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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1906
Page
10
A collage of local items from Columbia including land sales, court actions, births, visits, and community notices. Highlights include land transfers in Pleasant, a man fined for game violations, a change of office location for County Superintendent, a new administrator appointment, and wedding announcements for Pearl Calvert and Rev J T Cotton with post ceremony plans in Prospect and Brentwood.
Rev Spencer Tunnall received a letter from Rev Mr Cates stating his union services will be delayed four weeks due to a successful meeting in Water Valley Miss He will not depart until the work is complete The meeting will now begin the tenth or rather the seventeenth day of the month Rev TM Tihnen preached at Columbia Military Academy Sunday morning and night delivering a strong simple sermon from Let not your heart be troubled to a Union of First Methodist and First Cumberland Presbyterian congregations.
The Fraser family reports their little child is quite sick while Roxie Timmons has recently regained ability to be out after illness. Several residents such as Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Frierson improve from grip and other ailments. Diptheria cases include T. V. Lowell and Leon Lowell with improvements noted. Lelia Ashton and Leland Pylant show recovery after serious illnesses. Mrs. Ogilvie underwent surgery and Mrs. Henry Evans's daughter remains seriously ill at home.
Fruit trees of all kinds strawberry and raspberry plants asparagus roots for sale by Wilkes Te Culleoka Tennessee.
South Columbia notes report the death of May 26 in South Columbia. Marshall and Dora Bradley lament the loss of their infant son William Lee Bradley at the grandparents home, L. P. Cox. The poem expresses enduring love and faith, urging the parents to meet their child in heaven. Anon.
Eight people died and twenty two were injured when two Louisville and Nashville coaches derailed near Louisville Union Station. The smoking car wheel flange broke, sending two cars to sideswipe box cars on a siding. Names linked to Broadhead and Lebanon districts appear among the dead and injured. A stray laborer believed to be Lee Miller is listed among the unidentified dead.
Stock shipments list several loads: Milt Allen lambs to St Louis, Joe Hagey lambs to St Lona, John W Alexander two horses to Louisiana, Simm Watson two horses to Alabama, Lowell and Barrow hogs to Louisville Newt Hood hogs to oulaville. An old testimonial claims Dean's Ointment cured a severe itching piles for Mayor John R Garrett of Girard Alabama.
David Church, an aged local resident of the Theta neighborhood, died Sunday afternoon from heart trouble while seated on his porch. He is survived by his wife and several grown children. Funeral services and interment were held Monday at 2 o clock at the family burying ground near the residence.
Chinese residents burned out in a recent San Francisco fire may receive duplicate United States residence certificates from Washington, with losses estimated at 50 000 to 60 000. Officials say about six thousand certificates were destroyed, risking deportation for excluded-class Chinese without proof of right to remain. Burdock Blood Bitters are advertised as health supporters.
A devotional plea for divine healing and service contrasts with a harsh critique of political immorality. The piece links personal fever to societal apathy and urges self examination of wealth with moral duties. It cites Leslie's Weekly and The New York Sun as sources for reflections on virtue, ambition, and charity.
The Y M C A baseball team traveled to Lewisburg for two games. Tuesday's game ended 7 to 4 in favor of the Y M C A. Wednesday's contest concluded with Lewisburg 5 and Y M C A 4.
In Ou00leoka Tennessee apple orchards suffer blight similar to pear blight across the county. Authorities urge scrutiny of the blight which appears not caused by cold weather. Farmers cut and burn affected twigs where possible. large orchards face difficulty. Early cherry crop is strong and peaches look promising.
May brings visits from Mr Jota of Hohwuwald to his brother Ate Goodman and Mr and Mrs John Flowers of Alay hare. Family updates include Miss Amanda Shannon visiting Mrs R M Patton and Rev Morton’s last sermon at Isom before the protracted meeting season. Also mentioned are illness, chills, a colt at Shadden Southall, and Mrs W Kirkpatrick’s return to activity after illness.
Mr and Mrs J C Worley returned missionaries from Japan will hold services at Bear Creek Sunday morning June 10 at eleven oclock and at Pleasant View in the afternoon using the stereopticon An evening lecture on Missionary Methods in Japan is planned for Monday at Pleasant View with a Tuesday talk on A Trip Around the World at Bear Creek An admission fee of twenty five cents for adults and fifteen cents for children will be charged on Monday and Tuesday nights The Worleys are highly sought after and their lectures promise uplifting religious instruction
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