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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1901
Page
2
A fragment notes a Christmas idea on value and giving. It advertises for sale twelve farms in Maury County with 4 acres at depot and 72 acres of improved land, inviting buyers such as a railroad man, with prices to be announced by R G Moons of Hampshire Tennessee.
To make room for a larger stock of beegive and farm machinery we close out our furniture stock at bargain prices. Act quickly to choose from remaining items before they are gone.
Local ad notes 12 cabinet photos and one button for sale at Young's for 60 cents. Santa Fe visitors T. C. Harris and J. W. Kinzer return from Obion county. Various locals travel for holidays and family visits. farm goods sought and sentry notices appear among holiday notices.
76 acre farm well fenced and watered with 20 acres in grass and 40 in wheat. Includes good residence and outbuildings. Located within a half mile of Carter's Creek Station and near three churches and two schools. Price 0 per acre with half cash and rest on easy terms. Apply to A F Deereus Carter's Creek Tenn.
Kansan militiamen met in Topeka on December 23 to condemn railroads raising the minimum weight for flour carload shipments from 24000 to 20000 pounds. They warn other state mills may face similar moves, arguing the shift is unfair and will force rushed actions.
In Mt Pleasant and nearby areas in a 24 hour span a Baptist preacher Rev A J Brooks was shot dead by Elihu Wisdom on the old Military Road after a feud. Earlier Pharoah Brewer was killed and Elihu Wisdom fled, with warrants issued and a manhunt underway. A separate saloon knife incident left Smith Crowder wounded. Fleming involved in the melee.
John Stephenson shot and killed Pharaoh Brewer on a public road near Enterprise after a confrontation with a white mob. Stephenson and his brother returned with a shotgun to recover stolen property, the weapon discharged during the ensuing attempt, killing Brewer. Stephenson surrendered to authorities and was jailed in Columbia. Brewer’s reputation is noted as poor.
An advertisement extols the rocking chair as a Yankee invention and a cure for tense nerves. Columbia Furniture Co announces fifty designs in stock and a January 1 opening at the 2nd door from Phoenix Bank in Public Square, under proprietor W. H. Anderson.
Two suits were filed in the Circuit Court by Loyd Cecil. One seeks 20000 against Congressman L P Padgett for alleged libel, the other 14000 against Sims Latta for damages. The suits stem from newspaper articles and an alleged assault on Cecil. Local attorneys W B Gordon and Salmon Turner filed the papers. Pitts Key of Nashville, Flournoy Rivers of Pulaski, and C A Fussell of this place are also retained.
An advertisement lists a broad range of toys and novelties including wagons, desks, doll carriages, doll furniture, blocks, books, china and bisque figures, musical toys, and games. It promotes iron wood and tin toys, dolls, Chinese ware, vases, lamps, plush boxes, books, Testaments and Bibles, games like Logomachy and Halina, and various Accessories with prices mostly from a few cents to a dollar.
For thirty days the firm offers land phaetons at reduced prices to clear stock. Limited quantities remain. customers urged to act quickly for best selection.
Wanted wheat buyers offer to purchase grain from farmers. The Columbia Mercantile Storage Co claims to store grain and invites sellers to contact them for arrangements.
On Monday next the first day of December a lot of farming implements will be bid in Columbia on the Public Square at 12 o'clock. Notes at days, bankable, required. The sellers, Wm J Webster and sons, offer a wheat drill dise plow mower rake two cultivators wagon and harness harrow and other pieces as they wind up their farming business.
Local sale announces cut prices on surries and phaetons for thirty days. Shoppers are invited to visit the shop, with terms and location not specified in detail. The notice uses playful punctuation and misspellings to attract attention.
A garbled regional report notes Macky declined a presidential invitation to resign. It describes disturbances including liberals looting a comissariat, a death in Kansas, a horse accident in Texas, a bearded man’s death in another state, and various legal and criminal incidents.
Very Rev. O M Callahan vicar general of the Roman Catholic diocese of New Hampshire received from Admiral Cervera a casket with autograph portraits of the admiral and his family in gratitude for spiritual services to Spanish prisoners held on Portsmouth harbor islands. In 1804 natural gas discovery in Minnesota reported near Vetican Aspids farm. Dee 28 Men drilling on Willet Drunk farm struck a gas vein that burst into flame when ignited.
A Moody quotation notes that every hard duty or costly effort carries blessing when done, while avoiding the burden at any cost obscures the blessing. Each heavy load carries a secret strength, implying growth through struggle.
Fragmentary notice records a matchup where Harrows and Land Rollers were defeated by Satterfield and Dansos. The text includes scattered phrases about children, parental influence, and moral guidance, but the readable portion centers on a sports defeat and scattered reflections.
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