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Newspaper

Columbia Herald

Location

Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1905

Page

6

Remove Freckles and Pimples with Satinols Claim

Miss Alace Lirette of Thibo deaux Louisiana testifies Satinols cleared freckled skin and pimples after four years of failed remedies. The ad promises removal of freckles and blemishes with two bottles at one dollar, mailed via National Toilet Co. Inciting drug pitts sale through Columbia distribution.

Alace Lirette Thibodeaux Mail National Toilet CO Paris Renn Columbia Pitts

Tragic triple shooting shocks Memphis night

In Memphis on May 14 Thomas Metall a night watchman shot Edith Ferguson and Hal Williamson at Calhoun street then killed himself. Edith Ferguson a furnished-rooms operator and Williamson a relative of Sheri Williamson were accompanying Ferguson when Metall opened fire. Metall died en route to hospital and Williamson died an hour later after being wounded. The killer then shot himself at the Tennessee Hotel and died shortly after arrival to hospital.

Memphis Tenn Thomas Metall Illinois Central Railroad Edith Ferguson Hal Williamson Calhountrees Sheri? Williamson Crittenden County Ark McCall Cittenden Bani Ark Williamson Tennessee Calhoun Street McCullaad

Real Estate Deal to Build New Orleans Passenger Station

New Orleans May 4. A real estate deal costing more than a million dollars will be followed by the erection of a grant railway passenger station in central New Orleans. The announcement comes from President Berg of the New Orleans Terminal Company. Mineco and Southern railway own the terminal company. The Canal street property lies between Hasin and Rampart, extending six squares north to the old basin controlled by the terminal company.

New Orleans Grant Railway Berg Mineco and Southern Railway Terminal Company Canal Street Hasin Rampart Old Basin

Sobratens Sinks After Mine Hit Off Port Arthur

IMMEDIATELY SANK TOKIO, May 14. The British steamer Sobratens, from New Chang to Kobe, struck a mine off Port Arthur and sank instantly. Port Arthur rescued all Europeans aboard, but it is believed several crewmen and four passengers drowned. The steamer may have sailed into a warned zone. The rest of the text contains unrelated anecdotes and miscellany.

Tokio Sobratens New Chang Kobe Port Arthur Abipa

The Healthy Japanese and Western Views on War Wounds

English surgeons returning from the war discuss Japanese soldiers healing rapidly from wounds due to strict internal and external cleanliness. A doctor notes the inside drives healing as the body accepts care, while a columnist cites gender privilege contrasts and social attitudes toward women.

Chump Who Wouldn't Advertise Seeks Grave Wreath

A satirical verse condemns advertisers who shirk payment and praise for supporting trade. It laments those with no bank account or patronage and mockingly notes a grave marker reading Heluw here lies A chump who wouldn't advertise. The poem, credited to The Capitoline, critiques commercial indifference.

Tanatch The Capitoline

Pearls Found in Cocoanuts Reported by Lapidary

A lapidary reports pearls may form inside coconuts, describing a small pea sized pearl found by Tence cut a coconut. The cocoanut pearl supposedly forms in the nut heart as a crystalized tumor, rarer and cheaper than oyster pearls, though less hard and translucent.

Philadelphia Bulletin

Woodmen Elect Officers In Friday Night Meeting

A Woodmen of the World meeting at Dr S A Hayes office elected officers and set monthly first and third Friday gatherings. Officers named include G K Howsser Council Commander Keo Lazarus Assistant Lieutenant H B Tucker Banker Dr S A Hayes Work R H Gueat Escort and W Voes Sentry at De Haya dental office North Garden Street until a hall is found.

W.O. W S. A. Haye de Haya Dental North Garden G. K. Howsser Keo Lazarus H. B. Tucker Banker 8. A. Hays Viork R. H. Gueat Ewcort W. Voes

European medical bills and May Day disruptions

A Baltimore Sun note mocks Europe’s medical billing seen as wealth-based. A Carlsbad surgeon charged Rudolph Spreckies 10 000 kronen for appendicitis, paid only a quarter, and lost in court. The Austrian court awarded 1600 dollars plus costs to the surgeon, advising pay and silence. Elsewhere May Day demonstrations in St Petersburg failed to erupt, with minimal socialist meetings broken up by Cosescke.

Europe Carlsbad Rudolph Spreckies Galifornia Spreckles Baltimore Sun St. Petersburg Cosescke

Libel suit seeks large damages in Nashville case

Nashville May 16. Alderman Sidebottom sues the Washville American for 225 000 and the Home Telephone Company for 25 000 over a publication that intimates council members were bribed to vote against granting a franchise to the Home Company.

Anedal Herald Nashville Lderman Sidebottom Washville

Discouraging Wheat Fly Reports From Tennessee to Kansas

May 12 Lewisburg Tennessee reports warn that a heavy wheat fly threatens Marshall County crops and may force wheat to be shipped in for home use. Discouraging pest news continues as ravages worsen. A Banta Fee passenger train wreck near Emporia Kansas injured six passengers, two seriously, due to removed spikes and fish plates on a curved track.

Emporia Kan

Rees and Watkins Tinners and Plumbers Ad

Bath tubs lavatories closets and plumbing goods advertised by Rees and Watkins on South Main Street. Calls invited to inspect their line and accept dob work solicited for plumbing projects.

Rees & Watkins Main Street

Columns of Horseshoes Sign in Fort Collins Shop

In Fort Collins a blacksmith erected two towering columns outside his shop built from discarded horseshoes stacked around wooden cores. Each column rises several feet, five feet in diameter, with iron bands anchoring them to the walls, illustrating the craft and years of work behind the sign.

Fort Collins Col Aner

Power Behind the Throne and a Canadian Election Tale

An Ottawa era anecdote linked Laurier's return to power with a North Carolina man who mistook Victoria for alive and Queen Elizabeth II for a replacement. The misinformed man learns Edward VII rules England, concluding that Laurier must have influence with him, a humorous quip on cross imperial politics.

Wilfrid Laurier Roosevelt Success Magazine North Carolina Grover Cleveland Canada Quebecc Victoria England Edward the Seventh Albert Edward Prince of Wales Scott Laurier

Johnsons refuse guest after inheritance over etiquette

In Cassell's Journal a strained family tale unfolds as the Johnsons, noting an uncle of theirs who once had bad manners, reconsider invitees after he suddenly comes into a million pounds. They decide he was merely eccentric, reflecting social snobbery and class issues in the wake of wealth.

Johnsons Cassell

Reduced Rates Announced for Southern Railway Round Trip

The National Travelers Protective Association announces reduced round trip rates from all points on the Southern Railway. Tickets go on sale May 1 and 15 with a final return limit in 1908. Joint agent at Savannah can extend return limit until June 1906 upon a 50 cent fee. Contact Southern Railway agents or J. B. Shipley in Chattanooga for details.

Ameri ,Ca Southern Railway Avannah Southern Hallway J. B. Shipley Chattanooga Tenn

Southern Railway Announces Summer Convention Rates to Asheville

Southern Railway sets a round trip fare of one dollar plus 25 cents for voyages to Asheville N C with return option. Tickets are valid June 8 10 16 17 for return to June 28. Tickets available from any Southern Railway agent or via J E Shipley Ter Chattanooga Tenn.

Southern Railway Ashville N. C Fesaher Wrte J-E.shipley TER Chattanooga Tean

Primitive Man in Irland Discoveries in Antrim suggest ancient subterranean dwellings

A London Country Gentleman piece notes an Antrim find of underground dwellings by primitive man. It argues the site may prove prior Eurasian habitation before Celtic emergence and links the “little people” lore to real holes in remote areas. The Lapps are proposed as living descendants of the ancient race.

Irland County Antrim Ireland London

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