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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1908
Page
7
From Columbia and Louisville reports July 2 traders face heavy losses as candling lowers returns. Butter falls one cent. Cattle receipts near 1,360 with steers about 5.75 to 6.25, cows 3.25 to 4.75, feeders 3.00 to 4.85. hogs active to firm, tops 7.25. sheep and lambs dull and down 25 cents, best lambs around 6.28, other grades lower.
A compact rundown of wholesale produce and raw materials quotes. Oats, cane seed, blue grass, timothy, and other seeds listed with prices from farmers and stores. Hides, ginseng, feathers, wax, and bacon and lard quotes given by named firms and mills.
A garbled OCR snippet lists items like candied hens, ducks, sugar, and molasses with prices and wages. The fragment mentions a Cheney country setting and a grocer named Wm Barkers, indicating a local trade notice or ad from a historic newspaper page. The text is incomplete and includes numerous transcription errors.
The Columbia Mill and Elevator promotes buying wheat and oats, inviting buyers to call No. 60 or visit agents at other stations. Elevator storage is free and sacks are furnished on favorable terms. Two phones listed as No. 60.
George H Daniels former general passenger agent of the New York Central Railroad died in Lake Placid New York at age 66 after a long illness of arterial hardening and indigestion He was born in Hampshire Alabama and began as a railman in the engineer corps He served as general passenger agent from 1889 to 1905 before becoming manager of the New York Central lines His body will be taken to Buffalo for funeral services at the crematory chapel Friday at 2 30 pm
At noon Gen Luke E Wright took the oath as Secretary of War in Washington. He was escorted by retiring Secretary Taft and sworn in by John B Randolph. An informal reception followed with bureau chiefs and officers, then a luncheon at the Edwards home with Mrs Taft and family.
Burglars robbed the McMinnville Tennessee postoffice last night, stealing about 200 dollars in cash and a large quantity of stamps. They bored auger holes in the back doors, entered through a back window, and used tools from John Seals shop to work the safe combination. No trace or clue was left.
A Nashville reader letter from John Trotwood Moore lauds Sam Stockard for his last day's gubernatorial debate report in The Tennessean. Moore calls the piece flawless, masterful, restrained, and literature worthy, saying it elevates journalism to inspired prose and worthy of clipping for a scrap book.
A reader notes that accidents occur, but the beat regulated families rely on Dr Thomas' Eclectric OU for such emergencies. The product allegedly subdues pain and heals the hurts.
Virginia Oliver laments Tennessee’s alleged blindness to virtue, condemning mockery of Carmack and praising his steadfast service. She invokes historical and religious parallels, urges readers to forgive the critics, and questions how long darkness will reign.
Rev J W Williams of Huntingdon West Virginia testifies that he used Foley's Kidney Remedy for nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble and is free to say it will do all that is claimed by the product, according to Geo B Alcorn.
Grover Cleveland was buried at Princeton New Jersey after eight years as president. Attendees included President Roosevelt and Govs Hughes Fort and Hoke Smith. The service featured a reading of The Happy Warrior and notable restraint shown by Mrs Cleveland and the president’s children.
John W. Gates spent a five hour visit in St. Charles presenting a stock farm valued at 325,000 to an old friend who longed to buy it, giving a $10 gold piece to a barber and dropping coins for street children. He also took a boy on a Europe automobile tour and bade his mother farewell with his wife and the boy.
The Louisiana House, by 86 to 9, recommended the Hunslaker bill expanding penalties for bomb and explosive outrages. If the Senate passes it as is, the law would impose the death penalty for many malicious uses of explosives, including actions in major strikes.
Chattanooga Tenn July 1 Camp William Howard Taft named for the secretary of war today as the site for this month’s army maneuvers. Twenty five thousand regular and state militia troops will encamp in the park starting in early July. The troops are arriving and the drills will proceed as scheduled.
Dispatches via Baku report eighty killed and many wounded in a daylong street battle at Tabriz. Barricades line the streets as locals, armed for risk, vie with horsemen under Rachin Khan. The Shah’s riders threaten foreigners, raising fear among the foreign population including Americans and Russians.
South Bend July 1 Theo dore P Shonts president of the Clover Leaf railroad and J D Oliver head of the Oliver Plow Works were named heads of a Chicago formed syndicate to push completion of the air line from Laporte to Gary and the Gary Interurban to Chicago. Four millionaires comprise the group and work will start when the two interurban systems are finished with cars expected by April 1 1908.
El Paso Texas June 25 Accord ue ty W Patten mining expert who arrived Torreon lands for he Inefiten evolution in Northern Mexico has been furnished by a wealthy ranch owner near Santijo who says he has personally taken the field with the revolutionists. At stations along the Torreon Juarez line crowds of Mexicans assembled. Police guards stationed at banks and railroad depots. Government policy aims to crush the uprising before it gains headway and prevent desertion of troops if the revolutionists gain strength. Local sympathizers say 200 to 400 men in Chihauhua border towns support the movement within twenty miles of El Paso.
Ottawa June 24 The Canadian government opened 28,000,000 acres in Saskatchewan and Alberta for settlement to raise money for a government railroad from Hudson Bay to Europe. Estimated 612,000,000 acres at 3 an acre to defray costs of 500 miles of track between existing lines and Fort Churchill on Hudson Bay.
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