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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1900
Page
7
The Photon prize contest is withdrawn as a drawing contest may violate statutes. The Heart will not run a drawing and seeks an impartial method to select a winner. The firm has bought a Phator and hopes to gift it to a friend, inviting suggestions for a fair solution.
Extermish Feb 2 highlights teacher Mr Luccine Dake starting a first school at Dry Creek and local sicknesses. Residents complain about tolls on the road to Mt Pleasant hindering Enterprise and Dry Creek workers who rely on wood hauling for income. Stamford and Nashville visitors noted. various family updates and social events reported with scattered health concerns.
Panks Station notes illness in the community including diphtheria and chickenpox cases. Mr Donham improves gradually while Mr Parka recovers from pneumonia. Farm work moves slowly as locals undertake trips to Alabama and Nashville for equipment, with several families visiting relatives and purchasing a traction engine and thresher for a forthcoming saw mill.
A Tennessee druggist promotes a South American Nervine Tonic as a universal cure for stomach weakness and indigestion. It claims immediate relief and guaranteed results after the first dose, selling through A B Raine in Columbia.
Owing to communication delays Henaba police update. Measles and the grippe are prevalent as roads remain nearly impassable due to weather. Mr. A B Phillips of near Mallard died suddenly Friday morning. Uncle Andrew, aged, was laid to rest at the old home place. Miss Herthe Holman visits Bear Creek. Phone line moved from W Fr Holman’s store to BL Haya residence. Mrs Martha Hardison recovering. Annie Farris of Colombia a guest of cousin Miss Luule Helman. Mr and Mrs Wallace Hardison of Leftwich visited locally Sunday. Lon Naga nets Derryberry notes cold weather and carrying articles in coat pocket.
Feb 21 entry notes a harsh cold wave harming regional wheat and lists local sickness. Several residents, including Mrs W K Alderson and Hernice Paramore, are ill with pneumonia and other ailments. Neighbors Alderson and Saver families visit the sick. John Weatte’s repose is mentioned. Buchagan and Goad families improve. Rippling Waves receives thanks for remembering readers.
Sovrirpowee reports mixed farming weather with cows injured in an accident. Local residents, including Mrs Hettle Murphy and family, visit relatives, with neighbors illness and recovery updates. Prominent names appear: Murphy family, J.T. Wao, Giles county visitors, and local church notes. Also mentions a women’s institute program titled A Negro Festival and a community blood-cleaning ad.
Distressing kidney and bladder diseases relieved at home by a so called New Great South American Kinney Over, a great surprise account of rapid relief for both men and women. It claims to relieve water retention almost immediately and promises a cure. Sold by A A Rains, druggist, Cla mbia, Texas.
Mrs Mary Benderinen died of pneumonia on February 2 at her daughter Mrs J W Matthews home in Broadview. She leaves two children Mrs Ina Giltweath and Meg J Matthews. She belonged to Cumberland Presbyterian Church Glenwood. Funeral conducted by Rev Mr Peoples with interment at Heros's graveyard. Sympathies extend to bereaved family and friends.
March 1 Versailles Ky jury panel tired after lengthy sessions in the case of James Graves the trotting horseman accused of killing Charles Cassiday in 1898. Judge Cantril commanded the sheriff to impanel 30 jurors to resume proceedings. Graves conducted his own defense and used ten lawyers previously.
Local notice offers a second hand band gear bundle including bags and a set of hornets. Listing appears informal with limited details. Potential buyers are advised to contact Steeer and Co for more information.
The piece discusses Goebel and the Goebel law, criticizing newspapers for libelous attacks and detailing how Democratic and Republican factions battled over control. It notes conspiracies by foreign capital and the Railway Political Combine, and claims intimidation of Democratic election officials while opposing Republican tactics.
chaotic account details threats and violence surrounding Goebel’s gubernatorial race. mob action at the State Capitol forced evacuation, with Taylor followers clashing with law enforcement, forcing government to relocate and triggering charges of civil unrest and constitutional defiance.
A decree announces a land sale in Columbia Tennessee on March 17 1900 at the courthouse door. The parcel is a house and lot on High Street in the West Ward, bounded by Gillespie and Ware lines, with sale on a brightord bond 18 months and notes bearing interest from the date of sale. The sale is free of redemption with personal security required.
Complainant Mase in Columbia district sues Pull smith in a non resident notice proceeding. Text includes scattered names and legal terms from an order concerning partition or executive action, with unclear details and partial phrases due to damaged OCR.
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