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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1909
Page
3
In a sunlit office Siward contends with mounting guilt after failed restraint and a brutal street encounter. Plank and Quarrier navigate treachery as Marion presses for certainty while a murder trial looms and tensions rise among power brokers.
Mrs Fran tee Folsety Cleveland testified in New York on Tuesday regarding the Brandenburg article about Grover Cleveland. She disputed the piece’s authorship and said the signature and checks shown were not her husband's. Lincoln, NYT editor, testified he received the article a week before publication and that Cleveland had promised more writings though ill health prevented it. Court adjourned until Wednesday after Mrs Lincoln’s testimony.
In Dickson Tennessee a twenty acre wheat field near the town shows a mysterious disease in grain though the stalks remain erect. Prof Samuel B H. from the University of Tennessee and the Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station at Knoxville collected samples Friday to aid an official investigation by the state Agricultural Department. Subscribe for The Herald.
Benjamin Lawten Wixelne, vice chancellor of the University of the South, died suddenly at his home at 9 o clock Monday. Heart disease, long suffered, is given as the cause. He had been frail recently yet continued to direct university affairs with indefatigable energy. He was born in Ride, SC, educated at the University of the South, Johns Hopkins, and Trinity College. He leaves a widow, three children, and a long list of scholarly honors and affiliations.
Atlantic City reports a blunt claim that reading the Bible pays, while New York notes Steve Marsh finding 4687 dollars in a Bible tied to a citizen’s hoard. The Atlantic City piece covers Prohibition era debate among liquor dealers and anti prohibition mobilization reports.
Night Watchman W. D. Atkins at Benner Springs Tennessee fell ill with a severe cold that settled on his lungs after damp drafts and storms. He tried remedies until using Dr King’s New Discovery, then returned to work fully recovered. Colds coughs sore throats and lung inflammation are claimed to be relieved by the medicine, priced at one dollar with a trial bottle free.
Chicago June 16 settlement of the largest income tax in Illinois history is recorded in Nelson Morris estate. The Commonwealth receives 165,899.52 with 6 percent interest from six months after death, totaling about 184,000. Appraised Morris holdings in Illinois amount to 16,703,427.78.
A storm unearthed the skeleton of an early settler at a graveyard known as Kilo Place, where a cherry tree uprooted and roots entwined with the remains lifted the skeleton before it was reburied with dirt heaped over the site. An identical incident was reported at Greenbrier graveyard in Williamson County.
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