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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1907
Page
12
A Iowa congressman warns Roosevelt’s renomination would win little Northern support while many Democrats seek a uniteable nominee. The piece criticizes Chairman Knapp’s peace-with-railroads view and questions forthcoming Congress’s restraint. It notes rising vagrancy, pulpits reform tariffs, and Republican struggles around leadership, with Kentucky Republicans aligning briefly with Roosevelt.
A Detroit Free Press fragment notes Tommy went fluking without his mother’s permission. The next morning a friend asked if he caught anything, and Tommy replied in a muddled way that hinted at trouble, reflecting a child’s misadventure and parental concern.
A Yasnoily editorial warns youth about the temptations of saloons gaming houses and brothels, calling the path to ruin the road to hell. It cites Proverbs about the strange woman and urges virtue to avoid tragedy, noting local grief and lost futures.
A Richmond News Leader editorial argues Southern white students deserve no sympathy for rioting when exposed to Black students at Northern universities. It condemns Southern youth attending colleges admitting Negroes, citing superior Southern educational facilities as justification and urging rejection of Northern higher education integration.
W C Gordon County Judge submits the quarterly report listing numerous ordinary warrants. Items include salaries for Gordon Knox Voorhies Dickinson and others, repairs, disinfectants, printing, road damages, court house costs, and tax collection expenses totaling substantial sums. The document shows detailed line items with names: J L Voorhies Albert Sherrill W J Towler Cumberland Telephone Co. etc.
Knox ville Sentinel argues that Washington built a republic on law and virtuous restraint, while Cromwell relied on force. The piece cites Roosevelt on leadership, warns against mistaking personal views for divine will, and suggests America needs Washington’s foundation to avoid corruption and war.
The Springfield Herald notes the blackberry as the king of berries requiring little effort and predicting it will be evident everywhere this year. It praises the crop as valuable across the section and suggests any man who is not lazy can enjoy a superabundant supply.
In a Pennyslvania Punch Bowl snippet a senior thanks a professor for help with a and parting remark. The ad copy touts heavy impure blood causing ailments from pimples to headaches and nausea, claiming Blood Bitters purifies the blood and restores strength and vitality.
Nine years after the pastor's death the vestry of a prominent New York church placed a memory tablet in the church vestibule. The tablet, still in place, lists the late pastor's virtues and concludes with Now the people of God have rest. Harper's Weekly noted the inscription with a wry smile.
The piece argues that America exports mostly raw cotton while Britain dominates the finished goods trade. It cites a Hartford Post note that 75 percent of world raw cotton is grown in the South and urges U.S. manufacturers to tailor products to foreign tastes. It laments U.S. factories' lax export efforts and predicts most cotton will eventually be made in American mills.
The Mississippi canvass by John Sharp Williams and Governor Vardaman hails Williams as a top Senate candidate with broad scholarly renown. He is praised for fairness and leadership, drawing elite party minds, and inspiring Mississippi to name him its favorite son for national leadership.
A New York American report says Governor Hughes faced lamb chop scarcity at a capitol restaurant. A Court of Appeals judge joked about saving chops for the governor, who normally eats only lamb chops, leaving him with two chops that day.
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