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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1912
Page
1
Maury student Miss Grage Graham earns Herald Medal for a brilliant essay on good citizenship. The award highlights academic achievement and civic awareness among Columbia Institute students.
Miss Grace Graham of Columbia is named winner of The Herald medal for the best essay on Good Citizenship by a pupil of Columbia Institute. The essay argues civic duties with close analysis of government functions and citizenship values. The article notes her beauty and character and mentions her editing the school annual.
Italian government blocks wedding of Evangeline Lubin of Sacramento to Signor Silengi, demanding a nulla impedement from the United States. The US refuses jurisdictional consent, Taft and the American ambassador lend support as the couple plans to wed in London in June. The dispute mirrors a prior Moschini case.
The Grand Lodge executive committee delays the fortieth fifth annual convention by one week. Instead of June 12 in Ovoca the gathering will be June 19, with a three day session to accommodate delay in preparations caused by months of rain. The Ovoca home, overseeing over forty orphans and widows, advances improvements and housing readiness for the large event.
The three reel picture The Two Orphans drew full houses at the Pastime Theatre on Tuesday, both afternoon and night shows attracting a pleased audience. The Pastime is gaining a reputation as an up to date theater with strong patronage.
A joint meeting of Columbia businessmen and county demonstrators, supervised by the U S Department of Agriculture, is being planned for June. H D Tate state agent praises Columbia’s interest and offers to help arrange an agenda, with emphasis on discussing farmers concerns and an engaging program.
Two children of Col and Mrs J C Hardy wandered from home Monday afternoon in the Mitchell addition, sparking a lengthy search by families and neighbors. An elderly colored woman guided them back after they had walked about two miles, the older child leading the way toward home.
The Nashville Sunday bare ball ruling by Chancellor Allison dominates local discussion with broad support from speakers who cite the decision as correct. The case centers on the legality and conduct surrounding Sunday ball games and the judge's interpretation.
The Columbia High School commencement will be held next week at the Grand Opera House with Prof. Gillentine addressing the graduates. The schedule begins Friday night at the Athenaeum with student performances and ends Thursday evening with the annual declamatory contest and the graduation exercises on May 24.
Nashville May 15 An Episcopal convention feature was a committee to study increased oversight in Tennessee. Four reform plans include dividing the state into three regions with a bishop in charge, creating East Tennessee as a missionary jurisdiction, electing a bishop coadjutor with succession rights, and electing a suffragan bishop without succession.
In Nashville on May 15 Taft supporters swept the Republican Tennessee state convention defeating Roosevelt factions. Four Taft aligned delegates were elected at large: Newell Sanders Zen Hicks J J Gore and W J Oliver who protested Hamilton county votes. Police stood by as tensions flared during roll call amid threats of a bolt and a possible second convention.
Special to The Herald Nashville May 18 indicates the seventh congressional district elected no Harmon men as delegates to the Baltimore convention, signaling a clear split in the party’s delegate selection process. No Harmon supporters advanced to the national meeting.
Springfield Tennessee May 14 Ernest Eddings who slept 100 hours about six weeks ago without waking died yesterday morning at his home seven miles north of here near Adairville Kentucky.
Cobe Newby received a ten year sentence for the killing of Amos Matthews on the Pulaski pike on November 14, 1911. The case, tried at a special circuit court term, followed Newby’s confession in Nashville jail where he had been kept for safety.
Mayor Dedman orders strict enforcement of the bicycle ordinance restricting riding on city sidewalks after child injuries on West Beverly Street and an incident near Mothers Gordon. Authorities urge public safety and pedestrian protection.
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