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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1901
Page
8
James Creelman, in a Buffalo letter to the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, recounts McKinley’s final moments on the operating table. The President, awake and serene, speaks words of faith as surgeons prepare ether and prayers rise, a noble scene praised by the observer.
William J. Bryan argues in favor of stern suppression of anarchist activity while stressing education about government as essential. He warns that perceived injustice breeds rebellion and urges reducing corruption, favoritism, and elite privilege to curb anarchistic sentiment.
Partial, garbled dialogue shows a cleric and a judge debating trouble and clients in a Columbia setting. text is broken with nonsensical phrases and misspellings, lacking clear narrative or names. The readable bits hint at a satirical or humorous piece but no concrete events or identities can be confirmed.
George and Andrew Tomlin, Johnnie and Wright Bennett, four white men from Peytonville and Harpeth in Williamson county, were tried before U S Commissioner A O P Nicholson Saturday on the charge of selling liquor without a license and all were bound over to the Federal Court.
A Richmond Virginia girl received 500 damages from a steam boat company for naming a boat after her without consent. The complaint challenges a paragraph describing the vessel Mattie Marshall as a mail carrier and its river business role using a playful description of her appearance.
A claim for a one day cold cure with laxative Bromo-Quinine tablets promises rapid relief. The advertisement offers no cure no pay terms and lists a price and product branding.
Frightened residents report night visits by white caps near Lexington Tennessee with notices to discharge all negroes from farms or face burning and removal orders. Reports note fear among local black residents as authorities investigate the intimidation. Charles C Delmonico dies in Colorado Springs and Virginia searchers chase Amelie Rives related rumors.
A Honteville Alabama report claims oil company groups from Middle Tennessee and Northern Alabama formed a combine led by Puluaka urine after organizing the Tennessee and Alabama Oil Company. The Pulaskites dispute the report and deny its truth.
The Agriculture Department prepares a report by Warce Jr and Holmes Jr on truck farming and moving perishable fruit and vegetables from southern farms to northern markets. It covers transport, California fruit movement, and freight and refrigerator charges nationwide.
The commission of architects at a recent meeting allocated ground space for each department building. Assignments include Agricultural 700 by 200 feet to Isaac S Taylor, Transportation 600 by 1400 to Widmann Walkh & Boisselier, Liberal Arts 600 by 1200 to Carrere & Hastings, and Government 100000 square feet to J Knox Taylor. Total estimated cost seven million dollars.
A large section of Bergen burned Sunday night near Christiania. The fire caused extensive damage estimated in the millions of kroner. Two firemen were killed during efforts to combat the blaze.
We desire to express our heartfelt gratitude for the kindness shown during our bereavement. Your considerate acts and sympathy brought comfort at a dark time, and we are grateful for the support extended by friends and neighbors.
The article notes a coincidence that the burial day for the late McKinley in Canton, Ohio falls on the Garfield death anniversary in New Jersey. It recalls Garfield’s death after Guiteau’s July 1881 shooting, Lincoln’s assassination by Booth on Good Friday 1865, and McKinley’s shooting on September 1901 with his decline beginning September 14 1901.
520 acres two miles from Columbia on the Mooresville pixe with a residence barns and good water. Leases offered for one or five years. See 27-8 duo W Frierson.
In this clipping a single car of Selected Pure Biymes Seed Wheat is advertised as extra fine quality. The text also contains disjointed dialogue fragments and unrelated quips about a tiger and a tag dinner party, with no coherent news event or clear dates or locations.
Readable scraps of archaic dialogue reveal a cryptic exchange about calling, time, and a chained dog. Names and clearer context are missing, leaving readers to infer the scene and relationships among speakers Bere and Bere Butesman.
The notices record a non resident notice in the Columbia Chancery Court, dated Sept 1, 11, requiring defendants to appear by next term or face default. Named defendants include W N Bragg and Joyo, H C Joyce, Mra Johnson and her husband J S Johnson, Mrs Lou Pearson and husband T D Pearson, Mrs Bettie J Cox and Navin Cox, Kate Joyce, and Cora Boxley with husband Joseph Boxley. Publication to be four weeks in Columbia Herald.
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