26 Aug 1898
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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1898
Page
2
Announc ements and sale notes list prices for furniture including beds mirrors tables chairs and cabinets. Several items such as glassware curtains moulding and paints are advertised as offered at reduced rates. A political notice names Hon. W. EWING as a candidate for Congress under party rules.
Rain damaged cotton crops and farmers in the county plan more work. Miss Christine Carmack visits from Nashville to Spring Hill while C J Davis travels to Oklahoma. Community plans a new Groveland schoolhouse as the Moore Institute hosts a $40 ice cream supper. Revival services at Mt Olivet are under Rev Eutank and Rev Beay. Loftin returns to Arkansas after visiting Columbia. Porters are appointed administrators of S Porter’s estate with bond set at 8160 dollars. Mt Pleasant railroad and bank news appear, as well as harvest notes and Chili Peppers. A Buckboard accident at Mt Pleasant results in minor injuries. J M Foster leaves for Louisville. Public notices include a local case over sausage quality.
The city of ProspRATE reports unusually active phosphate business for several weeks. Dry weather has spurred mining and shipping at Mt Pleasant, with about 70 carloads daily over the Nashville Florence Sheffield line and four recent orders of 1 000 to 3 000 tons each for foreign markets.
J W Howard and Co bought several bead or dher on the streets Monday. J W Howard and Co bought a load of mules this week from Jno A Jones of Little Lot and also a road from Stone Porter and White of Pulaski.
McDowell School opens September 4 with full faculty and instruction in all branches free to residents of the 18th district, excluding city proportion. Tuition for others, at primary and secondary levels, is set at 3.00 per month for high school departments and 2.00 for primary, under Jesse Tomlinson, Principal.
Former pupils of W N Murphy who attended in 1859 1860 and Ihirl will meet at Ebenezer Church on September 15 for a town ball game and speeches. Dinner on the ground. attendees urged to bring well filled baskets. Committee: Frank King T M Hall W C McKash Hod Dovenass M P Murery.
A notice from Mus L Warener of Columbia Steam Laundry proclaims a switch to Collect on Delivery after September first and asks patrons to have payments ready. The text also includes a scrawled thanks and hopes for patronage. A separate meeting note reports Central League No 955 of Knights of Honor hosting Capt. H C West and H W Young to revive local lodge membership. West touts statewide growth, noting 750 new members in the past year and the order’s protection at cost for widows and orphans.
Deputy Whitley and others raided Ashwood last Sunday night arresting four nervous gamblers in Acabon. They faced Judge Looney Monday and were fined. A separate Monday raid near Columbia at a negro Hanes led to three more arrests as the covey scattered. Judge Whitthorne ordered fines for the night's sport.
Train loads are described as sagging and offered at remarkably low prices by Satterfield and Donen, with the note that they get their share of such items.
A stylish reception at Mrs Hattie Jones home on West Eighth street hosted by her daughter Miss Cornelia honors guests Miss Mildred Patterson of Savannah Miss Margaret Dann of Lawrenceburg and Miss Mary Sanders of Nashville Decorations lights and social games preceded delicious refreshments Guests list includes numerous local families and a seventh birthday lawn fete for Master Frank Lander Jr at another home A later note mentions Arlington hotel reception described as a notable social event with music by a local band
Local display offers white silk parasols from 1 to 100 and ladies silk parasols 125 to 250. Silk sun umbrellas for ladies range up to 2.00, with plain and colored umbrella options. Also listed are mosquito netting, mosquito bars, woven hammocks, hammock spreaders and hooks, leather belts, and boys and men's crash hats with varied prices.
A vintage newspaper ad lists school supplies and household items including white chalk, crayons, window shades, laundry soap, oil stoves, ice cream freezers, glassware, jars, cedar water cans, and croquet sets with prices such as 25 cents for shades and 69 cents for croquet sets, indicating a broad general merchandise sale.
Local churches report ongoing and upcoming services Rev J M White Rev W D Wendel and Rev S M Gupton lead gatherings at First Presbyterian Lasting Hope South Columbia Methodist and Prospect Olivet Mt Pleasant and Hurricane. Rev Joe Vesey closes Mint Springs revival with 36 converts 17 additions. house of worship to be created. Ninth annual Hebrew Baptist Missionary Association meeting set at First Baptist with Rev S M Gupton presiding. district quarterly schedule listed. Local ads note Myers oars bay tools water tanks and related items.
The Navy Department plans to place the dynamite cruiser Vesuvias out of commission and doubts its future in service. Investigations show Vesuvius did not perform as reported at Santiago, with immovable guns reducing accuracy. A Navy official says it never hit the island of Cuba, making it ineffective in actual war. The ram Katahdin will also be placed out of commission as both vessels proved to be failures after repeated tests.
The Pennsylvania railway locomotive drew a train a quarter mile long with 130 loaded coal cars from Altocrat Harristown 132 miles in twelve hours. The train behind the tender weighed 5212 tons, the locomotive 1 ton. This was claimed as the heaviest train ever moved by a single locomotive at once.
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