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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1904
Page
2
The notice lists a miscellaneous assortment of goods including bags, writing tables, paper products, soaps, shoewear, rubber items, coats, sweaters, and canvass items with prices such as 1c, 3 Cakes for 100 er, and 28 unit pricing. mentions floral paper, stock items, and a revived inventory.
Local notices detail a mistaken baggage mix at Johnson and Hight’s stable, a missing barn with livestock and farming gear, and a fire origin unclear. Other items include local sales of cows and land, an executor’s notice for James Andrews, and civil service examination announcements.
The annual shareholders meeting for election of directors will be held Tuesday January 18 at 10 o'clock in Salmon and Turner's office. Brownlow cashier announces the new court houses committee including Hawker Judge Gordon Nelson Woolard and P Chandler. The committee left for Lexington and Paris Kentucky and other places to examine new court cases for the latest and most convenient plan for new court houses. Judge Gordon’s science Attorney W C G Malton acts as county judge.
The county court discussed the new courthouse project with a seven member committee and debated funding. It elected road commissioners, read memorials for Benj. S. Thomas, and approved a clerk hire for Judge Gordon amid revenue and jail appointments.
The Maury County Quarterly Court adjourned after debating the new court house site and jail property exchange with Columbia. It approved a tax plan totaling 1.08 per hundred, addressed turnpike repairs, and postponed paying Love Webb’s fee claim while electing officers and reviewing revenues and school funds.
A late night knife and gun fight involving soldiers John M. Houser and Robi L Devine and civilians Will Allen and Evan Roan left Houser with serious abdominal wounds and head injuries. Allen was slashed in the abdomen and head, Roan was swollen and cut, and Devine sustained head wounds. The brawl occurred beside John Barrow's residence during heavy drinking with no warrants issued yet. Houser's condition remained critical with possible intestinal injury.
A fragmented clipping references California rents and major action affecting tenants and landlords. It notes political figures and rising costs, hinting at statewide measures and potential regulation aimed at stabilizing housing.
John M. Honser of Company K at the Tommie Arsenal was shot during a Hampetire pile clash near Sheppard Estore Monday night. Doctors say intestines may be punctured. prognosis hinges on this. Roan and Mrs Allen withholds comment. Witness Evan Roan says they were returning home when gunfire erupted.
Incompetent bores cannot shoe my horse. I run a shop using practical and scientific efforts. Tract road or draft horses shod with steel or iron. R Bates at Bell phone 137 South Main Street. janzeod3m and w
The Quarterly Court at its January meeting raised saloon privilege taxes to equal state rates, making Columbia saloons pay 750 dollars total including city license. State tax remains 300, plus a 20 cent increase. county and state total 500 with 25 dollar city license, pending next term.
A birthday observance for Gen Robert EB is planned with a music program. Percy Chandler of Mt Pleasant will offer a short address. Invitations extend to many local residents including Ayron Williamson Williams Perry Matton Henderson Collier Blower Walker Stockard Thur.
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