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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1909
Page
12
Wool prices stay firm after lamb sales with dealers vigilant. Eggs and poultry command good prices and ready demand. Louisville market reports show cattle hogs and lambs with generally steady or higher quotes. wool prices posted for tubwashed and lightly burr variants. various grains and produce items listed with regional quotes.
The notice provides wholesale quotations for produce and groceries. Cabbage at $3.40 per crate, Second Crop Irish Potatoes at .18 per bushel delivered, Bananas Jumbo $1.50 per bunch, Lemons $3.80 to $4.00, Onions wholesale $3.00 per bushel, Navy beans $3.00 per bushel, Lima beans price listed, Sugar at $5.35 per 100 pounds for best Boston granulated, brown sugar $5.00 per 100 pounds, Coffee bulk roast 12 to 37 1/2 cents, various prices for hides, ginseng, feathers, beeswax, tallow, and other listed commodities.
The Williams School in Huntsville Alabama plans closing week events May 24 to June 1. Examinations run May 24–28 and the commencement sermon is May 30 at First M E Church with Rev Wasson. May 31 features an address by J A Columbia and a reception with music by the Monroe Orchestra. June 1 includes an eight oclock declamation contest in the school chapel.
At a May meeting of the Methodist Hospital of Nashville board the resolution to rename the institution the Galloway Memorial Hospital was unanimously adopted. The move honors late Bishop Charles B. Galloway, praised for his catholic spirit and Christian work.
Springfield May 27 William Lorimer of Chicago is elected junior United States Senator from Illinois. He won 108 votes on the ninety-fifth ballot in a joint assembly after a protracted deadlock since January. Speaker Shurtleff cast the pivotal vote securing Lorimer's election.
An advertisement touts Dean's Ointment as stopping eczema spread and instantly relieving itching. It claims a permanent cure and urges purchase at any drug store.
A field report from South Side Park overviews early training for the harness season. Trainers and caretakers like "swipe" prep fifty horses as Mick Thomas lists likely candidates for upcoming events including 2:25 pace 2:30 trot and younger division stakes with names such as Peerless Hermitage Correctly Midnight Robi L. Dan Wilkes Endless The Spy Phallasdale Orphan Gire and Rhythmical among others. Strong horses like Sandy Hal p Geers Direct and Little Buddle are noted in form.
Louisiana sues Louisville and Nashville and New Orleans Mobile Texas to forfeit right to operate in the state alleging violation of a 1907 act barring non resident corporations from suing the state in non state courts. The case follows a prior circuit court ruling that the statute is unconstitutional.
State Superintendent R L Jones spoke at the Opera House Maury County praising universal public schooling and the normal school plan. He stressed education for farmers and professions, cited state investments, and endorsed bond-funded school buildings with local support.
In the Chancery Court at Columbia Tennessee Harris and Cole Brothers, nonresident corporation, are indebted to Lovell & Hawkins. Publication required for four weeks in the Columbia Herald. Defendants must appear by the third Monday of October to defend. otherwise the bill is confessed and the case proceeds. May 28, 1909. Clerk & Master Akin. Attorney J H Dinning.
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