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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1906
Page
11
Endorsed by thousands for smooth healthy skin and youthful beauty. Sold in twenty cities the price 50 cents and 1.00 at leading stores or by mail Prepare Nation Tatter Co Paris Sold in Columbia by W P Woldridge and other leading druggists.
The 62 year old Stonewall Allen, a pugilist preacher, prays in the ring before fights at the Pelican Athletic Club in Brooklyn. He earns $10 to $15 nightly, fights six days a week, and despite mockery, wins bouts. In a recent match fans drenched his ring, he prayed longer, then won in three rounds.
In a New York Times style note the senior class motto debate unfolds among students. Various Latin phrases are proposed, including Esse Quam Vider, Tempus Fugit, and Ad Astra, but the panel seeks a simple, lasting choice.
New York reports Mrs. Jefferson Davis widow is seriously ill with grip at the Hotel Gerard amid 80 years of age. Colorado Springs notes J Addison Hayes says his wife Mrs. Hayes has heard no word of illness. Police link multiple burglaries along South Columbia and nearby towns to the same suspect, with items including a blood purse and wristwatches recovered from two houses.
Dr Joab Weistock of London, returning from a three year Borneo tour, describes a newly found venomous snake 10 inches long, with retroverted fangs, whose bite causes rapid paralysis and death. He compares effects to cobra and rattlesnake, notes peculiar tissue shrinking in victims, and mentions a Dyak account of the Peang pin ritual.
Chicago's Bureau of Charities opens an employment bureau for the crippled and aged. Hugo Krause plans lists of suitable jobs and employers, aiming to match one legged or arm impaired workers with opportunities in offices, hotels, factories, and information desks. Rebecca Holmes cites 160 letters sent to employers seeking cooperation.
Riggs L. Hayes & Co advertises 140 cottages and tenement houses for rent at Young's. Among them are 15 colored and 2 white houses currently vacant. See us for details.
Southern Railway issues very low Summer Tourist Rates for trips to resorts across Tennessee Virginia Western North Carolina Land of the Sky Sapphire Country and the Atlantic Coast Effective May 15th for summer travelers. For full information and literature contact Shipley D. P. A. 204 Fourth Avenue North Nashville Tennessee.
The Minneapolis Journal notes reform language changes in everyday terms. The phrase young lady is fading as young woman rises in usage while leading lady and wash lady fade from common theater and social language.
Denver Times recounts a bizarre late 19th century will by Charles Lounaberry a Chicago lawyer once famed in his field. The document, drafted while he was an insane patient at Cook County Asylum, bequeaths whimsical gifts to children lovers and young men including nature scenes, adventures, and imagined worlds, with a final blessing for the elderly.
Numerous conventions and meetings across the United States list dates in June July and August 1906. Events include the Southern Student Conference Y M C A in Ashville North Carolina the Y W C A annual conference in Ashville the Convention of the Commercial Law League in Athens Georgia and the Knights of Columbus National Council in New Haven Connecticut. For full rates and sale dates contact J M Shipley D P A Nashville Tennessee.
A resident of Long Island City aged 84 has become a father, creating a humorous moment cited by the Philadelphia Ledger as the best laugh on Osler. The note highlights an unlikely paternal birth with a playful, local newspaper tone.
In Columbia Tennessee between December 10 and 24 1905 Thompson Ringlet Barred Rocks won with first cock and second cookiel first pen first and second ben lat second and ard pallet Epes for only prices sought by MRS HUQHA ENGLISH Pulnok Tenn Betide.
The piece recalls General Sherman’s 1864 Georgia campaign and a later stop by Father Sherman in 1906. It notes public fear of assassination, humorous exchanges with townspeople in Cartersville, and a comparison of war’s place to peacetime. The author suggests spirits cooled since the Civil War.
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