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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1900
Page
8
The 18th century cry against alcohol echoes in Col. Robt Ingersoll's cromal speech. It argues liquor wrecks families, finances, health, and morals from distillery to grave, staining society, courts, and nations with crime and ruin. It labels alcohol as the root of vice and destruction.
The Franklin Review Appeal reports Padgett spoke first for about an hour on national issues with clear logic and eloquence. Whitthorne followed but avoided public questions, instead praising his career while launching personal criticisms that dismayed many and hurt his political standing.
Advertisement for PAZO OINTMENT promises a guaranteed cure for piles with no knife, claims six to sixteen days for results, instant itching relief, and mail order. Sold in Columbia Tennessee by a druggist under the same guarantee, February 23.
A cautious judge presided over a Paris court case involving a popular actress who testified as a witness. He questioned her age before oath, deeming it a direct perjury safeguard, then ingeniously avoided cremation details. The witness admitted she was twenty. Disturbing, fragmented text follows.
The pension office reports 80 981 claims filed within two years of hostilities ending, out of an army of 230 000. By next year total pensions on account of the war may reach 60 000, as draft costs and taxes rise. An Atlanta opinion notes soldiers today understand pension prospects, while Promise City ex postmaster J F Anthony touts Mystic Cure for rheumatism sold by A B Bates in Columbia.
The Hotel Register examines how guests sign in with unreadable or elegant handwriting. It notes many letters are indecipherable while a minority sign clearly. The piece relates to signature legibility and the perceived ease of forging checks. A second ad promotes Great South American Kidney Cure with quick relief claims.
Rev J D Duncan reports a twelve day protracted meeting in Mexia Texas yielding 86 conversions and a robust church of 350 members. He notes strong revival across the state, political heat among Methodists and Baptists, and pride in Eastern boys’ progress while recounting local cotton crops and a mob murder case as context for Texas life.
Nashville American reports Cumberland Telephone Company imposes a four point ban on cigarettes for its employees. Assistant General Manager Leland Hamie cites harmful effects and urges abstinence to reform workers who have contracted the habit amid ongoing efforts to reduce tobacco use.
The readable text humorously outlines widespread coughing and a claimed cure failure. It mentions a "constitutional treatment" and urges readers toward a medical firm in Tulinto, with cryptic notes on disease severity and remedy failure.
The Hamburg American liner Deutschland completed a record breaking voyage from Haarenburg to Sandy Hook in 5 days 12 hours 20 minutes. At 544 knots on a single day it shattered eastern and western Atlantic speed marks, with average speed about 208 knots. The voyage departed August 25 and arrived September 1 amid hazy conditions. Nearly all county court members were in town Monday to receive commissions as Gov McMillin and Secretary Morgan resigned.
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