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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1909
Page
10
Advertisement by Austin M. Harlan seeks oats suppliers and offers sacks and high price delivered to the nearest rail station. He provides Citizens’ phone 627-2 and notes publication in the weekly Thursday issue.
Louis Loeb has recovered from an illness and Mrs. A N Akio’s friends regret her sickness. Mrs W Y C Grant travels to Nashville due to her father J J Newson’s paralysis and declining health. J M Mayes and George Adkisson are described as ill, with Adkisson critically so. Joe Webster, recovering in Memphis, is listed with his brother W J Webster Jr. Subscribe for The Herald.
In a Wednesday contest the town boys fell to the academy 2 to 0. Norton Nichols fanned many batters for the town while Willy pitched for the school side and allowed four hits. The academy lineup included Kilburn Meek Shamotulski and others. next Friday the faculty faces the first team on campus.
Slogan style travel offer from Columbia with $4.55 round trip fare for ten days on the regular morning train. Includes railroad fare hotel meals two cave routes fireworks and Karnal ruins. See L. and N. Agent.
Ed Frierson, a Black youth, jailed on house breaking and larceny charges after robbing Lovell and Fariss store in Broadview. He admitted stealing a suit, hat, and shoes, saying he knew only those items. Police note a prior break in at the same shop three months earlier involving shoes and other goods.
Public Instruction head R L Jones made a Wednesday trip by automobile from Mt Pleasant to Columbia. Columbia hostsmen accompanied him from the Phosphate city to show Maury county farming lands. Cars were lent by Carlton Fry and Frank Cook for the occasion.
The Tennessee State Board of Election Commissioners met at the Capitol, reelected Judge S. M. Young as chairman and I. B. Tigrett as secretary, and adjourned to June 2 to appoint local election boards in counties lacking them. Present were Democratic members Judge Young from Carthage and Tigrett from Jackson and Republican member James Maynard of Knoxville.
Nashville May 27 Farmers' Fertilizer Company filed for a charter with 100000 capital in the county court clerk’s office. Directors listed include William Rich A W Tamara T R Terrell H M Hayes and J D Grimm. Purpose to own mine and manufacture phosphate rock and fertilizer and to acquire lands build plants operate railroad switches and conduct all phosphate and fertilizer operations.
The underground drain to carry spring water from the foundation excavation is finished and passes under Seventh street to the sewer on Walker street. The massive stone cornice nears final position and the roof will soon be in place.
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