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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1909
Page
3
An unnamed narrator warns against the vanity of looking down on others. He argues that raised noses produce wrinkles on both face and mind, breed contempt, and spoil friendships. The warning links self-importance to social downfall, urging humility and empathy across classes and roles.
A garbled quotation set presents various aphorisms and malapropisms about marriage, work, pride, honesty, and social behavior. It includes lines suggesting a wife’s view of her husband as a beast, a tank understanding enemies’ friends, a good woman’s smile aiding a man, and a married man questioning his spouse’s desire for a new bat. The incoherence and misspellings indicate a miscellaneous clipping of proverbs and jest.
A historical timetable lists Main Line South and North bound trains in Columbia with arrival and departure times for Nos 1 7 3 9 85 and more. It includes Decatur and Sheffield accommodations plus F S Branch and Fayetteville Branch services with their respective schedules and departures.
Knorvill Tennessee December 28 Capt Rule sought to extend his term as pension agent for the southern states. The nomination was sent to the Senate December 21 but overlooked in the rush to adjourn. Confirmation expected when the Senate reconvenes after challenges raised by Congressman Austin were deemed unfounded.
A pack of eight Amber wolves attacked Henry Lund and his horses near Montgomery Illinois as he rode through the woods. Lund fought the wolves with a heavy whip while his exhausted horses pulled toward a clearing where the animals fled. Farmers nearby organized a posse to exterminate the wolves.
Madison Square Garden in New York, designed by Stanford White and built for 4 million dollars, has been sold to a real estate syndicate and will be torn down to make way for a modern office building. The sale, previously listed at 3 million, threatens the National Horse Show held annually there. The Garden belongs to the Madison Square Garden Company, with Frank K Sturgia as president and J P Morgan as a member. the investment has not proven profitable.
Sheffield, Alabama, December 28. Matt Smith, a carpenter, was head-wounded with an axe by John Gipson on Christmas Eve. Smith is improving and likely to recover. The assailant and victim were longtime friends, and alcohol is blamed for Gipson's crazed temper. Gipson reportedly said, I bet the jimmies, and I don't know what I was doing.
The Houston Chronicle cites an eastern newspaper warning that newspaper advertising remains indispensable. Advertisers who limit to substitutes lose reach. ads in the paper enter the family circle at breakfast and dinner, educating readers and driving sales. Businesses succeed when ads are intelligent, discriminating, and well-timed within the local market.
A Philadelphia Times report alleges a West Philadelphia husband, entangled by an extension phone, seeks divorce to avoid exposing his alibi during a flirtatious late night call. The wife, overhearing another voice, exposes the ruse and accuses him of deceit, affecting his family life.
Six people were seriously injured when a large touring car owned by Chicago resident George M. Lane struck a curb and overturned at Oak and Margaret streets. Lane had a fractured shoulder and possible internal injuries. Mrs Lane suffered facial cuts and bruises. Elmer E. Lawrence and wife were shaken. Charles I Smith was knocked unconscious and Mrs Smith injured in arm and body. Lawrence is clerk of the Concrete race course.
Poem by J Madison Sheppard for The Herald contemplates old songs and old friends as sweetest, noting pleasures fade with time. It contrasts fleeting blooms with enduring regret, concluding that cherished early ties linger in memory even as others depart.
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