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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1900
Page
7
The article stresses that prescription value hinges on skilled compounding and ingredient quality, noting Alcorn as led by a pharmacy graduate in charge and claiming unmatched quality.
A dense string of society items from Carmi Ontario and surrounding hamlets recounts visits, returns, and health notes. Individuals named include Mrs W M Jameson of Nashville Mine Mary Law McMeen Spring Hill Katie and Mangie Mal Turrell Susie Jameson Alice Duncan Talitha Church Mrs T S McMeen and Gran Joened Olivia Poster A E McMeen J M Poster Beastie Hunter G W Nichols Will Beal John Yokely and many others with relatives visiting Campbelleville and local churches. The report also mentions a Baptist meeting at Lasting Hope with sixteen additions and local ads for Cascarets and Myatic Cure.
The meeting at New Bethel ended Sunday night with strong preaching by J. J. Cathey and wife. Several local residents were noted visiting, with health updates, farming tasks of sowing wheat and gathering corn, and wishes for a Goshen couple's happiness. A local survey purchase and a medicinal claim from Promise City were mentioned amidst community notes.
Local items report Tom Murphy relocating to Cyruston Focola county and Robert Murphy moving to his father's near Glendale. Others, including Mary Brown of Columbia and Mrs. Jane Matthews, visit relatives in Nashville and Tauley. Ongoing church activities and a Texas report about Ellen Segraves’ broken ankle are noted amid social updates.
An advertisement claiming a Mystic Cure can eradicate rheumatism and neuralgia in a day or three days, asserting immediate system-wide benefits and removal of the disease’s cause. It mentions A. M. Ralus, a druggist in Columbia cotta, as the proposer.
Missed details outline weekly greetings and recoveries. Mrs Amen Petty’s health and Mr Morrow’s wellbeing are noted. Mrs A Husbands plans a visit to Nashville as family updates unfold. Walker of Nashville visits relatives and children nearby.
The excerpt argues expansion via settlement and immigration with consent, rejects coercive conquest, compares Philippine and Civil War moralities, and notes a constitutional aim against slavery. It criticizes treating Filipinos as subjects and references a treaty related to slavery. The speaker urges equal rights and constitutional principles in expansion.
A historical notice describes Superior Grain implements the only drill on the market that sows peasant oats as well as wheat. J.P Siweyr & See are referenced as suppliers or exhibitors in the line.
The new battleship Kentucky which left Saturday for the Asiatic station to relieve the Oregon sailed again after a gun in the forward turret failed at Tompkinsville. It passed Sandy Hook at 9 30 a m and will proceed if the turret test passes.
President and Mrs. McKinley reached Canton at 10:30 a m in a private car attached to the Pennsylvania train. A large crowd gathered on the station platform and greeted them as they entered a decorated station area. Their carriage waited and then carried them directly to their home.
Two French chemists Ar nand and Verneul claim a process to extract rubber from the wild Landolfian vine in Africa. They say tapping is impracticable because the rubber hardens, but their method yields rubber by removing the vine and extracting the sap, increasing yield from the plant.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal argues that turnout will decide the Tennessee governor race. It praises Gov. McMillin as an excellent incumbent and warns Democrats to mobilize while noting Republicans are united for the election.
Dr Louis Loray state bacteriologist arrived in Columbia to take charge of smallpox facilities in Maury County He will stay as long as needed to enforce the quarantine resolution of the State Board of Health He has chosen eight guards to board all incoming and outgoing trains and ensure passenger compliance with regulations.
Charles L A Alvord Jr note teller at First National Bank New York flees after defalcations reach 700000. Bank officials and experts uncover irregularities while Alvord’s long trusted position and ties to charity are noted. Rumors spread of possible South America departure, but no confirmation.
Yesterday at the Columbia Gun Club grounds a three cornered trap event produced a tie between J W Shelton and J M Phage, with Ad Nichols and W E Embry also competing. Scores ranged from 41 broken birds in a close show to 36 to 10, as Harlan and Sharp battled and Wilson, Dedman, and McLemory joined the day’s lively program. The club plans a Friday morning match with Mt Preakomination at 10 o'clock followed by an afternoon shoot.
Aldermen and City Health Board held a meeting to seek an amicable settlement of quarantine regulations to be enforced by the State Board of Health starting at midnight. The State Board would lift the quarantine if County and City Health Boards assume control locally. A prior plan to seek an injunction through Chancellor Abernathy at Pulaski was abandoned in hopes of a peaceful local resolution.
Citizens and business leaders of Columbia urge a mass meeting at the Court House to protest a state health move. They argue the Maury County quarantine harms the area over a smallpox scare and call for local action and cooperation with the State Board of Health.
Satterfield and Dodson advertise as manufacturer builder and dealer in carpenters' supplies and building materials. They offer sash doors blinds finishings mouldings shingles windows frames stairways brackets mantels and porch materials with emphasis on poplar goods and competitive prices. Office and factory at 20 N misin St Columbia Town phone 44.
A man was sprung in Circuit Court as prosecutors claim jurors accepted bribes in recent trials. Jurors from two damage suits last week face charges of altering verdicts to favor certain beneficiaries. The Circuit Judge ordered a full probe to the bottom.
Wagers on Mitchell are described as high grade with light runnings and old price levels. The note mentions Sarrenvieng Donson in connection with the wager and pricing terms.
In East Tennessee heavy floods surge as the Watauga and Doe rivers flood banks near Elizabethton. A new steel bridge on the Virginia and Southwestern line washes away and a passenger train is stranded in Johnson County. Logs flood downstream to lumber mills six miles below town as wind driven high water traps travelers and disrupts transport. The dispatch includes a dialect tribute from Frank L. Stanton and notes distrust in the trust system amid the crisis.
Special to the Heart from McMinnville Oct 4 The Tennessee Annual Conference opened with religious services Bishop Galloway presiding Committees met and ministers up for renewal due to four year limits Ten preachers face renewal across Nashville Lebanon Fayetteville Charlotte and Clarksville districts Dr D O Kelley reports more conversions and strong finances notching ahead of last year Bishop Galloway calls Mathews record on evangelistic work at McKendree and notes Nashville sites for next session Ambition for Epworth League work and Confederate Veterans Soldiers Home support marked the day
Vanderbilt University in Nashville marked its twenty fifth anniversary with a procession from the grounds to the gospel tabernacle. Faculty trustees students and alumni attended as new gown and cap were worn. Addresses by Yale president Arthur T Hadley and Vanderbilt Chancellor Kirkland followed with the presentation of Kissam Hall. A reception in the afternoon welcomed trustees and friends. A West Virginia girl writes of a hero in the Philippines noting a soldier’s four day stay in the guard house and pride in his promotion. The memorial to Sir George Grey will feature a bust for St Pauls crypt and a portrait for the Portrait Gallery painted by Prof Herkomer with sculptor EB Onelow Ford.
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