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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1902
Page
7
Broadview April 23 records a string of local items from Apell Jr. to Joe Hines, with greetings for Mrs. Gilbreath and relatives visiting in Texas. Short notes mention the Mystic Cure advertisement, a fiddler moving out, a finger injury at school, and a fire loss of fence panels.
Andrews notes return to column life after losses from a storehouse fire owned by Mrs. W. J. Andrews and stock held by Wm. Adkisson & Son. Fire believed incendiary. no insurance. River rose above 40 year high. Community details farming activity, school openings, and local trades as residents plan recovery and new projects.
Owners advertise feed supplies including cotton seed cotton seed meal bran corn oats and hay. Call Columbia Mercantile Storage Co by phone.
Mary A Vilet of Newcastle Colorado writes Ballard s Horehound Syrup is superior for coughs and pulmonary ailments. Rev J G Molloy preached at Foster s Chapel. Dallas representatives to attend, Mrs Etta Gray returned from Columbia visit. Miss Inez Sargent visiting Catheys Creek. Kinzer and Foster called Sunday. Neva Kinzer hosted secret society gathering. Carrie Smith and Annie Thornton guests this week. Courtney Kinzer and Owen Auckaby from Ashwood visited. B D Joyce went south on business. Cinderella notes school out Friday the 26th.
Rain slows spring planting as crops lag in the region. Reports note wheat looks fair, few cuts sown, and many farmers still awaiting work. Local residents named include Mr. S. J. Moore ill, Mrs. Whits and Mrs. McCord sick, and tax assessor Merrill Denton surveying taxes. Thelma school assignment touches local education.
April 21 notices report Rev L B Gray opening the Pieasant Mt pulpit and preaching on Revelations I 7, with plans for a new parsonage as the church lacks a pastor. Marguerite F Turner closes Oak View school term. Fountain Creek Roller Mill Co faces $800 loss but resumes operations. County Court names B S Thomas and C to a newly appointed panel.
A large home show in Columbia promotes a wide stock of buggies and wheels with prices expected to please all buyers. Batterriniy & Dopaux, Water Valley, advertise an event on April 21. Farmers report corn planting as the day’s main activity amid signs of hard times for many households. Local church services are set for Goshen church next Sunday at 11.
At Alexander at 3 o'clock in the afternoon services conducted by Bro Hensley. Attendees invited including Annie McBride of Jones Valley visiting Evie Pigg last week. Mr Gray of Turkey Creek has a new dwelling under construction. Prof John Cowell visited relatives near Thompson Station. J S Johnson and wife of Bethel were guests nearby. Master Carl Harris of Williamsport has been visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs Robert Pigg. Orchestra note appears as ORESTRA.
General blacksmithing and horseshoeing offered by R. G. Bares. Repairs for track road or draft horses shod with steel or iron by competent men. Location Falphere 4044 0eath Main.
Glendale announces latest patterns from principal markets in a fresh clean stock. Goods are well assorted and sold as cheap as the cheapest. Patrons are invited, noting fair play and justice praised by customers and neighbors.
A long tale extols the valor of game fowls with an episode from the 1812 Lake Champlain battle where a wounded rooster on Commodore McDonoughs flagship supposedly rallied sailors with its crow. It then describes Maury County breeders Harris and Hale, their wealth in stock, cedar-wood coops, and nationwide sales of prized game cocks to the United States and Mexico, promising guaranteed quality with every shipment.
Feed stock including hay corn oil bran cotton seed and meal available at all times. Call or visit Columbia Mercantile Warehouse Co for needs in this line.
Digby Viele and Ola Galloway left for Marlow with aim to buy a home if the country pleases. Mr. and Mrs Will Swan and child visited Nashville. Mrs Swan stays for weeks with relatives. J H Courtney joined Dallas trip. W S I Neeley cut his hand with a knife blade last Tuesday. Ella Walker visiting Corsicana relatives. Mrs J L Maxwell with Rev J G Voorhies bedside in Columbia. Ella Patterson visiting Maxwell sisters. Howard Giddens, son of Mr and Mrs James Giddens, has an inflamed hand from a barb wire wound. Mrs Sarah Scott ill. Mr Heynen Cross very ill. W J Thomas and Miss Currie Holden visited Walter McCandlen family at Lebanon Heights. Mr and Mrs Otey Bell greet a baby girl.
A fragment notes OC Harrin of Harris and Son Glendale Tennessee as the head of a listed enterprise, with an illustrated likeness shown. The text mentions diverse county activities and other industries alongside a game chicken venture, but details are incomplete.
Feo Satterfield and Dodson announce an improved Imperial plow lineup inviting buyers to choose the beat plow model after purchasing the Imperial product line. The release highlights efficiency and durability enhancements for farmers.
A fragmentary note highlights Satterfield and Dodson’s fashionable output, mentioning tas and a ring, with unclear context but implying a stylish display by the firm and its products.
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