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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1901
Page
2
A local store touts its wide stock of dress goods including Broad Cloth and similar weaves. It claims higher quality for less money than competitors, noting a $1.00 quality cloth at 55 inches wide bought directly from makers and popular French Broadcloth options. All cloths are sponged and shrunk by experts.
Local notices report W J Embry & Co offering mortgage loans and a request to buy land notes. Ads list Satterfield & Dodson stock tanks, cabinet photos, and a 16x20 erayon for 125 dollars at Young's, plus various personal notices about purchases, moves, and livestock bets.
An advertisement notes a large stock of American Wire Fence on hand at Satterell and Dolion. It makes a comparative claim about a ten year average on that date of 7.8, though the context is unclear. The fragment suggests a sales pitch or pricing reference in a historical classified-style notice.
Red Poll and a short horn bull offered for sale at Columbia Stock Yard Co. Strong price and ready for breeding. Contact Columbia Stock Yard for details and delivery options.
The county court approved changes in constable positions in districts 24 and 19, elected officers including a Poor House Commissioner and notaries public, and set the Good Roads group for Nashville duties. A 1,200 bridge fund was authorized for Flat Creek. jurors for the November circuit term were listed. The court adjourned after routine business.
Nashville Tennessee Good Roads Association held its state convention at the Tabernacle. Delegates from many sections heard welcome addresses and discussed topics. An afternoon demonstration featured a model road built with macadam and oil as an object lesson. Oil barrels from Standard Oil were sprinkled on the road using a common street sprinkler.
A Columbia Mercantile Storage Co sales notice offers to furnish all kinds of feed in any quantities. It seeks merchants in the trade and promises to duplicate any price achievable.
Seattle October 7 A new El Dorado is reported near God Hope bay north of Nome. Voyage around the coast to Behring strait needed. H O Blankenship, discoverer, in city en route to Tennessee. Armstrong bonds Blankenship claims for 160000 with Lang offering 20000 bonus. The entry to the site is not difficult.
New Tin Shop over OpEeNEn at No Hethell Block Garden Street announces opening offering tin iron slate roof work stove and furnace fabrication and job work by J B Kees contact Citizens Telephone 1% codewan.
The first annual meeting of the League of Tennessee Municipalities was held in Nashville on October 9. Mayor Head was reelected president, with A W Chambliss of Chattanooga W A Fowlkes of Dyersburg and W D Cameron of Columbia as vice presidents and J W Blackmore of Gallatin as secretary and treasurer. The group discussed municipal government and granting franchises.
The state agriculture commission, in pension at Hot Springs Arkansas, selected Nashville as the next meeting place. A labor dispute continues between locked out motormen and conductors and the Nashville Railway. Thieves trail the Buffalo Bill shows with burglaries reported at Bond Penn Dry Goods and Lafayette street house. A burglar fled Edenton and Co. wholesale groceries. Sgt. James N. Randles appears among Philippines massacre victims. next of kin listed as Mrs Randles of Nashville, Tennessee.
The Tri-State Medical Society elected officers including President J. C. Le Grande of Birmingham, First Vice President Pugh J. Brown of Troy, Second Vice President Wm. Harbin of Rome, Third Vice President J. C. Wilson of Rockwood, Secretary Frank Trester Smith of Chattanooga, and Treasurer Geo. K. West of Chattanooga. Birmingham was chosen as the next meeting site.
Sheriff North, on trial in Asheville, Alabama, for the murder of Walter Blankenship during a clash with a mob seeking Brown, a convicted Black man, was acquitted. The case centered on a violent Aug. 24 incident involving the sheriff’s force and the mob.
Hoosier Wheat Drill touted as the next purchase improved for 1801. See Sarrenship and Donsos for details. American Wire Fence praised as the best wire fence in America, offered for sale by Satterfield and Dodoo.
When in need of anything in this line we can show you the best assortment in the city. School slates crayons pencils pens ink pen holders pencil boxes colored crayons legal cap and foolscap paper and other school items.
A reputed 18 member kidnap squad is said to guard a mountain at Gultepe near Dubnitza as Turkish and Bulgarian troops surround the area. Reports credit Macedonian committee motives, with Miss Stone’s fate uncertain as negotiations and time extensions unfold amid ongoing frontier patrols and a growing ransom fund near 56000 dollars.
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