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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1900
Page
2
The Herald invites subscribers to a guessing contest on Maury County total votes for Governor in 1900. It notes 1896 and 1898 totals and promises a set of furniture as the prize for the closest guess.
For Saturday and Monday about 40 pieces of Latin Liberty Ribbon in neck and waist length, 8 g inches wide, in popular shades, regular 45c and 60c, sale 80c per yard. 800 yards of woven dimity left, first comics get pickings at half price. Next Saturday and Monday white quilts 1.25 to 1.50 size, 95c each. Last chance for towel bargains 10c per good linen towel. New carpets and floor coverings arriving daily. visit Carpet Department.
Rev J H Thompson leads a revival at Santa Fe. Rev T Jeff Dixon nears his eightieth birthday at Spring Hill home after twenty eight years there. Richland Presbytery clerk Dixon noted for fifty years of service. Cumberland Presbyterians report Rev R S Brown of Lynnville delivering two sermons at the hot Presbyterian church with a key text about sowing and reaping. Rev Mr Dinning preached at First Methodist Church morning and evening, with thoughtful exegesis on Lot and Sodom and a night message as a prisoner of Jesus Christ. Dinning, a young but promising preacher, awaits conference for admission and is expected to be a future laborer in the church.
The Phaton contest invites Daily and Weekly Hera ld subscribers to guess the furniture prize by paying one dollar. Early guesses often near the mark. pay a dollar to get the Herald and a guess, with the chance to win a rich man’s couch now on view in the show window.
Fragmentary OCR mentions someone assaulting a wife with unclear details. The readable portion specifies a domestic violence incident but lacks names, dates, or locations to identify involved parties or outcomes.
Local items report residents visiting relatives and guests in Spring Hill and Nashville, including Miss Roth Brooks from Louisville and Miss Susie Bell Moore. Students begin school terms at Sunnyside and McCains, with teachers named. Community notices include auctions, ice cream suppers, a police raid on a crap game, and farm for sale advertisements.
A local ad lists numerous weather and home goods including fruit jar rubbers, fly paper, fly brushes, Japanese lanterns, napkins, ice freezers, shaves, kettles, sprinklers, window brushes, water buckets, mops, galvanized tubs, and a patent adjustable window apparatus priced from low cents to 300 dollars for windows up to four feet wide. The items are presented as ready for hot sunny days and general household use.
F Swansburg notes a tomato plant in Giant Ever bearing variety eight feet tall with at least 26 pounds of fruit. Mrs J Y Hardison is dangerously ill at her Lasea home. Her daughter Cora of Alamo and two children with her grandson Gay Sowell of Tuscombis Ala attend her bedside. Gay Sowell’s wife has recently died several days ago.
A traveling exhibition features Buckskin Bill and his Wid West car train praised for flawless design and modern furnishings. The advance cars captivate audiences as models of decorators art and attract admiration wherever displayed. The train, separate from the main exhibit, is still well worth viewing.
H F Alexander bought one load of stock hogs from John Yokely at Carter's Creek, fifty steers from Orr Bros and McKibbin of Marshall County, and a hog and cattle lot from parties at Shady Grove. Additionally a poster touts a Robber Three Buggy sale with money off.
Undertakers advertise scientifically embalmed bodies prepared for shipment on request. Sacred trust committed to our care will be faithfully discharged, duties and charges explained. Call night or day for prompt attention at offices and residences listed in Columbia Tennessee.
Mr. G. Gunther 27, Lebanon Ohio, died after jumping from a rear window at Hand's Hotel on the public square. He suffered a skull hemorrhage from a 25 foot fall and died ten minutes after 11 o'clock Tuesday night. He had attempted suicide previously at W. J. Guest's home on Eighth street after fever and mental distress. Remains shipped to Lebanon with wife Mrs. Gunther and Prof. J. Hough Guest. he was a deacon, mason, and member of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He leaves a wife and father in Ohio.
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