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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1902
Page
7
A medical clinic report urges patients to seek rheumatism relief through prescribed therapies. Doctors note improving mobility and reduced pain in several cases after early intervention and consistent follow up.
In Clover Leaf area Mr Jelle n's Store correspondent records the death of a man aged 34 after a period of illness. He leaves a wife and several children. Funeral rites were held with 50 attendees, pallbearers named, and interment near his old home. The community notes him as a beloved neighbor and indulgent father while his church affiliation is unrecorded. Additional reports mention Mrs Bettie Choon and Mr and Mrs Hom e in Nashville at their ill son Marvin's bedside.
A man in his eighties died of heart failure at his home after being overcome while returning from a work site. He left six children, five brothers, two sisters and many relatives. Funeral services were held at the graveyard with Rev. J. W. Patton speaking. The family and community mourn his loss as they recall his kindness and faith in heaven. Others in the area were visiting relatives, and notices mention a preacher’s last sermon before conference next Sunday and local farm stock inquiries.
A vintage advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for any catarrh cure it cannot cure. It includes endorsements for J Chaney and local Toledo druggists West & Truax Wanpina, Kinmax & Manyix, claiming trustworthiness. Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally with price seven fifty per bottle and testimonials for Halve Family Pills.
Snow Creek Sept 28. Mr Burd Walters longtime citizen died at home from heart trouble aged 64. Funeral services were Sunday at 1 o'clock led by Rev Patton at Gaskell graveyard. He leaves several children. Various local visitors and guests noted in society notes. Verna Lee.
Mothers are urged to watch for first worms symptoms and give Whi Dream Vermitage to keep children healthy. It is sold for 25 cents at A B Rains. The column then lists local notices from Taylorsville dated Sept 20 including church services, illnesses, visits, moves, and a note that Union, Sept 20, reports a local event the previous Saturday.
Mrs Lalla Fry and son Tullas left for Bonham Texas after two months with relatives. Miss Jessie Mai Hickman of Linnville visits this week. Mrs Lou Rainey of Cottage Grove hosts sister Mrs Tore Scott. J H Dagger in Nashville. Jennie Richardson visits her son near Bodenham. M J Dagger returns from West Tennessee. Snowdie Hickman burned by boiling water. Cordie Sweeney ill. Chester and Roy Dugger at Salles Grove home. Clifton flour advertised for purity and quality. Sold by Chaffin Bros Branafod Mills Owensboro Kentucky.
Miss Carrie Holder and Mrs Addie Thomas were summoned to Chattanooga on the 18th mat due to the fatal illness of their four year old nephew Norfleet Thompson who had visited here with his parents and was beloved by many. Local residents send sympathy to the bereaved family as notices describe visits and moves of various townspeople including Miss Maud Duke Eva Bente Prof B nee and others with updates on neighbors and events around Bighyville.
J D Harmon, a South Main Street grocer, reported a break in at his store. A C Buddie Porter, a local white man, was arrested after $7.25 in notes and silver were found on him following a cautious watch on Tuesday. Porter is jailed, with Harmon noting a prior loss of $0 last week and a $20 bill seen on Porter Saturday night.
A cache of letters to Democratic headquarters in Nashville from South Pittsburg and nearby towns extols Hon. L. P. Padgett. Spokesmen commend his eloquence, plain speech, and conservative impact, noting crowds, praise for his campaign tour, and requests for future appearances.
Chairman E. B. Cliffe of Franklin and Secretary John W. Jackson of Columbia issued a call for the Republican Executive Committee meeting at Hohenwald on October 2, 1902. The group seeks a candidate for Congress from the Seventh District, which includes Giles Houston Hickman Humphreys Lewis Lawrence Maury Wayne Williamson. Rumors name B. Gregory of Pleasant and Haggard of Wayne as leading contenders.
Springfield Tenn Oct 1 News reached here of a killing near Mitchville a community about eighteen miles from Springfield near the Sumner county line. John Bynum a mill hand, after an altercation with his wife, pursued his frightened son to a nearby house and fired. The shot struck the boy in the heart after grazing the first, Sheriff Payne left for the scene.
A damaged entry describes offices in the Masonic Building with rooms 5 to 7 and another address labeled No 169. The text is fragmentary and lacks clear dates or names, but notes the existence of an office space and a renidenes label alongside a conflicting number 87.
Giles County Live Stock and Farm Products Show began despite rain. J D Bryant won premiums in registered and grade Jerseys and Shorthorn cattle. Hugh Roglish and relatives earned ribbons. Marion Stevenson won in Polled Angus. Bell Clark swept ribbons in jack. Jim Zuccarrello Jr won belt for finest baby boy and Maud Richard won girls premium. Procession headed by James A White, chief marshal, highlighted the morning.
The notice directs strict attention to office care but distant patients should engage eight times before visiting. Office hours are 8 times, with a.m. and p.m. slots from 1 to 3, plus night hours. Contact Cit. phone at the Brown Block Public Square location in Columbia Tennessee.
Soldiers from the Arsenal stationed on the Hampshire pike have come back after weeks of encampment. At target practice they posted good averages and modest scores, though no standout personal records were set.
Centreville Tenn Oct 1. The hold up and robbery of D L Brown and Joe Warren from Sunday’s report is tied to a green goods swindle. J W Hudson, posing as a chotes doctor and fruit tree agent, lured them to a county bridge meeting where money was exchanged for two dollars per one. Brown and Warren initially refused to talk but later confessed, implicating Hudson who was arrested in Riverside Wayne County and brought back. Bond set at 5000. two others implicated but not yet arrested. Hudson claims he only prepared the deal and had no robbery involvement.
LATE NEWS STEMS President Mitchell and Mine Workers officials met in Philadelphia with mystery attendee unacknowledged. Governors and mayors urged to send delegates to Detroit for October 9 conference on ending the coal strike. Venezuelan cable lines may be cut. Raleigh to Venezuela if needed. New Orleans streetcar strike shows no break. three U S mail cars moved. linemen walkout endangering lighting. Trial in St Louis linked to Central Traction Bill proceeds. habeas corpus for doodle delegates in jail being considered. Rural free delivery estimates for next year rise to 12 655 400, up 26 400.
In city court Judge Beasley fined individuals for disturbing the merry go round at the fairground. Another case fined a group for drinking alcohol, with officials noting disorderly behavior among soldiers and attendees.
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