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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1913
Page
2
Mexican and U S forces engage along the border line Sunday in a tense altercation described as a border clash. No injuries reported but both sides reported firing exchanges and brief volleys near the line. Local authorities urged restraint while border patrol sought to restore calm.
Washington ignorant of the trouble as no report reached the capital. Fight caused excitement near El Paso and Moreno-Taripiing close to the border between Mexican soldiers and others.
A Columbia resident testifies to relief from backache dizziness and fatigue after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She credits Adams and Martin drug store now H B Adams Drug Store, and notes the product is sold nationwide by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole U S agents. Remember the name Desn's and take no other.
Reports from Washington state that four Mexicans were killed in a border fight with troopers from the Ninth United States Cavalry near Douglas Arizona. No American casualties were reported as American and Mexican forces exchanged shots and crowds gathered along the boundary.
Los Angeles California February 27 one life was lost and substantial damage occurred during the days of heavy rainfall. The storm ended at night but more rain was forecast. Streetcar lines were out of service in parts of the city and about sixty thousand school children were again kept home for a flood related holiday.
The house agreed to senate amendments creating a new labor department supervised by a cabinet official. President Taft will receive the bill tomorrow and, if aligned, the cabinet could grow to ten members. William B Wilson of Pennsylvania is favored for secretary, backed by the American Federation of Labor, formerly secretary of the United Mine Workers. The article also notes congressional cuts to the agricultural seed program and a new bureau of markets within agriculture. Secretary Meyer criticizes anti naval limits and reiterates the need for two battleships annually to deter foreign threats.
A quiet high school book reception at the Athenaeum on Friday afternoon brought in over two hundred new volumes to the library. Attendees donated books or cash to a library fund, totaling 5.75 dollars. The event strengthened the library and student fellowship with minimal duplication.
An advertisement claims a woman from Prestoy Moosup Chas Mia Cons suffered long illness and fatigue, and that burdock Blood Bitters restored health and ambition, presenting the product as a cure for debility and weakness.
The report details Hunt, aged about twenty four, arrested at Dickson on alleged mule theft from Mrs. Sam Ashworth in Santa Fe. He had been raised by Mrs. Ashworth and her late husband and allegedly traded the stolen mule for a mare still in his possession. In a separate note, Fogg High School lost to Nashville’s Institute team 30 to 12 with Miss Mary Elien Perkins starring, delivering six field goals and one foul in succession and leading a dominant performance by the Institute.
County Court Clerk Hardin W. Thomas issued thirteen marriage licenses in February, with ten executed and six officiants listed. A railroad worker’s health warning from Bath Me promotes a kidney remedy, claiming strong relief and renewed strength after use.
The Clark and Master in Columbia Tennessee issues a non resident notice for J B Sedberry in a Tennessee Chancery case. The defendant must appear within three days of the next term beginning April 3 1978 or plead demur and risk the bill being taken as confessed with publication of the order in The Columbia Weekly.
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