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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1905
Page
2
Local YMCA committee met at Dobbins & Esig’s to plan fundraising and enrollment targets. Members urge a clear division of tasks, a youth limit of 12 years, and rapid committee action to raise at least 86,000 and recruit dates and members for the future program.
A garbled OCR style record lists numerous names and small monetary amounts, ending with a total of 5190 dollars. The text appears as casual entries for individuals, amounts, and partial annotations without clear context or structure.
A chaotic incident ends with a groundhog killed on Garden Street. Witnesses describe a struggle and a sudden fatal event, with conflicting details and unclear timelines. Authorities are uncertain about motives or broader implications in the neighborhood.
A large early morning blaze in Nashville damaged the four story Steeby building housing Phillips Webb & Co, injuring substitute fireman George Rogers who fell into an elevator shaft and later died. The fire impacted nearby Lipscomb and Cheek Neal buildings with estimated losses around 150000, largely covered by insurance.
The Riverside Park event showcased Mr A I Blocker as owner and organizer. A day program included a colonial science talk, demonstrations of water skills, and exhibitions by Miss Blacker and others. Night fireworks drew crowds. about three thousand attended.
The readable fragments reference health, recreation, and a summer season. Limited context, no clear names, organizations, dates, or locations are identifiable from the provided text.
Bon Aqua Springs hosts visitors from Nashville and distant places for health bathing and Fourth of July gaiety. A dancing pavilion and serenade enliven the scene as guests from New York and Texas arrive, while local family service and church figures attend a funeral service for Andrew Greenfiem at the family graveyard.
The party of William bf Taly arrived in Fea Frencieco at 5 46 o clock. A hearty welcome was extended by 50M corte. The Goderieh Elevator and Transit Co elevator was destroyed by wire. The loss on the building and grain in store will remedy. Charles Hummel, 18, drowned after wagering he could dive across a large pond.
Lroridas Polk Bivouse and William Heary Trovsdate Camp No 485, Confederates, met Monday morning at Noork to the court room. A. B. Nichols chaired. reports on Louisville union debt given. WA Voss elected member of the bureau camp. several membership applications tabled for next meeting. A committee drafted resolutions of regret for wartime service.
A local gun club shoot drew a crowd from multiple towns including Naghesiv Franktin Slortities and Lynnville. Notables such as A J Siphols and Dr A Fateley attended a charitable dinner raising funds for the Chowyeon Stathuo Metyoulst Church. receipts totaled £470.
The column lists ice cream suppers hosted by Santa Fe and Rock Springs Baptist churches to raise funds, plus license news for a Beek ums couple and various travels and visits. It notes Amis shooting Henry Gordon in Bigbyville, with both men colored, and reports recent arrivals of new wheat and oats as well as a birth in Zion.
The Racket advertises new and pretty goods including Hamburg and Swiss embroideries and insertings. It features laces, pressed faces, valences, pillow covers, drop stitch lace, and a new line of ladies summer wear and ribbons.
The Nashville American reports a bay colt foaled June 20 at Ewell Farm sired by John R. Gentry out of Kate Braden, dam Hal Braden with 2:07 pacing record notes. A chestnut colt by Jobe Re out of Mabel Bent, second dam Willetts, sister to Star Pointer, is highlighted as similarly strong.
Deputy Trustee Harris completed an annual settlement with the Comptroller in Nashville on Wednesday. The county paid 1610 dollars that day, bringing total payments by Maury—this year—to 83,274 dollars, the second sizable settlement in the state.
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