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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1906
Page
3
The Mount Pleasant Herald Chronicle reports on a combined christening event for the Columbia era and Mount Pleasant Parish authorities. Details describe organizational changes and local governance within the Mount Pleasant department.
The discussion over the opera house building has dominated talks. the committee urges concrete steps and decisive action to move forward without further delay. Members emphasize organizational resolve and seek to finalize plans promptly.
Mt PleasantTexas sees rapid commercial growth as T N Wiguers opens in Jackson building about February first and L Mercy opens in Washington Long building. In the past year three large rental spaces filled, leaving no vacant business buildings in town. The community awaits the opera house and a large hardware store, urging locals to subscribe.
Public health notice warns against mercury containing catarrh ointments and highlights the dangers to smell and overall health. It endorses Hill's Catarrh Cure sold by Cheney & Co of Toledo and Cleveland, emphasizing mercury free formula taken internally, and cautions buyers to ensure genuine product. The ad also promotes Hels Family Pills for constipation.
The Presbyterian Church Ladies will host a fried and stewed oyster supper in the store building vacated a year ago by George Bros French. Serving from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday January 27. All invited. The Church Workers Society will hold a called meeting Tuesday at 2 30 p.m. at Mr J H Wards with important business and full attendance requested.
Megdames R. W. Watkins of Colum n and H. D. Ruhm and son Herman Jr have gone to Palm Beach Florida for the winter. They were delayed by Herman's illness, originally planning to depart last Saturday.
Several residents and visitors are noted including Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Lanier with a sick baby, Franks Cummins joining Mr. T. N. Figuere to open a shoe and gent's furnishing store, and Figuere visiting from Columbia. Other entries: Foster moving to Wayne Station to run a pumping engine, Falon visiting her daughter at Hay Long College Home, Ernest Kittrell ill at home, L Mercy moving Columbia stock into a new building, Bullock and Jackson returning from Mississippi and Alabama trip, H. D. Ruhm to Pulaski, Alex George returning from Nashville, Dr. C. Y. Clarke hosting cousin, James Calvert visiting rheumatism, Miss Faurise returning to Morse Branch Kentucky with Miss Jennie Lea, Annie Barrow visiting J Tate Jenkins, Miss Gertrude Chinn’s travels, and S. B. Irwin’s Ohio River trip on company business.
At Castle Hall last Thursday evening the local lodge of 0. F. held an officers installation. H. W. Dickson was named N. G. S. Chaffin became W. G. C. C. Ross serves as secretary, L. B. Irwin as treasurer, W. B. Noll as warden. EB. L. Gregory conducted, A. L. Ward R. S. N. G. W. D. Cooper L. S. N. G. 0. L. S. V. G. BE. H. Bartenstein R. S.
The semiannual installation drew strong interest as the lodge, led by A. L. Lanier and J. M. Anderson with Will Berlin and O. G., reported a prosperous condition and membership near the hundred mark.
LOGALS Mrs Ramon Rowhell and son return from Columbia visit while H D Rutman, George Killebrew, and Miss Bettle Foster figure in weekend notes. Dr Robbing delivered Century Review in Maury county. Sixteen, twenty one degree readings noted. Old Maids' Association show at Hay Long College nets about 140 dollars after expenses. Eleanor Gregory suffers with la grippe.
The Old Maids Association presented a humorous farce Friday night starring Bird J. Pinder of Georgia with Charlotte Henderson as president. About twenty six local talents performed, delighting the crowd under Church of the Holy Cross guild auspices, with ads from Nashville Columbia and Mt. Pleasant helping raise a handsome sum.
Regular services were held at the Methodist Church with Rev F R Curtis preaching. Rev A S Allen preached from John 15. Reading at the Church of the Holy Cross at 11. Elder T BE Tomerlin spoke at the C P Church at 11. A paragraph mentions Nansen as a striking figure in diplomatic circles and Fru Nansen as a prominent accompanying spouse, highlighting domestic appeal and family life.
The article fragment describes eerie conditions near Mt. Plossaws where the Kenedy family home sits about six miles south, with references to boys, a gate, and unclear events suggesting a tense rural scene. Names and exact actions are obscured by damaged OCR.
The King's Daughters met Friday with Mrs J T Alexander and discussed upcoming plans. The next meeting will be with Mrs J T Jenkins next Friday at 2 PM west of town. Be M Sowell advertises Marshall Field's business axioms praising cash purchases and strict contract fulfillment.
Coyotes are plentiful again on the eastern Oregon plains after years of low numbers. Stockmen, with state and county aid, plan renewed hunts to protect sheep ranges as coyotes threaten flocks and even cattle. The enduring bounty law and past scams involving coyote scalps are noted as ongoing concerns.
A St James Gazette writer notes Parisian skylight signs dazzling boulevards with electric displays. Sky signs on Place de Opera flash in color and motion, while cinema curtains and moving pictures multiply outside theaters. The piece warns of Paris becoming Londonized or Americanized if trends persist.
Premier Will Bar Japs. ddr Seddon states New Zealand will not admit Japanese residents and rejects dictates from Britain. Colonial officials push for repeal of laws deemed repugnant to nations Britain associates with in the empire.
A collection of odd notes: Thomas Edison suspects counterfeit cigars were planted by workers, a tobacconist proposed stuffing cigars with horsehair and yellow ribbon, Edison forgets then recalls and jokes he smoked them himself. Dr. Douglas Hyde recalls a Gaelic language clash and adds a blunt Irish memory. Mrs. F. Lathem, a Florida bird collector, details escapades with exotic birds. Dean Alarney Fowler, aged 88, continues practicing law in Vermont and plans years more.
Somerville Journal quotes a man praising a diamond as an economical gift for a wife and noting it saves its cost in the price of sloves. The line reflects light humor about romance and thrift in a 19th or early 20th century small‑town paper.
Lewis Nixon, naval contractor, recounts a private audience with His Majesty three weeks ago. He describes the king as erect and confident, with a single gray hair noted, and states the king appeared in perfect physical condition after a half hour conversation.
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