religious denomination. Chiefs from Kiowa Comanche Cheyenne and Apache tribes protest co division and seek to preserve customs. The convention forecasts a $125,500 deficit and asks Congress for $160,000.
New York voters decide Dec 18 who will control hundreds of millions in life company assets. Policyholders will vote or proxy on administration tickets as clerks count ballots at New York Life Mutual Life and International Policyholders Committee offices. Inspectors named by Otto Kelsey will oversee the process amid expectations of a two week result.
W K Van derbilt Jr and his chauffeur narrowly escaped death when a sixty horse power car on the shore of Lake Success Long Island snapped its front axle and skidded into the water. Vanderbilts was thrown from the seat into the lake sank briefly then swam to shore. The chauffeur held to the seat and escaped unharmed.
The will of the late W. M. Murphy has been filed for probate in the County Court. The home and 125 acres are let to wife and son Miles who also receives 1500 dollars. The remaining 213 acres are left to the other six children: Thos P Jay Wells Virginia Rea Donna C Harris Blanche Sowell and Robert F Murphy.
L. and N. freight engine man J. A. Smith of Nashville was badly injured in the North yards Monday night around 10:30. A box car left on a track too close to the main line, the engine side struck the car causing it to tear away and injure the fireman. He was cut and bruised and taken to Dr. Pillow's Infirmary.
The Independent Phosphate Co has filed a deed of trust with First Savings and Trust Co of Nashville to secure the issuance of 500000 dollars in bonds.
North Dakota towns face a critical fuel shortage with coal scarce and dealers out of stock. The state endures record snowfall with potential snow blockade risk, as inquiries show no town has reliable coal supplies beyond immediate needs.
Investigation by the Interstate Commerce Commission in Minneapolis into Northwest fuel shortages may expand to Minnesota and neighboring states. Coal dealers urge state legislative inquiries to prevent repeats as rail lines rush shipments north and west to relieve actual demand and low stocks. F. K. Lane and James S. Harlan opened the ICC inquiry and plan to extend it beyond the current site.
Four prisoners escaped the Decatur city jail this morning. Two men and two women or two white and two colored inmates. Sidney Stever, a colored prisoner, seized the jailer's revolver and forced the jailer and his wife to remain quiet while the others fled.
The Burr McIntosh Monthly Christmas number is hailed as a lavish holiday edition in six color print with gold. It features Leanardo/BaVinel sketches and masterworks, rare portraits, and artistic scenes, priced at 50 cents and available at newsstands or from Burr Publishing Company in New York.
The Prinzessin Victoria Luise, en route from New York to Hamburg, ran aground off Port Royal Jamaica. Captain Brunnawig, blamed for the grounding, locked himself in his cabin and shot himself as the vessel struck rocks. Bremen and other ships fought to aid the burning liner as crews await autopsy results.
Tennessee educational leaders plan to petition the Legislature for increased state aid. Proposals include 75 cents per child for general distribution, 50 000 for weaker rural districts, 24 000 for public birth schools, 75 000 for three normal schools, 50 000 for the University of Tennessee, and 5 000 for rural school libraries.
Reports from Stockholm record serious concern as King Oscar's health worsens with heart failure suspected after days of illness. Crown Prince summoned from Berlin while doctors monitor his condition. latest bulletin notes improved heart action but irregular pulse and fever at 101.
The Rast show in Knoxville lists Manly countines as winning entries across Buff Leghorns, Orpingtons, White Rock and White Leghorns. Porter Brothers and Porter Erwin earned multiple top placings including firsts and seconds in cock, pullet, and pen categories. The event featured Buff Leghorns and White Leghorns among the notable breeds with strong showings from Wilson & McFall and Porter teams.
Special to the Herald reports a Shelbyville Tennessee residence owned by Jesse Lindsey burned this morning. The house was partly insured and the fire caused damage to the dwelling.
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