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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1900
Page
6
A nostalgic vignette traces a family rocking chair through generations with a mother at its center. It interweaves fashion notes on fringed trims, pleats, and embroidery, predicting fringe and tuck trends for summer wear alongside delicate mousseline lace accents.
On Wednesday the 18th Mr and Mrs J M Bates with Rev J Beasley attended a birthday dinner at Dark's Station for Grandpa Meroney turning 80. He is father to J N Meroney of Darks J A Meroney of Florence W C and C8 Meroney of California Mrs Hreaxeale of East Tennessee Mra J M and R G Bates of Columbia and Mrs Jennie Church of A Carters Creek. Four generations were represented and the occasion was warmly enjoyed. desires continued health to celebrate many more birthdays.
Rev. W. T. Ussery purchased the lot at the corner of West End and West Ninth streets from Mr. F. H. Smith for 1100. He plans immediate construction of two cottages with the remaining three to follow, signaling continued growth and improvement in Columbia.
Advertises free pamphlets on soil nutrition claiming Potash adds color flavor and firmness to fruits. Urges farmers to include 1 to 10 percent Potash for best results and promises pamphlets sent at no cost for farmer libraries.
A collage of authorial maxims and literary snippets on faith, virtue, and human nature. From Palila to Pope and Shakespeare to Marcus Aurelius, the piece groups aphorisms about honesty, motive, punishment, and self-improvement, reflecting debates on religion and character. It blends famous lines with mis-spellings and archaic phrasing.
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad proposes to build a depot in Columbia if the city provides adequate sewerage. Officials discussed routing a sewer to or from the depot, with Helm's branch to the river as a potential link. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen is considering, but no action yet.
New York April 24 directors of Mt Sinia hospital accept a $200000 donation from Meyer Guggenheim and his seven sons to erect a new hospital building on One Hundredth Street and Fifth Avenue as a perpetual memorial to Barbara Guggenheim. Plans and specifications prepared, construction to be pushed.
John Oliver of Philadelphia recounts a near fatal illness with yellowing skin and pain. After three physicians gave up, a friend advised Blows the Hitters. One bottle brought improvement and three weeks restored health, with Oliver claiming the remedy saved his life. Available for 50e at Woldridge Irvine's drag.
A Campbellville community signs a petition titled Only a private killed urging J. C. Hanoah to run for the next General Assembly. The page recounts a dead private with a Civil War era style description, his face pale, a choking sob, and a mother’s grief, all tied to the plea for a political bid.
Cullooka defeated Branham and Floghes in a windy Saturday baseball clash at Cullooka. Both teams showed solid play with strong pitching and timely hitting, while the crowd enjoyed a competitive contest and tight defense throughout.
A telegraph wedding linked Kansas City Kansas and Mulhall Oklahoma with the couple 200 miles apart. Groom Andrew M. Candell a U S agriculture official and bride Penelope Cundiff of Ohio exchanged vows via direct line arranged by Western Union. Ceremony lasted 25 minutes with questions and answers relayed to both ends.
Col John Jacob Astor aided three penniless but well dressed men stranded near Rhinebeck. Justice Pottenburgh sought to commit them as vagrants to Albany Penitentiary, but Astor intervened via friend Elmore Rickert. Astor fed them, kept them at work, then provided money and a ticket to Buffalo before they left Rhinebeck that night.
Louisville and Nashville Division schedules show multiple trains with accommodations to various cities and stops. The document lists departure and arrival numbers, notes Sunday exceptions, and includes terminologies such as leaves and arrives for several lines including Florence and Columbia accommodations.
The duke of Veragua returning from a mission to Berlin had his baggage seized at Paris’s Hotel Liverpool to satisfy French creditors. The incident followed a failed bull ring venture near the Boulogne docks during the 1889 exposition. Diplomatic immunity later allowed recovery of the luggage.
In the Chancery Court at Columbia Tennessee, Dr M McGannon and others sue H Potway and others. A decree directs sale of the land described in the 2nd ward of Columbia, one fifth undivided interest held by Mary Calvert and Mrs Litt Petway, at the courthouse door on April 2 1900. The parcels front 8th street and alley lines with specific bounds, subject to life estate for Mrs Calvert. Sale for cash, free of redemption. Dated April 6 1900. A N Akin Clerk and Master.
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