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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1909
Page
12
A fragmentary critique discusses a Wild West production portraying Native Americans and frontier life. It notes staged scenes of tepees and domestic life, performances by Buffalo Bill era figures, and the interplay between myth and authenticity, praising or analyzing the show’s portrayal of heritage and spectacle.
Logan Waller Page, director of the United States Bureau of Public Roads, told a National Roads convention in Cleveland on Sept 23 that not half the states operate roads in a manner improved since Britain’s colonial era. He warned the country has not advanced enough in road development given population growth.
A Wednesday afternoon tribute honored Prof J W Journey at Andrews School. Speakers including Rev Geo Mack Prof N A Jones Supt Harris and Elder Boaz praised his character and legacy. The program featured a song service and readings from Tennyson and an elegiac poem, ending with graveside flowers and benediction.
Wil le Askew, a colored chauffeur, is in the city jail for writing letters to Miss Gertrude Reed, a clerk in a dry goods store. Officers with difficulty kept him from violence after his arrest.
Through a rehearing by the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners Richard Reed was reinstated to his former Police Sergeant rank in Nashville Tennessee. The action carried a sixty day suspension dating from his prior trial with a four to one vote in favor and Mayor Brown voting against. The ruling followed debate over grounds for rehearing and whether punishment was too severe, with a compromise suggesting a thirty day suspension.
Commissioner Thomas led a motion for a thirty days suspension, but the proposal was rejected as the chamber failed to pass it.
Gifford Pinchot, chief of the Bureau of Forestry, arrives at San Clemente Catalina Island and says he expects a letter from President Taft by Tuesday. He denies any fight in the Ballinger Pinchot dispute and says details will be settled after returning to Washington.
Atlanta, Sept 28 The owners of the Atlanta Baseball Club dismissed manager Billy Smith and elected Otto Jordan, the second baseman and field captain, to succeed him. Jordan will have full control of the team next year. Smith’s contract runs through Oct 1, but strained relations led to immediate dismissal. Smith’s road trip decisions and profane exchanges with owners precipitated the change. he may take charge of the Macon team in the Sally League next season.
A barn belonging to W. T. Petty two miles south of McCains on the Pulaski pike was struck by lightning Thursday morning. The fire consumed the structure along with 1000 bushels of wheat and 200 bales of hay, with losses in the thousands. The horses had been turned out and some insurance coverage existed.
Reports from across the county detail wind damage last Tuesday afternoon. At Spring Hill Horace Polk’s barn roof was blown off while J W Huckaby’s Hampshire pike kitchen roof suffered major damage. Bethell House kitchen smoke stack was blown off. Minor damages noted in other areas.
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