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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1912
Page
3
A piece extols farm family roles, urging women to advance poultry farming and home management. It praises the farm family as society’s backbone, noting educational efforts for wives and daughters, and stresses diligent feeding and steady poultry care for economic gain. A separate note recalls a Vanderbilt bet on a rowing trip to New Orleans, with five frat brothers planning a Cumberland Ohio Mississippi route.
Five Vanderbilt students depart Nashville after exams to row a boat to New Orleans by July 4 in a bold bet. The group includes Big Un Freeland Clarence Cooper Gordon Frierson Clark Akers and Granville Ridley as they set off toward the Crescent City along muddy highways amid confident wagers.
The Maury National Bank mourns the death of Robert C Church. He served as vice president, then president from 1909, shaping bank policy and trust practices. The bank notes his loyalty, courtesy, and broad county influence, and announces the Maury County Trust Company as his final estate vehicle. Resolutions express condolence to his widow and family and request publication.
Dr J A Witherspoon of Nashville Tennessee was elected president of the American Medical Association by the house of delegates at Atlantic City The selection comes as the convention nears its close with Dr Philander Harris of Patterson New Jersey named first vice president
The timetable lists arrivals and departures for Leuleville and Neahgill lines including Eastern express No 8 and No 16 Columbia, various Decatur and Sheffield accommodations, and the Fayetteville Branch North Sound No 144. Main Line South and North divisions show multiple trains with times from early morning to late evening, detailing arrivals, departures, and service names.
A large audience attended Rev L T Hastings first sermon as pastor at First Baptist Church. The message, Going Forward, linked biblical lessons to modern life and urged progress despite trials. Hastings begins permanent pastorate and assumes regular pastoral duties.
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