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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1911
Page
8
A bold advertisement targets men considering life insurance inviting them to sign and mail a coupon to receive a specimen policy and rates. It promises protection for the family, potential savings, and a favorable view of a combined life and endowment policy with introductory figures for $1,000.
A veteran writer reports on the 21st annual United Veterans Convention in Little Rock Arkansas. He notes city hospitality Camp Shaver in City Park parade scenes and camaraderie among Confederate veterans with mentions of Hot Springs Ostrich Farm and Arkansas rice prospects.
Tacoma news reports traveling preacher T H Gardner aged 47 killed his wife aged 52 with a club a mile east of Kittias and then tried to drown himself in an irrigation ditch. He said occult messages compelled him to murder to stop faithlessness and enemies. Gardner trained at Maryland Theological Seminary and preached near Baltimore for ten years.
S L Brown of Ovile oka presented a remarkable grain at The Herald office. He described a twin cereal with two perfectly formed kernels grown together and displayed as a unique specimen for the day.
The Maury county summer institute will open Monday June 6 at the Athenaeum with a strong instructor corps. Miss Charlotte Wilkins heads primary methods with his Misses and Prof Morton Duke and Stamps among others leading geometry physics agriculture and more. The full program will be announced this week.
Berlin reports Herr Fritz Furse, 98, and his wife, 91, marked their 70th wedding anniversary in Potsdam where they have lived for seven decades. The Kaiser sent the First Foot Guards band and Prince Joachim with officers offered congratulations. Potsdam’s mayor and aldermen sent flowers.
J A McVittie his wife and two children were shot and killed and a third child wounded in their beds by farmhand Jim Filder who had worked for McVittie Filder later killed himself after shooting Sheriff Fittler three times and seriously wounding him in the incident near Pawnee City Neb May 20
Dobbins and Ewing announce a new stock in the northwest corner of the square featuring Deering Machines including binders mowers and rakes with Deering repairs. They advertise Tennessee Wagons praised as the best lightest draft durable and warrantied for two years along with Oliver chill plows.
Manuel Calero told the chamber of deputies that Francisco J. Madero and allies spent about 600,000 pesos in the late revolution. The bill seeks 6,000,000 pesos to cover war expenses and indemnities, with most funds allocated to reimburse those who financed the revolt and to pay provisional receipts for horses and supplies.
The Maury county road commission met in regular session this morning in the county court room. Several petitions were presented to the road men. Lightning kills few. Electric Bitters praised as a cure for stomach liver nerves and kidneys in a testimonial from Robert Madeen of West Burlington Iowa.
Memorial services honoring the late Dr. Albert S Page were held at Sunday school in the First Methodist church. Tributes praised his life and character while resolutions by J Dinning H P Figuersist John H Edgerton were adopted by a rising vote, lauding his contributions to church work.
The record notes Doan’s name appears with no alteration in the court document. No other identifiers or details accompany the line, leaving the focus on the unsigned or disputed name as presented.
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