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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1902
Page
7
Fragmentary note alleges an antipest method that could endanger chicks. The text mentions curing through medicine and implies severe consequences if the approach fails, reflecting unsafe practices in a disturbed context. The fragment lacks clear actors or locations.
Water Valley notes list local visitors and illnesses. Jess Hutcheson is indisposed while Mrs. Ladd of Groshen remains sick at her father John Howth's home. Miss Kate Hulme of Santa Fe visited J. P. Johnson and family at Turkey Creek late last week. The piece records several guests and departures from Bethel, Ridley Station, and Williams in a period summary of social activity.
Advert claims a universal remedy called Mystic Cure for rheumatism and neuralgia works within a day. It asserts immediate relief by removing the cause, with the large dose offering great benefits. Sold by A B Hales, Druggist, Colombia.
A Children's Day service will be observed at the Methodist church on Sunday night in June. A committee of young ladies is training children for the event. J H Dinning of Columbia will lecture after the service. An all day service will be held at McCains' next Sunday with morning and evening services at the Baptist tent and a 4 o'clock afternoon event at Mr J W Faires' place. An entertainment at Mrs L B Davis's home honored Miss Jones of Texas with refreshments. Local residents noted visits and travels among F H Smith of Columbia, J M Edmondson of Cornersville, Urban Edmondson, Maud Walker of Athens, Mrs C Fitzgerald, Miss Eliza Moore, Birdie Pender, and Mrs J H Ray returning from Sumner county.
Farmers hear a sales pitch from the Columbia Mercantile Storage Co promising top quality field seeds including pert oats black oats and field peas. The firm asserts it will lead in all classes of field seeds and invites buyers to visit before purchasing.
In Culleoka on the recent election day the 6th district elected J. M. Andrews Bruce White and G. W. Foster as school commissioners. A social gathering at Bruce White's home accompanied the results. Local reports note rain in the west and farmers in Maury County hoping for a better corn crop amid growing cattle markets.
The note describes patchy harvests with scarce peaches and apples, but plentiful grapes. Raspberry yield is low, while sweet peas bloomed for Sunday. It mentions attendance at a minstrel event at the school social night and ends with the name Barbara.
A broad farm equipment sale lists a weeding bus traction engine and other machinery from Sorrearieco and Donsox. Buyers can find a complete stock for farm work.
Broadview May 28 local social round includes Mrs Mary Holt visiting Mrs W M Rea and Mr Hunt Dugger with family at Silveraville. Visitors from Campbell's Station, Monura and Glendale attend Felix Lowell sermons at Bethel. Mary Redding and Berta Morrow join from Campbell's Station. Murphy family from Cyruston return home after a stay. Several churchgoers and townsfolk attend Bethel. Mrs Henry Padgett of Duplex mourned.
An item from Gallatin Tennessee notes pumps sold by Sarreevieth & Copsox and a sensational local tale. A young woman from Barren County allegedly kidnapped her sweetheart, then married him at night with license papers sought from Deputy County Court Clerk J Tom Durham. The groom weighed about 140 pounds and the bride was possibly 25.
Capt James H Walker aged 87 died at home on Eighth Street Maury County. Born in Colawhis May 4 1819 he served in the Mexican War rising to captain. He practiced law in Columbia and later did business in West Tennessee. Survived by siblings Andrew J Walker Sally Green Annie Phillips and others. Funeral held at St Peter's Episcopal Church with burial in Greenwood. Pallbearers named including Anthony Pillow James Andrews Sr Thomas Pickens and William Wilson.
William Kindel sixteen son of E M Kindel of Mt Pleasant died Tuesday night from a rare affliction. He had sucked a cockle burr down his throat during Christmas hunting which lodged in the upper lung and could not be removed. Despite all efforts the burr caused extreme pain and led to his death.
Edward McCoy aged 72 passed away Thursday evening leaving a wife and several children. Burial was Friday at 3 pm at Matthews Graveyard with services at the grave by Rev. J. H. Peoples. Allen Lee Adams, infant son of Mr and Mrs Adams, died at 1:30 am Wednesday at the parents home on Cemetery Avenue of diphtheria. Services were held yesterday at 10 am by Rev. A. P. McFerrin. Burial followed at Rose Hill Cemetery.
Attention Farmer. Rates Binder Oil is made special for machinery used in the hot sun only 38 cts per gallon at.
The article details closing exercises and concerts at Columbia Public School with valedictorian Tara Kelly and salutatorian Carrie Smith, plus a long schedule of performances by first and second grade pupils, including piano solos, vocal numbers, and a dramatic program. It also notes other events at the Institute and regional colleges, a May Long College concert, and upcoming commencements with addresses by Rev. Laird and Bishop Guilor, ending with local ads for seed and storage services.
U S Circuit Judge D Clark in Knoxville has ruled Rogan Noce Smith of Rogersville failed to prove damages from Virginia Carolina Chemical Co and others for creating a fertilizer combine. He says Tennessee anti trust statutes 1801 repeal void against interstate commerce and would have ruled under the Sherman act.
Readers learn Hall Peters Catarrh Cure is promoted as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. The ad claims the product operates through the blood and mucous surfaces to restore health and invites readers to mail for proof and a $100 reward if it fails to cure.
Pulisxi Tenn May 27 The Board of Trustees of Martin College unanimously elected Rev BF Haynes president of the college He has been here several days after returning from the Dallas conference He was formerly station preacher here and enjoys community confidence.
Chattanooga Tennessee May 27 The strawberry season in the Chattanooga district ended with about fifty thousand crates valued around one hundred thousand dollars The peach crop in this district is expected to yield about half of average output.
Sale held by the Tennessee Jersey Cattle Breeders Association at Capt. M. C. Campbell's farm drew buyers from Georgia Kentucky Alabama Indiana and North Carolina with Nashville and Columbia also represented. Notable bids included Ida Graceman Lynnwood herd Nashville at 140 and Spangled Princesa 117 074 at 100. Total receipts near 1015.
A parade collapse in New York injured many. Coolidge, a circulation manager, was killed. The Republican State Convention in Cleveland closed with a strong ovation to Senator Hanna. He urged continued campaign unity. Tennessee Bar Association elected Mountcastle and Lusk as officers. Congress probes Gen. Wood’s Cuba era expenditures and Wood’s salary. Howard College declined Rockefeller endowment tied to matching funds. Senate Naval Affairs endorses Hobson retirement per the President’s message. House expected to approve soon.
Dispatches describe three self inflicted deaths connected to Tennessee. Mrs. John C. Adams, wife of Cincinnati opera house electrician, drowned in Newport reservoir after visiting Nashville mother with her child Despondency. Dr Edward L Thuman, Nashville medical graduate, leaped into the Mississippi at St Louis and drowned. his remains to be shipped home. Mrs C L Fulton, wife of a Choctaw Bluff surgeon, shot herself amid desertion rumors. Fulton family connections noted. Gallatin reports two men drug overdose attempts by Woodore Hallett and See Prince, both surviving.
A fragmentary OCR reads a curious sign mentioning Butterfield, censont, and names like Tan Sat rrenrikLy Dopsox, suggesting garbled branding or a stray sign observed by locals. The text appears damaged, with unclear meaning and author attribution.
The postoffice will be closed today May 30 due to National Decorating Sunday observed hours from 12 to 2. Rural carriers will not be affected by the holiday.
In Coal Creek a Sunday visit by hundreds of widows and orphans at the cemetery turned mournful as they mourned over about one hundred graves. A found letter warned never work in the mines. A large number of damage suits, each often for 10000 dollars, have been filed or are being prepared.
State exercises marking Commodore Vanderbilt’s birthday closed with Founder's medal oratory in the university chapel. Hoyt M. Dobbs of Florence Alabama won the medal, Vanderbilt’s highest honor in oratory. Trends suggest hard work links to longevity, with idle wealth shortest lived and farmers among the long-lived, miners following.
Special to the Herald reports Col. A. S. Lee addressing the Tennessee Bar Association in Nashville on May 24. He reviewed Gen. Andrew Jackson's military achievements in a talk titled Some Bits of Unpublished History. The association planned to close its session this afternoon.
Glen Murray a Nashville drummer survived a severe blaze at the Jordan Hotel in Murfreesboro when a hotel clerk mishandled a lighter fueled by whiskey. The bottle exploded igniting Murray's clothing and burning his lower body. fellow staff smothered the flames. Murray's injuries are serious but not believed fatal.
R. C. Ewing bought a handsome pair of carriage horses from Roy Porter Co on Saturday. Cook & Johnson sold a nice driving horse Saturday. Jim Moore sold a nice horse to Bun Brothers show a.
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