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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1902
Page
7
Our correspondents report health and mischief at small towns. Dr McMillan delivers sermons, deaths strike families, and burglaries surge with fruit and ham thefts. Residents list visitors, travels, and social visits across Coliumbia, Mount Pleasant, and nearby communities, noting Worm remedies and local shop chatter.
Wanted good combined horses four to seven years old and Shetland ponies. Joux Fraser age not specified. Sale to be at Columbia Stock Yard Co on September 27 for a four month period.
Broadview Oct 14. Minnie Coffey aged child died Sunday at her parents home near Yakley in Holmes county after an illness. The funeral was held Monday at Greenwood conducted by Rev. Malloy. Several residents attended social visits and farm work file in the county with corn gathering and sorghum season under way. Local activity includes baptist preaching in Glenwood and visits among neighbors.
Community items report meetings including a tent gathering led by Hov Hendricks in Marshall County and a sermon by Prof Scobey at Antioch. Updates mention sickness, visits, and school plans. local business concerns at Satterfield & Dodson and Ashton’s Mill, plus family notes and a strange medical angle on odors from a French study.
Columbia Mill and Elevator Co seeks to buy five thousand bushels of corn for prompt delivery. Will pay the highest market value. Contact us by phone any weekday or at the Columbia location.
New York October 16 the second trial of Holand B Molineaux charged with the murder of Mrs Katherine d Adams opened in the criminal branch of the supreme court Justice Johny S Lambert of Fredonia presiding Molineux brought from the Tombs with his mother General Molineux present Weeks defense counsel filed a protest against the special jury panel alleging unconstitutionality Lambert reaffirmed his Monday ruling and Weeks noted his exception
United States Minister Bowen in Caracas asks for one or two additional warships to reinforce the Marietta at La Guayra amid a critical Venezuelan capital situation. The gunboat Montgomery, Panther, and Cincinnati are among vessels positioned nearby, with several others ready for active service in the Caribbean. Bowen reports Valencia surrounded and fighting, signaling imminent danger to foreigners.
A worker who warned authorities about a planned bombing of the Hungarian lower house president prompted police to heighten security at the parliament. In Indianapolis a grave robbing case suggests the city may be a national hub for illicit burial trades. A French scientist reports yellow clothing may repel mosquitoes, noting dark colors attract them.
Farmers are urged to bring corn and wheat for purchase at Columbia Mill and Elevator Co. The notice promises top prices and invites calls via the listed phone line for inquiries and orders.
A Country Life in America writer contrasts the woodchuck with the squirrel, noting its hillside dens and digging adaptations. It explains winter sleep, slower respiration, and the delayed emergence around March 1 in New York, highlighting the woodchuck’s arial vs digging lifestyle.
The Naval Annual tracks 1892 to 1902 and notes Russia Germany and the United States now own as many battleships as France did ten years ago. Japan’s navy grows and aligns with Great Britain. Together Britain and Japan have 47 first class armorclads, more than Russia France and Germany combined. France adds armored cruisers to 43 soon. Britain leads with 20 first class battleships to France and Russia’s 17. If the United States stays out, no alliance can defeat British sea power.
An article portion discusses learning to swing gracefully in a hammock and alighting smoothly. It also recounts Royal Autographs on Cloth from the Boer War era, noting signed handkerchiefs by British leaders and royal figures. Additional items summarize German strikes in 1900 and 1901, and Sidney Smith’s description of the platypus as a quindriped bird.
The piece notes a growing trend toward cremation since antiquity, highlighting early crematories in Milan and Legh, then Gotha, and the United States. It cites Washington Pa as the first U S crematory in 1883, Prest Pond LL, with initial year figures, and marks a rise to 2 045 cremations nationally in the latest year, with 26 U S crematories overall.
A fragment notes a warning about a stamped label on the bottom of fall shoes. It suggests the stamp ensures obtaining the best pair and mentions a person named Bev in a casual, instructional tone. The readable portion centers on footwear branding and guidance.
Port au Prince reports St. Marc capitulated to the provisional government after the diplomatic corps arranged intervention. Government troops occupied the city without disorder. The items following include scattered humorous snippets and a church anecdote, reflecting varied non-news content within the same page.
Madrid Oct 16 The cabinet has agreed to renew the literary copyright treaty between the United States and Spain.
Our new fall stock features box calf velour calf vici kid cordovan pat calt bovame calf in ten different styles and widths from narrow to wide. We offer footwear to fit any foot shape from light pat kid to heavy three E cordovan, ensuring comfort and fit for all customers.
A collection of brief items notes a total lunar phase visibility pending clear weather, deaths in Missouri including Theodore Bull and John L. Young, corporate leadership at Commercial Cable and Postal Telegraph, a fraternal council meeting in St Joseph, a hotel accident in St Louis, padding of registration lists alleged in St Louis, a New York police captain’s den robbery, a prohibition on a boisterous whistle, a potential 1904 auto trip proposal by the American Auto association, Wabash Railroad action against brokers, a runaway son returned from Colombia, two marriages in Missouri, a U S attorney general proposal against overcapitalization and monopolies, Vermont senator re-election, and a Missouri priest ordained in Manila.
Columbia Tenn. firm T C Brittain advertises granite and marble monuments tablets markers coping corner posts steps building stone and iron fence. Enlarged plant with pneumatic tools and power plant. Home enterprise with personal supervision. Telephone 61.
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