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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1907
Page
11
Agricultural column urges poultry raisers to ensure mineral intake through lime phosphoric acid and animal foods, noting 10 percent of chicken growth is inorganic matter. Stresses grit keeps food favorable in crop, oyster shells, fresh water, oats for bone and muscle, and milk to moisten seeds.
Despite drawbacks the egg hatching trade has become a substantial enterprise with rising prices and high demand. The article cites Brown Leghorn sales at 13 per egg and breeders charging up to 5 for sitting, noting experts and buyers often differ on value yet honest dealings can expand the sector.
Notice to members announces the next Annual meeting of the Middle Tennessee Poultry Association in Columbia Tennessee on Wednesday May fifteenth at eleven o'clock in the County Court room.
Knoxville Sentinel endorses Bristol Herald Courier’s call to push for federal action to protect dry communities from inter state liquor shipments. The piece argues states cannot curb cross border traffic alone and urges strong national declarations supporting prohibition and federal enforcement.
Abe Wells recalls a backward spring in Little Rock Arkansas as hatchlings suffered from cold, then heated incubator care caused the chicks to regress. After warming, shells enveloped the birds again and the hatch appeared to reverse.
The Tennessee Home-Coming Club of Texas formed in Houston with Lieut. Gov. A. B. Davidson as president and T. McGregor as vice president. A larger statewide organization is planned to promote the Nashville September celebration and encourage visits from Texans to their native state. A poem praising Tennessee and its volunteers accompanies the notice.
New York May 2 Immigrants arriving at the port of New York set a daily record with 20 729 passengers aboard 24 hours ending at 3 tonight. Twenty-seven steamships carried arrivals from Naples and other regions, including 8 267 steerage aboard five Naples steamers and 2 734 on the Bulgaria. Ellis Island facilities are strained and many travelers face long waits before landing.
In Culleoka Tennessee on May 4 1907 Lela daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Hobbs died after eighteen months of illness. She became a Christian in 1900 and was laid to rest in the Baptist church with Elder Spivey officiating. Her family and community mourn a patient devoted daughter and sister as friends recall her purity charity and faith.
Edward Gibson, a Black man from Wenonah, is jailed after allegedly attacking Dorothy Paris as she left a Wenonah trolley. Four young men chased and restrained him, delivering a thrashing before Mayor Lawrence struck him, and a Mount Holly justice of the peace ordered no bail pending a hearing.
The column lists wholesale prices for cabbage, potatoes, sweet potatoes, apples, bananas, celery, lemons, bluegrass, oats, timber grasses, barley, rye, and field seeds. It also covers bacon, lard, fresh meat, eggs, poultry, butter, feathers, wool, honey, beeswax, ginseng, mint, hides, flour, meal, corn, wheat, and sugar priced by mills or stores with per unit or per ton figures.
One hundred dollar reward offer for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Testimony from Walding Kinnan Marvin, wholesale druggists of Toledo Ohio, claims F J Cheney & Co are honorable and solvent. Cure is taken internally and claims to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials available. Price ten cents per bottle. Family Pills advised for constipation.
Memphis officials assumed office led by J J Williams after Chancellor Heiskell denied a stop order continuation to keep Mayor Malone and others in power. The court refused injunction and reserved ruling on immediate appeal to the Supreme Court, stating the statute is constitutional.
A 17th century English ballad tells how a Chichester merchant was spared death by a loving wife who consented to marry him under the gallows. The note cites a New York criminal who escaped similarly and Pinkerton records a case where the criminal refused such a marriage.
A brief notice from A. Wilkes of Outlooks Toon describes a catalog of fruit trees vines and plants available for sale with descriptions and pricing. The item lists hat of fruit trees and vines and planta as part of the offerings.
In Jackson Mississippi on May 2 a weather disaster follows an April snow that killed Andy Trevar. He had long shed his flannels each year on April 15, but a late spring snow delayed him until May 1. His death was due to pneumonia despite medical care.
Fragmentary beached text references Brownlow patriots and a Chattanooga News tone. It mentions comfort from Scripture about tempests and abundant crops such as berries, hickory, chestnut in mountains, and persimmon fruit, ending mid-sentence with a place name lumbia(meant to be Columbia).
H B posted notice four miles south of Mt Pleasant at the old Bumper farm about a stray mule. The animal is about 16 hands high and 10 years old missing left eye. Valued at 45 dollars. Notice dated April 36th 1907. Ranger John I Tucker 926-8.
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