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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1901
Page
2
Maury Dry Goods Company advertises house furnishings at very low prices for a weekend sale. Items include fringed damask towels, linen Luck towels, low curtains, short lengths of fabric, and bleached sheeting, with selection by the piece or yard and special Saturday and Monday pricing.
A jumble of social notes from Columbia and adjacent areas mentions visits by Mrs George Witt of Taupeis to Bowling Green Ky and others, along with arrivals and departures of several families. It notes a deputy sheriff arresting three African Americans on gaming charges, and lists numerous residents visiting relatives, with telephones and businesses in Columbia Tenn.
A prose poem extols the hard work plan as the route to fame and success. It cites Lincoln Webster Garfield and other heroes, arguing progress comes from toil, perseverance, and earning one’s place through labor rather than privilege. The piece praises self-made achievement and urges readers to toil to rise.
A garbled historical fragment presents a study on total abstainers and moderate drinkers. It claims life expectancy differences across ages, suggesting abstainers live longer than drinkers with figures like thirty-six and a half years for a thirty-year-old abstainer and varying prospects for others, though the text is highly distorted.
The eastern and middle divisions report beneficial rains on the 5th and 6th aiding corn, cotton, potatoes, and tobacco growth. Early upland corn remains largely worthless for harvest but used as fodder. bottom lands improve. Western division sees ongoing drought and serious conditions despite some rains.
Fragmented text mentions names such as Shani Brady and William and hints at a marriage or wedding. The passage is garbled with unclear dates or places, offering little coherent narrative or verifiable events.
A large force advances a new Louisville project at the old site. The design includes a waterworks feature, an iron building with public utilities, and will provide a communal water supply. Street & Co. promotes the plan to improve public amenities.
The report alleges a government theft of treasury funds through customs duty evasion tied to silk imports from Japan. An investigative examiner, Brown, prepares an audit in New York, alleging invoicing and payment irregularities involving an importing firm.
The Peewee stores of Anthony Hordern & Sons in Sydney suffer a vast fire. Four workers die from burns, one missing. The blaze ruins the building as firemen attack with ladders. Loss exceeds 4,000,000. J Young Jones of Columbia sues Senator Tillman for 210,000 in defamation. The suit alleges a senator called him a crazy old thing.
Lorimer Stoddard III of New York, famed for dramatizations like Teds of the Tubetribes and Nanaldin Bonaparte, is reported in a critical state at a Liberty, New York sanatorium. The public knows him as a well known actor connected to Richard Henry Stode.
Incomplete OCR text from Malta references a domestic dispute or riot at a home. The readable fragment mentions a wife and a large bed, with garbled lines suggesting upheaval or quarrel but no clear names, dates, places, or outcomes.
The County Court clerk gives notice that the estate of ALIPER OKAWLEY is soughed to be settled within the time prescribed. If not, the claim will be barred and debts owed to the estate may be settled. August date noted for proceedings.
Orphaned text describes administrator Brayburnes Store estate matters. Citizens with claims must file within a specified period or lose share. Notice cites pro rata distribution and legal actions under applicable law. Nearby authorities and dates referenced appear garbled.
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