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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1902
Page
6
The piece compares Andrew Jackson’s battle against the United States Bank with Theodore Roosevelt’s anti trust stance. It recalls Jackson’s fierce deficit of compromise, the bank’s collapse era, and the political tactics used, drawing parallels to Roosevelt’s effort against modern money power and party opposition.
An advertisement promoting Herbine as a cure for malaria like symptoms including yawning fatigue chills and headaches. It claims the medicine works in any stage and quotes J. A. Hopkins of Manchester Kansas praising the remedy for malaria and related ailments over years of use. The text promotes a tonic effect and urges taking Herbine before the disease fully takes hold.
McDowell School reports enrollment at two hundred seventeen, up nearly one hundred percent since Tomlinson became principal five years ago. A new music room opened with Mina Mary Ashton as teacher, and a dedicated board of directors earned praise for guiding a larger, more central building despite financial strains and past calamities. Honor Roll names for Sept. 4 include Jamie Anderson, Lucile Bal, Annie Huckaby, George McFail, Ira Shelley, and others.
O T Smith of Davis Kentucky says Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds always cures. In six years of sales he has seen it save sufferers from throat and lung diseases when doctors could not help. Mothers rely on it and sellers guarantee refunds if unsatisfied. Trial bottles are 25 and 50 cents, price not specified.
A fragmented verse mocks a politician as shepherd in a corrupted parody of the 23rd Psalm. The garbled text hints at walking through rain to vote, loyalty in office, and self praise, with unclear concluding lines and distorted phrases.
Ragged ad copy claims famous beauties fear skin blotches and eruptions. It touts Ruokien’s Arabs Salve as a guaranteed remedy promising flawless skin and cured hands. Located at Woldridge’s drug store. Marriage licenses listed for J. A. Tyler and Laura Astin.
Special to the Herald from New York reports intense Wall Street excitement amid dispatches from London and a slump in American securities. Rumors allege J. P. Morgan's syndicate actions hurt minority stockholders in the Atlantic Coast Line Louisville and Nashville deal, shaking confidence and triggering broad market effects.
Read like a sensational medical claim from a Fort Wayne physician James William Kidd offering a free elixir that supposedly cures every disease. The ad alleges miraculous results for rheumatism neuralgia stomach and many ailments with no cost to receive trials by mail.
President Mitchell and Treasurer Wilson of the United Mine Workers arrived in Philadelphia from Pittsburg. They met district presidents and Machinists union leaders before conference at Hotel Walton. Wilson denied political aims. strike pace remains steady with no early end in sight. In Wilkesbarre the coal strike continues with more workers but no new crowds. troops patrol Wyoming region but will not police mines.
Pottstown Pa September 30 shipments from Philadelphia Reading West End Good Spring and Brookside collieries and Kalmin wankery total 70 cars on sidings with 50 000 tons in Good Spring ready to market as prices rise. Dam beaks expected higher profits. Mob stops miners train. two window panes left unbroken as carpenters and pumpmen flee. Three men beaten off trolley at Green Ridge. Home of Michael Weldon dynamited. Weldon non union. Minneapolis coal producers set price at 198 per ton with limit of two tons per customer.
A long paragraph reports surpluses to be shared among communities after months of shortfalls. It notes a claim that a few large centers like St Paul dominate, with prices and distribution under scrutiny amid ongoing economic tension.
A Durham reader claims Dr Kings New Life Pills saved his life after years of severe stomach and liver distress. The testimonial praises the pills as the best on earth with only 2 percent at Woldridge's drug store.
Expert estimates put US aggregate worn crop around 2.5 billion bushels this year. Kentucky oil field sees many new wells. McCreery, veteran broker, dies in St. Louis of tuberculosis. Lipton may cross the English Channel by airship. Vienna bank cashier’s body found in the Danube after theft of over a million. White House furniture fire destroys $5,000 worth stored at a Washington upholsterer. European journals monitor US commercial conditions. Lamar Missouri towns lose two saloonkeepers to natural deaths, leaving none. Brown's station agent is murdered near Columbia Missouri in a perplexing case. Gen Booth of the Salvation Army to tour Canada and the US, arriving in St. Louis in January. St. Joseph butcher L A Parker sets world record for beef dressing in 3 minutes 55.5 seconds. Coolidge of Helena says cotton farming unprofitable due to labor scarcity and high prices. About 7,000 participate in Kansas army maneuvers culminating in Battle of Fort Riley on October 5. Corinth Mississippi mob burns a negro at the stake after admitting murder of a white woman. British American merger at American Tobacco Co. seen as first great of its kind requiring near a billion dollars. W C Sanderson, former Obim river pilot, dies in Sioux City Illinois at 60. Louisiana’s Gov. Heard misses World’s Fair space assignment due to Hines. Campbell Hill resident P J Keller saves a boy from a train, awarded a gold watch.
Joal in Japan notes that coal value nearly equals all other minerals combined and ranges from anthracite to peat. Quality is unusually inferior to American coal. Modern machinery and methods have been introduced in many mines. Mining burial.
Report notes no consolidation of Louisville and Nashville with Southern or Atlantic Coast lines. No reorganization or major management change expected. Stock transfer details imply ongoing control remains with current interests. a new directory will include three representatives of the new interests.
An old remedy suggests a clean liver leads to clear skin. An occasional dose of Herbine is recommended to cleanse the bowels and balance the liver to improve complexion. The advertisement cites price 500 at A B De.
Metal plates have been installed on all site collection mail boxes displaying hours for mail pickup. Altering or destroying a plate is punishable by law with up to three years imprisonment.
The Clerk and Master in Columbia Tennessee issues a non resident notice to defendants listed in a Chancery Court case. They must appear or plead within four weeks, or risk default, with the order published in the Columbia Herald for four consecutive weeks.
W F mount obtained a Justice of the Peace attachment against G W Hagen. The attachment, levied against property held by Mbhis Mercantile and Storage Co. as defendant's property, requires the defendant J Nethoone to appear October 2, 1902 at 2 pm in G W Hayes J P office Columbia Tennessee to answer or the case proceeds ex parte.
Having qualified as administrator of the estate of Henry Dattover, the insolvency is suggested and all parties with claims must file authenticated proofs with A. L. Thomas, County Court Clerk, by March 12, 1908, or be barred. Creditors should come forward to settle. D. O. Sarreawatre, Administrator, by B. E. Bair, in fact. September 12, 1902.
Having qualified as administrator of the estate of the late Porter Mayen, a notice is given that all creditors must present claims by December 1, or be barred. The County Court Clerk will receive claims at Rome County. This 2nd day of September, 1a, Wht A J Morrow.
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