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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1902
Page
2
The city issues a mayoral proclamation and printed ordinance banning all fireworks on streets and public spaces. Offenders face $3 to $10 per offense plus police and detectives to enforce. Merchants warn of higher insurance costs and reduced sales as fireworks usage drops.
A brief notice lists Bell phone 165 and citizen phone 200 as contact numbers, with residence Bell phone 261 also provided for queries or service. The fragment suggests a catalog of telephone numbers for different uses.
The Vendome Stock Co will present another Vitigraph Matinee for children next Saturday at 4 PM at the Opera House. The previous show drew a near full house and new amusing pictures will be shown.
Chaffin Bros advertise Clifton flour as a versatile baking option suitable for wedding cakes bread and many other uses. The note promotes reliability and urges customers to buy and try the product.
A Maury area business thanks customers for loyalty and patronage during the past year. The note says the store has been its most satisfactory ever and promises greater progress in 1903. It mentions Christmas buying leaving odds and ends to be closed out at small prices and urges readers to watch advertising for opportunities.
Bud Fly swore out a warrant against Andrew Brown for stealing his cow. Brown, arrested by Officer W J Goad, matched Fly’s identified cow driven toward Columbia. It emerged Brown also stole a mare, caddie, and bridle from Luther Gidcomb near Snow Creek. Mare found at John D Dobbin's West Sixth street lot. saddle at Roan’s on Sante Fe pike. bridle sold to Fred Martin for 10 cents.
An advertisement notes the flour keeps helpful strengthening elements from wheat and claims to charm the critical eye. It invites readers to try the flour and be convinced, offered for sale by Chaffin Bros.
A faded verse recalls a mother gazing at a little arm chair and seeing her son in memory. She recalls his childhood days in a home where he sat with a slate and book, dreaming of a future in the world beyond. The poem contrasts past joys with the grown man’s path to battle and achievement.
The closing exercises of the Santa Fe school were held Friday night. Branham & Hughes' school at Spring Hall closed Friday, giving holiday until January fifth. Misses Vecle and Anna Lee Holcomb returned to Lanton after visiting aunt Mrs. A. O. Holcomb. Mrs. E. A. Dodd’s daughter Lucy Dodd visited Nashville, and many Maury County residents plan holidays at old homes.
Five week list ending December 15 1902 shows names of gentlemen and ladies awaiting letters. Names include Booker Jno McDonnell W M Clark L T Murphy Lee Farmera Mill Co Palmer Bros Finet WM Pierce Emmett Bae Chas A full Rolin Seow Doc Hulyes RL Schiln MJ Lancaster Tonn e Snoddy C C Williams Bailey Mies Bell Foster Miss M Bransford Miss E Fargue Mary ne ei a town Mrs thiar Branson Lular Motion Sranson ML Milla Nine i Mark Florence Rouns Mrs DD Cooper Mra M Snell Mattie Alexander Mary Tate Dollie Folston Mrs Cora Walawrig at Virgin Williams Mra B. Letters for these addressees require advert.
Notice to creditors of the American Phosphate Company as administered in the Chancery Court of Columbus Tennessee. Creditors must file proven claims on or before January 11, 1908 or be barred from sums and interests in the Woulbhe v American Phosphate Company case. A. N. Akin, Receiver, signs the notice on December 3.
Special to the Herald reports the Tennessee Company of Payetteville shows about ten thousand dollars in liabilities and very small assets. The piece then shifts to holiday social news with Mrs. Frank Everett hosting a Sixth Street Finch Club gathering featuring hot chocolate, refreshments, and a card game.
Yesterday at McKennon Anderson and Foster a popular dry goods store treated staff to a Christmas bonus. According to the proprietors, employees received five percent of that day’s gross receipts, with each clerk earning a share based on their sales.
Nashville Tenn December 23 Thomas M Fall a well known young man from a prominent Nashville family shot himself today at noon at the Nashville Gas Co offices where he was employed. He was a stepson of Judge Thomas M Wilson and his father Ed Fall killed himself seven years ago.
Behold a simple tender Babe in a humble manger surrounded by beasts. The poem urges viewers to honor the Christ child, describing the manger as a throne and the beasts as part of his pomp. It contrasts royal imagery with lowly surroundings and calls Christians to homage the King who comes from heaven.
Christmas dinner is served at Bethell Hovae Thursday evening from 6 to 8 o clock. The menu includes Poree of Game with Croutons Sottile and Royal Conformme, Roast Loin, Turkey with Chestnut Dressing, Cranberry Sauce and Butter, Asparagus, Pear Fritters, Satine of Mallard Duck, Saddle of Venison with Currant A Creamed Lima Beans and Rice, English Plum Pudding, Mince Pie, Sesselrode Ice Cream, Assorted Cakes and Coffee.
Kerosene serves many housewise tasks beyond lighting cleaning enameled tubs loosens mineral deposits on hard water and helps with scalding hot water followed by rinses. It brightens knife blades aids edge preservation cleans glass and casts and can replace sewing machine oil on iron ware and bearings in a pinch.
J A Chapman of Nashville bought from A E Hill thirty three acres of phosphate land for 19000 pounds. Location is about eight miles west of Columbia and twelve miles north of Ashwood. The Virginia Carolina Company holds several hundred acres in the area and is building a railroad from Ashwood. The rock analyses about 74 percent.
Marriage licenses list S A Griffith to Alma Donker and others including J B R Love to Lillie Farisa and Thos J Sealey to Laura F Derry. An attempted wreck on the Frisco fast train near Membpis ends with a suspect arrested and confessing he sought money for Christmas. Captain Young, county game warden, drowns after a visit to Dyersburg. a Christmas present voyage gone wrong in Pond Creek.
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