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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1906
Page
5
A preacher depicted the social evil and gambling’s harm to families, urging moral reform. Dozens of men pledged to oppose saloons and brothels, with an overflowing congregation, continuing services through the week and collecting about $1,000 in pledges.
The Mobile Register notes the Mobile team climbs toward the Cotton States League top and the Montgomery Advertiser cites the editorial quip Hurrah for our side as proof of rising local baseball fever.
The firm promotes its facilities and experience for precise timing and plumbing work. It invites inquiries for satisfactory results and lists both phones for contact.
New developments place Henry Clay Evans Wilkes at the center of a Columbia robbery. Inspector Greenaway concludes Wil Brown and Lee Tindle acted without involvement. Brown’s seized money story stands. Dugger pocketbook and $43 were stolen from Joe Ritt’s produce house with $21 unaccounted for. Henry Clay was tried before U. S. Commissioner A. C. P. Nicholson, Sr.
Warning about ointments for catarrh containing mercury. Do not use without prescription from a physician. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is advertised. claims include curing mucous conditions and related ailments with dubious endorsements and uncertain remedies.
The Galveston Daily News releases its second cotton crop report for the season based on 642 reports dated July 12. Texas shows 12.9 percent better conditions than last year, with most counties reporting uniform prospects and some risk of excess rain. Boll weevils present in 66 counties cause little to moderate damage in a few, and picking begins in southern counties. Conditions in Indian Territory and Western Oklahoma vary with rain, but overall prospects are strong, potential best since 1900.
A historic survey chronicles famous bridges from Trajan’s Danube crossing to tubular Menai Strait and Niagara suspension, noting lengths, tower counts, and construction dates. It covers Forth bridge at Edinburgh, Coalbrookvale’s cast iron debut, Brooklyn Bridge build timeline and cost, plus London bridge history and a 1824 project finish.
Pulaski Tenn July 15 There fell a very beneficial rain that visited Giles County on the verge of a dry drought. Journey Rivers received congratulations from all parties as the rain broke. At a Republican convention a platform plank urged for rain to save corn, and the rain began at five oclock yesterday morning and lasted all day. The corn crop was saved in Riversburg and across Giles County.
New York July 12 Mrs John Underwood camping with her husband in Mills woods was attacked by a lion. The beast leaped at her, but when she sang to it it stood still. It growled when she stopped, finally the animal was shot by Mr Underwood after she held on through exhaustion.
A Charleston Evening Post remark questions claims that a single insect pair could yield 100,000,000 offspring if unchecked while noting public doubt about the assertion. The second quote praises Dean’s Regulats for mild action and bowel regulation, attributed to George B. Krause of Altoona, Pennsylvania.
Lanton Tenn July 17 health is good. G W Kelley injured in hay wagon accident last week. Mrs Blair’s daughter Like Bell Blair married Frank R Green at home of bride’s father Elder Sam Sewell officiating. Newlyweds visited groom’s sister in Columbia and Mr. and Mrs J D Derryberry in Lynnville before returning. Delia Hays guest of Miss Annie Millington. Cam Green visiting sister in Lynnville. News of social visits, fever at Mrs Luin Craig, and blackberry canning season. Mrs Sallie Price expects daughter Mary Frazier from Nashville next Saturday. Raven Locks.
We are authorized to announce T. Hardison candidate for magistrate of Maury County Fourth District in August 1906. Cran. P. Pratt named candidate for Third District magistrate. Rev. W. E. Walker seeks Register of Maury County. John Brown announced for Ninth District magistrate in August 1906.
District officials announce Geo W Hayes as a candidate for re election to the office of Magistrate in the Ninth District at the August election. The notice confirms his candidacy and the targeted election timeframe.
The Baltimore Sun reports that Spain can bear witness to the United States gunners as record shots of the world, highlighting their performance and prowess in artillery fire and marksmanship.
Mrs. W. S. Abernathy of Pulaski Tennessee reports years of dull back pains hip discomfort and urinary distress improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She cites rapid relief and urges friends to try the remedy sold by Adams & Martin with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo as sole U.S. agents. Remember the name Doan's.
The article recounts the 1894 to 1899 Dreyfus case linking General Mercier to a bordereau and the wrongful accusation of Captain Dreyfus. It notes court moves, the Rennes trial, and eventual presidential pardon amid disputes over legality and witnesses.
New dossiers before the Supreme Court touch on amnesty and prosecution measures. Key points claim the petit traite and transport of troops were not recorded, and evidence shows Dreyfus may have avoided implicating guilt, with documents later found not presented at Rennes. The discussions hint at changing facts and possible new testimony altering the Rennes trial history.
At Chapel Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church doors were found locked and windows barred as pro and anti union factions clashed over pastor Rev Eshman. A meeting led to reopening with Eshman barred from preaching and Rev Holt of Bedford County delivering the sermon in favor of union.
Congressman Padgett has not heard from Chairman Hobbs about any announced and qualified Congressional candidate by July 16. The resolution adopted by the Congressional Committee at its Columbia meeting presumes Padgett will be unopposed and declared the nominee once the $500 qualification is submitted to Hobbs.
Mr Webb Ridley sustained a serious injury on Monday while walking around the Square. He stepped near the edge, slipped, and fell, breaking his right arm near the wrist.
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