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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1902
Page
2
A fragmented notice hints at potato barrels and a trade matter involving Alpenman Cooperages and Maury Barolo. Readers are urged to contact Bet phone 174 and Gitizens phone 410311, with a May 2 timeframe referenced. The readable items indicate a local commerce or barter note without clear names or concrete actions.
Local items report two prisoners escaping custody after being sent to join the work house gang. Visitors include Mrs. Sam Vestal and son, plus notes on church and school ice cream suppers. Rains have aided crops though more is needed in parts. Local ads promote a bogey and harness sale and a gold medal for Carter's Creek Gun Club. Notary blanks, resident moves, and office delays add local color.
Franklin, Tenn. June 14 Prof W D Mooney announced the Seventh District competitive exam results for West Point. Lewis W Watkins of Franklin won the cadetship with an 884 11 average, and John F Evans of Columbia was named alternate with 462 11. Evans did well but awaits possible appointment if Watkins fails physicals or the West Point exam.
Cullooka Nursery in Cullooka Tenn advertises a general assortment of fruit trees shrubs and vines with special emphasis on apples. The note mentions “o a and got acclimated stock” and names Cucrows Nursery as a supplier, indicating a local plant trade listing from 18-2 mou.
The State Republican Convention in Nashville nominated a slate for the Court of Chancery Appeal. T A Wright of Roane, G B Parks of [illegible], Ernest Caldwell, Starnes of Shelby, George T. McCall of Carroll, George S Ramney of Coffee, and Xen C Hicks of Anderson were listed as nominees for the Court of Chancery Appeal.
Lieut Robt O Ragsdale appointed by President Roosevelt to a second lieutenancy received orders from the Secretary of War to report at once to regimental HQ at Fort Thomas Kentucky and be assigned to the Eighth Infantry. The Columbia Arsenal company is not likely to be his assignment. A Draughons College ad promotes tuition free courses with locations in Ashville St Louis Atlanta Montgomery Little Rock Ft Worth and Galveston.
In southwest St Louis a missing mother Mrs Henry Mullering and her 14 year old daughter Rinma trigger a city wide search. Mullering sold crops and stock and vanished after visiting Lem Staley with two railroad tickets. Blood stained garments linked to Mrs Mullering were found and burned by the Portners. Authorities pursue possible homicide clues.
The Chicago Post notes a girl reading Uneasy Nes the head that wears a crown and comments that crowns sit still. The San Francisco Bulletin jokes about pews and pulpits, while Hamlet remarks on stage and gallery proximity with comic gusto.
Wereling W Vu reports Charles Scott a black man shot and killed Samuel Jones and Mrs John Shull Tuesday night. Sheriff with 12 guards moved through Connershire to hide Scott from a mob. At dawn the murdered couple’s husband led a mob to the cabin but guards secreted him, and Scott was moved to Steubenville for jail.
Chicago, Oct 19. President Harper denied a report that John D Rockefeller donated 750,000 to the University of Chicago. He said the sum came from about forty different people not named, and he could not disclose their identities to confirm whether Rockefeller was among them.
Maj Lythteten W. T. Waller of the United States Marine Corps, recently cited for executing an order in the Philippines, arrived in Chicago with a 20 marine detachment. The party halted briefly for car inspection before continuing to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where Waller declined to discuss further army matters.
The Estes Flouse announces a public opening at Primm Springs on June 10. Rates listed include 1.50 per day, 0.30 per week, and 3.80 per month with children under ten half price. Remaining tors charged for a meal or 24 day.
A compact recounting of Japanese burial custom linking head position to sleep and a brief Philippine population table. Includes an early 20th century ad for Hall’s Catarrh Cure promising a cure and offering testimonials and a $100 reward for failures.
A major fire in Shreveport Louisiana destroyed Allen and Currys lumber mill Snyder s wagon factory and the Rose place residence along with several small buildings. Losses total at least 150000 with insurance of 322000 held by Allen & Curry. In Durango Colorado June 19 Mrs Margaret Fooney widow of the slain Bob Ford died by morphine suicide after separation from her husband.
A bustling listing offers Crushed Roses and Veron Violet Taloom Powder in large glass bottles at 12e, plus Mennon’s Taloom Powder and other grades. The shop markets a wide range of household goods including toilet soap, parasols, fancy papers, writing tablets, underwear, shirts, bags, luggage, sweaters, porch shade, ice cream freezers, flower pots, hammocks, wire hampers, fly traps, matches, garden tools, croquet sets, water coolers, brushes, mats, and wallpaper, all in varied prices and sizes.
July corn option drives a turbulent Chicago grain pit with rapid price swings. Speculators push prices upward then drop them, while private elevators rush to contract corn to grade and ease congestion. In three days about 500000 bushels are moved, as bulls seek to keep cash stocks out and shipping to Milwaukee is attempted to grade in.
An old Philadelphia Bulletin snippet advertises potato barrels made from the best dry stock by experienced coopers. It lists phone numbers 178 for Maury Marre Company and 810-411 for Citizens with a may 2 date reference. A separate confused excerpt shows a traveler and Mrs Faxsleigh discussing preparations for a journey, mentioning a traveling dress and a steamer rug.
William Lowe Tryan was elected president of Indiana State University to succeed Joseph Swain, who becomes president of Swarthmore College. The announcement places the change at Bloomington on June 19. Swain departs for Swarthmore while Tryan assumes leadership at Indiana State University.
The piece argues artillery once valued for moral impact has gained in rifle prestige as beliefs shift with lyddite and quick firing guns. It notes lyddite harms earthworks on soft ground and debunks sensational accounts of explosive effects. It ends with a report that Gen. Louis Botha travels to Dresden to retrieve his family.
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