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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1900
Page
2
The notice proclaims a remnant sale with many summer goods to clear out. It highlights dress goods silks wash goods clothing carpets and mattings offered at cut rates from half to four fifths off regular prices.
Daily arrivals of new carpets announced with prices from 12 cents to $1.50 per yard. The department invites customers to visit and view the updated selections.
Local store advertises cheap yardage on imitation torch edge and linen, 84 inch width, with discounts on Amoskeag Gingham and Sea Island fabrics. Includes 50 cent sale on boys wool pants 3 to 16 years, and soft bosom colored shirts offered at bargain prices amid a clearance.
Death notices report Mrs. Lizzie Bowen Porter, wife of Dr. Otey J. Porter, dies after typhoid fever at age 26 on Sixth Street, leaving husband and two children James Otey and Mary B.. funeral at St. Peter's Episcopal Church with large turnout. Other items note Luke Pryor’s death in Binanama, Alabama, Rev. Joseph James Pitts’s passing in Tennessee, and scattered regional obituaries reflecting late 19th century local life.
A series of notices report deaths and funeral details in Giles County. W. T. Hadley aged six died at Caner Creek. W. T. Hadley’s burial planned at Sucick Newey burying ground. Winnie Truett dies at 87 near Sawdust Valley. Frank Williams dies of heart trouble at Cathey's Creek. Green Fleming dies after a sun stroke. Marcellus Chambers dies of bilious fever in Mt. Pleasant. J H Donnivant dies in Glendale neighborhood. services held in Lovelock and Shane's Cemetery, interments in Franklin and Nashville indicated.
Mrs Callie Brown died at her home east of the city on a funny night aged fifty five. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the residence with burial at Rose Hill. Imperial Disc and Smoothing Harrows improved for 10 Bee w Sarrenvieig and Dopson.
Mark Hanna appoints W W Gibbs president of the American Phosphate Company as Treasurer of the Republican National Campaign Fund. Gibbs, a Philadelphia heiress, reportedly holds a private fortune above ten million dollars and has extensive phosphate holdings in Mt Pleasant. He rose from county merchant to wealth, faced 1882 stock crashes, and rebuilt his fortune.
The City Council passed an ordinance prohibiting the sale of cocaine and the rifling of prescriptions using cocaine and its ingredients. An editorial note mentions Hawkins Disc Plows and J P Staxner Co seeking wheat, while Columbia Mill advertises limited sacks. A district officer candidate TW Rail in the first district was omitted from the list but received 83 votes.
Experiments in Hawaii test a new leprosy care derived from a Venezuelan shrub under Dr. Carmichael at the United States Marine Hospital. Washington directs continued trials to gauge effectiveness. The ad notes a 75.00 purchase price and location details in Waterbury Connecticut.
Mt. Pleasant resident Miss Kittie Stewart visits Primm's Springs while Mr Sumner Armstrong visits his mother on the Banta Fe pike. Local guests include Mrs. Hardy Brown of Birmingham and Miss Edna Leigh Pery returning to Florence.
An advertisement touts deep discounts on ladies Oxfords and Strap Bendala in black and tan with sizes 3 to 7, plus 65 pairs in varied sizes. It promotes former $1.60 leader prices now at $1.00 per pair and notes closing out men’s oxfords in tan and black at low prices, sizes 6 to 10.
Annex lists a wide range of weather and home items including rubber goods, fly paper, brushes, Japanese lanterns and napkins, ice shaves, preserving kettles, sprinklers, window brushes, water buckets, and cotton mops. Also advertised is a patent adjustable window awning priced at 300 dollars.
Groves Martin of Campbell Station was trying to stop a runaway mule team when a wagon wheel struck him, bruising him. A later note mentions Moline Disc Plows as winners and other local items including a horse sale description and a governor grant of respite in a Warren case.
The Blue and Gray veterans will host a basket picnic at Henryville on Saturday. The program includes recitations, readings and music, with dinner served on the grounds. Everyone is invited.
The Chicago County Democracy organized a twelve coach train carrying Mr Bryan and J Stevenson to Indianapolis to be officially notified of their nominations for president and vice president. Press and supporters filled the rear coach as the party met a large reception in Lafayette and Indianapolis.
Nashville Aug 7 Gen H C Lamb Adjutant General of the State tenders his resignation to Gen McMillin to take effect as soon as his successor is named. No reason given though resignation was expected. Reports say he faces nervous trouble amid accusations of intemperance, which friends deny as groundless.
The readable text fragment references kidneys and a dubious cure for constipation. It mimics an old time medical ad suggesting a candy cathartic and mentions self help and refunds. Names and exact products are obscured by garbled OCR.
Turmingham reports a general election in Alabama with a large Democratic majority led by Governor-elect Wm J Samford of Lee county. Republicans Populists and Prohibitionists fielded tickets but early returns favor Democrats, who also gain several assembly seats. The 133 member legislature could see about 12 GOP and Populist members.
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