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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1908
Page
12
Quotations from Columbia Tennessee report weak market due to huge New York egg receipts and price drop. Cane seed rose modestly while Louisville and local cattle hog and sheep quotes show steady to soft tones, with varied ranges for buyers and sellers across regions.
Readable lines list various animal products and byproducts with prices in old currency. Items include hides, skins, ginseng, feathers, wool, beeswax, and tallow with stated per unit costs. Mentions buyers or traders like L Barker and local terms such as Dewey or Mint references.
Quotations furnished by J A Sloan Co. Sugar Best Boston granulated sugar 100 lbs 5 25 Brown Bager 656 Lard Leaf wart settled at Lie B Compound 8 Percent Coffee bulk roast 11 4 2T 9e green 9 4c 1she.
A terse public notice demands immediate payment to avoid service disruption. It states the recipient must settle overdue charges now to continue receiving The Herald, framing the demand as a lawful requirement.
OWINGSVILLE Ky March 25 The Hon Walter Sharp director and manager of the Burley branch of the Society of Equity said a report on 1906 1907 tobacco sales to the American Tobacco Company contains a grain of truth and that at a recent Equity directors meeting at Winchester it was unanimously voted not to price tobacco in the poor for sixty days from March 6 1908. He added that Equity supporters have won and no tobacco would be raised in Bath Nicholas and Montgomery counties in 1908.
A Texas convict named Will Garner who escaped Fowler penal farm March 1 returned to Austin to surrender to Gov. Campbell. He journeyed 700 miles to secure pardon affidavits, sought papers from Snyder, and walked back to deliver them. Gov. Campbell sent Garner to Fowler on life parole while the pardon application is reviewed.
Mme An na Gould, who lost the title of countess by divorcing Count Bon de Castel lane, will wed Prince Helle de Sagan, cousin of her former husband. Time and place of the marriage and settlement await agreement. Her brothers and sister are asked for consent as part of the path to this alliance.
Deputy Sheriff James Weir was severely wounded near Masonville after accompanying Deputy Head to arrest an insane suspect, Joe Hayden. Weir, cashier in Sheriff Hart's office, was shot in the left side as Hayden fired from a house corner. he was taken to a hospital in Owensboro, life in danger, condition described as weak with heavy blood loss.
Berlin reporters refuse to attend Reichstag sessions after a Center party leader used a racial slur in the gallery. They demand a formal apology and full retraction, threaten to withhold coverage of ministerial declarations, and seek party leaders’ intervention to settle the dispute.
Abraham H. Hummel the lawyer in the Dodge Morse divorce case was released from prison today after a sentence reduced to about ten months for good behavior. He left on a special workhouse boat followed by his nephew and sped to a waiting automobile. His friends plan a possible European trip soon, citing health reasons for the move.
The National Convention of the United Mine Workers of America finished a full day of debate on the Scale Committee report and adopted all sections without changes. The final seven choices will be taken up tomorrow morning before adjournment. Leaders Mitchell Lewis Wilson and Walker defended the report as miners seek a nationwide unit stance.
Mrs. William Farmer, a well known lodge member, was attacked as she walked home in Evansville Ind on a dark street. An unknown man stabbed her in the left breast above the heart. The wound is serious and she was unconscious for some time. Police pursue the mystery as her husband, a local cigar maker and former Democratic candidate for County Clerk, is noted in the report.
Evansville Indiana March 20 Dr H Jorgenson a celebrated surgeon was found dead in his office from self inflicted causes Coroner evidence links his death to a night stabbing of Mrs Jennie Farmer who was slashed in the breast by Mrs John M Davenport wife of an actor The victim Duggy on Sixth StreetInterpreted notes show Davenport acted strangely during arraignment and is held while authorities pursue further details of the case The death by own action is treated as connected to the earlier assault and investigation continues
Final arrangements for a 43-city joint gubernatorial debate tour between Governor Malcolm R. Patterson and ex-Senator E W Carmack were announced. Debates start in Chattanooga on April 17 with subsequent stops in Knoxville Bristol Greeneville Morristown Nashville and many other Tennessee cities through June 11. Each side allocates opening speeches and responses with alternating leaders and strict time limits.
B A Satterfield and Co advertise new style Columbia Surrles described as beauties and invite calls to inspect and purchase. Contact details include 26 codstew2t for further information.
Mrs Roosevelt plans a southern tour departing Washington with Theodore Jr Kermit Archie and Quentin Roosevelt accompanying. The Mayflower sent Vicksburg to take the White House party aboard for a trip on the Mississippi River. Mr and Mrs Francis Wright, former Miss Julia Foraker, arrived in Washington to visit Senator Foraker before the wedding of Miss Helen Foulke and the Belgian minister to Persia tomorrow at noon.
Investigators probing Chicago water department irregularities uncovered a $60,000 theft. A shakeup triggered city hall excitement as a six inch meter from the Union Traction Company era ran 284 percent slow, costing the city about $27,193. Superintendent McCourt said meter division conditions were alarming.
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