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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1907
Page
7
A collage of 1900s clippings cites Cortelyou’s $10,000 bank bill move, plays on war with Japan, and notes reactions to Carmack’s Confederate reunion speech. It mocks crowd sentiment, Beveridge’s Washington life, and editorials from Nashville American and News Scimitar. It highlights Wilson county lamb sales and Tennesseans seeking Carmack for governor.
The Virginia portion of Bristol adopted the dry law effective May 1, making LaFollette the sole wet town between Chattanooga and Roanoke after November 1, a distinction noted by the LaFollette-Tazewell Progress.
The Harriman Free Press warns that the governor's pardoning mill, already in operation, will release many thieves murderers and thugs who may disrupt the convention by threatening the chairman with the gavel. The piece insists the public will not tolerate such murderous acts again.
McKennon Anderson Foster announce scholarships to send a Maury county boy to a leading southern boys school and a girl to a premier southern girls academy. Voters earn votes per ten dollar purchases, with equal chance for both genders at Columbia Military Academy and Columbia Institute.
Aimed at Maury County youth, the plan grants one scholarship for the September term. Voters are readers who pay a dollar per year for either the Daily or Weekly Herald, with one vote per dollar. The prize goes to the most active bidder who campaigns for it. Get busy, boys.
The Nashville American reprints a Chicago price list showing meat costs rising since 1905 from 18–22 cents for club steaks and 14–25 cents for bacon, with other meats climbing to 22 and 18 cents respectively. It cites wholesale pressure, restaurant price fears, and a broader view from The Washington Post on wealth, wages, and the dollar’s purchasing power. The piece argues current conditions reflect systemic economic distortion and calls for remedy beyond railing at trusts.
Souvenir Postal helps buyers choose from a line of colored photographic cards at Woldridge's store. The ad promises delightful selections and invites customers to visit the shop for their choice.
The Yazoo Sentinel argues that criticism of the church harms the sacred, noting its role in rites, memory, and moral inspiration. It urges reverence for church spires, stained glass, and choirs as symbols of heaven and community unity, warning a churchless world would lack light and guidance.
The account of Harry Orchard dwarfs typical Jesse James lore, presenting a saga of dramatic exploits, criminal schemes, and high tension that makes popular outlaw legends seem amateurish by comparison. Orchard’s life unfolds with daring escapes, embattled confrontations, and a notoriety that reshapes perceptions of crime in his era.
A short, fragmented note warns that if California and Japan do not quickly stop growling the Pacific, the coast will cease to be peaceful. The sentence mixes geopolitical metaphor with uncertain context and lacks concrete facts or events.
The piece notes a heated but nonfatal uproar over Japanese residents in California. It argues no war will come, urges calm, and suggests both sides hold temper until the dispute subsides. It frames the affair as a tempest in a teapot and calls for restraint.
Livingston report June 18 judge Goodpasture is sinking slowly per a physician his daughter Mrs Hensley wife of Rev C M Hensley and another daughter Mrs W G Currey of Ada J T arrived with his son Elmo and all his children are with him he is expected to die soon as heart action slows and weakness grows.
Clarksville Tenn June 19 Rev A P McFerrin pastor of Madison Street Methodist church has accepted a call from a church in Alabama Dr Denny of Nashville has been asked to fill the vacancy here until conference meets McFerrin has been in Clarksville about four years and was transferred from Columbia He is well known in the Tennessee conference and is brother of Dr John McFerrin pastor of Tulip Street Methodist church Nashville
Records show a Chestnut Street property in Philadelphia sold for 20 455 per front foot, 22 feet frontage and 150 feet depth totaling over 450 000. In Boston a candy store site at Winter and Washington streets fetches about 700 000 with 479 000 assessed value, owners asking 700 000 for a 4 percent net. The transit commission seeks the lot for a Subway station, while tenants pay 15 000 annually in rent.
The Memphis News Scimitar notes it is no coincidence that typographical or clerical errors in contested laws tend to favor interests that opposed them. It argues constitutionality may be affected when such errors occur, especially where interests are strongest, calling for investigation and a possible solution. The Bristol Herald and Courier is cited.
McKeanen Anderson Fas advertises two free scholarships to Columbia Institute and Columbia Military Academy. Scholarships awarded to the top voting girl and boy from purchases before September 1. Ages 14 to 20 for boys. girls eligibility unspecified. Voting requires half dollar purchases and accompanying tickets.
A sale note details 35 inch wide black taffeta at $1.00 a yard with 1 inch width change, plus wash goods 19c to 30c a yard and 25c to 50c on new silks and belts. Gauze vests and black Union taffeta umbrellas offered near $1.00. Shoes highlighted include Brucher Orford patent kid at $2.50 and Ladies' Patent Corona Oxford at $2.00.
Special to the Herald Nashville June 20 H. Jackson alias Henry Jacobon was pardoned from the state prison yesterday afternoon and rearrested today on a New York grand larceny charge. Jackson, sent from Memphis for three years, would have been free November 12. The pardon may have been urged by a Shelby county legislator and a Memphis saloon keeper amid some mystery. Warden Luke McMenemy says the Board of Prison Commissioners planned to protest. Rearrest came on an order from Buffalo police chief to Curran in Nashville.
In 1920, Bohemian Tom ponders an astral body or light along the Airship line, a curious verse reflecting early aviation dreams and cosmic musings.
In the Philadelphia Record the piece argues worry harms health and ages a person, noting that many life complications prevent simply avoiding worry. It claims criminals and tramps often stay gray due to lack of responsibility, while a typical man with family burdens cannot avoid worry.
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