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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1900
Page
7
A fragment from Cheek reports a death after convulsions following ice cream, details a sad eviction incident, and notes funeral services at Beech Grove. The column lists sickbeds, visits from relatives, travels, and social gatherings across area towns, with updates on residents and neighbors and a testimonial about Mystic Cure from Promise City.
Local notes report visits by Vision Mr and Mrs J W Petty and many relatives. It lists sick names, school starting next Monday August, a protracted meeting in September led by Reva Ausban and Matehor, and the death of Miss Lillie Rountree with condolences to her family.
Fragmentary listing seeks a remnant named Whippowill Penn Toeper Bushel It Frimnon and Emury with unspecified terms.
Authorized notice in the HARALD states the Auguth ice cream social at the local church is postponed to after the protracted meeting next Sunday. The town school will begin on the second Monday in August. Mrs Mediealy of Nashville visits, while Miss Trewsdale leaves for Kentucky to attend school. Local residents report illness and a family obituary in brief updates.
Large stock of bungies and surreys advertised as the largest in Columbia. Item mentions barge quantities and invites readers to come and see. Contains uncertain term Sarreeriato and pots at bottom.
The Columbia Institute advertises rare museum library and laboratory facilities with Seeman improvements. It notes newly formed faculty and advantages in music art and languages, plus regular term pricing and annex club rates. Details and catalogues available from Miss Mary A Bryant, principal, Colombia, Tran. July.
The Commissioner of Pensions report will show 983,595 pensioners on July 1, a rise of 2010 over the prior year. In the war update, ten Americans were killed and fourteen wounded in recent operations in the Philippines. The Filipino forces reported 65 killed and sixty captured.
W. L. Danny, minister in Kirksville, recounts his discovery of osteopathy starting with skepticism in Lebanon Tennessee. He describes his personal treatment, extensive exposure to osteopathic students and practitioners, and evolving belief that thorough osteopathic care can cure many diseases without excessive drugs.
The ad notes Moline Disc Plows as winners and capable of plowing any land type. It markets wheat purchases by UI J, P, Street & Co and Columbia Mill & Elevator Co seeking half a million bushels at top prices and offering sacks for sale.
Crowds from Columbia and Maury County subscribe to the Herald and Daily Weekly and reach all readers. For town reach advertise in the Daily, for country reach advertise in the Weekly, for all reach both papers. Also includes a fallacious Mexican Mixture quack ad promising instant and permanent cures with high price and refund guarantee.
The note promises full election returns in tomorrow's issue and hints at sheriff race figures within about 25 votes of the final tally. It mentions a complimentary copy of the Davy Head and the Hed that will carry the results once official.
Obituary notices report the death of Rev A P McFortin Sr aged 88 in Nashville after a long ministry in the Methodist Episcopal church and a burial at Tulip Street Church. Also reported is the death of Miss Lillie Rountree near Carter's Creek following a day of good health and a convulsion caused by a ruptured blood vessel, with funeral services at Banohh Grave Church and interment in Lochidge graveyard.
Mrs Theresa McDonald died this morning at her residence 823 North Summer Street aged 56. Funeral from the Cathedral tomorrow with requiem high mass and interment at Mt Calvary. She was widow of Robert McDonald of Columbia a Civil War era landscape gardener and soldier in Capt Ed O Neals company B Second Tennessee Bates Regiment. Her parents Mr and Mrs Cunningham lived in Columbia before the Civil War.
Obituaries report Mrs. Nora Peoples 38 of South Columbia. She dies after illness. services held in Clarksville with burial. Other notices mention W J Allen age unknown at Neports. Nye undertaker conduct. Mort Derryberry 18 months dies. interment Bear Creek. Mrs Z A Petri dies after 2 PM Monday in Nashville.
Residents of South Columbia share updates on visits and relocations. Alonzo Cook prints his residence details, and families like Grimey Burnout Lacy Reed Wood and Wood families are mentioned with travels to Memphis Florence Nashville and Rutherford Creek. Several illnesses and recoveries noted, with local officials and neighbors visiting relatives in nearby towns.
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