Railroads vs Gates Spark Local Public Debate in Columbia
Citizens protest gate ordinance on railroad crossings while rail interests campaign to block it. The piece argues railroads use strategic, peaceful pressure, warn of depot moves and expensive public works, and calls for renewed citizen action to assert rights and curb corporate influence.
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Crewe
Ingaion Booth Garden
South Malin
Railroads
Phaedo
Columbia
Jetsus
Jere Baxter
Odds and Ends Suit Sale on Remaining Wool Goods
A counter display holds 46 suits and related wool goods with diverse sizes and prices. Prices ranged from about 3.88 to 20.00, many around 12.50, with long suits including sets advertised at 15.50 and 7.50. Buyers urged to visit before Saturday night to snag bargains.
New Year Suggestion on Sewerage for Columbia
A New Year suggestion urges the Columbia Board to begin preliminary sewerage planning funded by private subscriptions and possible bond issuance. It argues sewerage is essential for health and comfort, outlining geographic scope and asking for public discussion and support.
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Colombia
Columbia
Fourth Street
Railroad
Corporation Line
Death or Ink Orp Year
A fragmentary literary quip references Tennyson and a تنy hero turning to death with a starry night. Names McKennon Anderson Foster appear in a cryptic verse line about a son and heir racing to mourn and celebrate the new year. The piece reads like a misformed verse fragment.
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Tennyson
Winter Goods at House Cleaning Prices
Yard wide brown domestic yard Sea Island finish and eiderdown comforts filled with genuine eiderdown. Saturday and Monday prices drop on laminates and cotton down comforts. Men's overcoats and storm Ulsters in dark Oxford Grey Cheviot, with substantial reductions for Saturday and Monday.
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Sea Island
Sea Yard
Murder at Moore County Resident Hints at Scandal
Eugene Gor Smith was found dead in bed at the home of W R Williamson in Moore County. An axe blows shattered his skull as a stranger entered wearing a wash and carried an axe. The killer ordered doors kept shut and questioned whether the Williamson family knows more about the murder.
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Eugene G. Smith
W. R. Williamson
Moore County
Nashville
Eugena Gor Smith
Wor. Williamson Pear Lois
Mise Williamison
Athan
Smith
Williamson
Slayings Under Coroner Jury Lights In Williamson County
In Luxora area Tennessee January 2 a coroner jury heard testimony about the murder of Eugene Smith at the home of W T Williamson near Lois The Williamson family including his wife and daughter Miss Gola Williamson were present When a step was heard on the front porch around 830 PM Williamson said the killing occurred in the parlor next to the fire and involved motives tied to a perceived slowness or failure to cooperate with an investigation
Millionaire Murphy Will Probed In Nashville Probate
The will of Samuel Murphy, the millionaire who died recently, was offered for probate in Nashville today. The estate is valued between two and three million dollars, with fifty thousand to nieces Mrs. Gardner and Mrs. Kilreath, the remainder to Mrs. Murphy, and a provision that if Mrs. Murphy dies before Mr. Murphy, half the property goes to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Felder, the executors without bond.
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Steml
The
Herald
Nashville
Samuel Murphy
Am Mire
Thomas Felder
Aey
Mr. Felder
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