Nashville visits and travels of regional residents
A list of local people visiting Nashville, Birmingham, Virginia, and other places for holidays, visits, and returning home. Names include Miss Cornelia Jones, Miss Gila Yount, Mr. N. Modunes, Rev. Baker P. Lee, Capt J. HL Walker, and Col. N.C. Gullett among others, with routes to Nashville, Birmingham, Decatur, and Pulaski noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Reown Daniel
Niuhville
Mes
Lander
Mia
Ab Adkinen
Louise
Simmertown
Mins
Latta
Nashvllie
Cornelia Jones
Birmingham
Mina Nacht
Tina
Lone
Callooka
Roka Flournoy Crane
Clarksville
W. P. Woldridge
Col
N.C. Gullett
Texas
Bessie Daimwood
Geo. D. Hodge
Ft. Worth
Marion
Dee
Will not move from my present place of business
Statement of intent to remain in the rear of the store formerly occupied by T. N. Figuers, despite movements by others, to make room for changes or new arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. N. Figuers
Extensive Improvements to Be Made in House Sale of Stock
A notice states extensive improvements planned for a house and announces the sale of the entire stock associated with the property. Readiness for contractors and potential buyers is noted as key parts of the listing.
Sickness Plagues Local Residents Amid Varying Recoveries
Mrs M E Williamson reports the sick, while T N Jones remains ill though showing some improvement. Tom Alexander, seriously ill with typhoid, is improving. Emma Wilson stays critical at her brother in law Rutledge residence and is not expected to live. Harriott Foster is very low at A Barr corner Garden and Eighth. Avai has been critically ill with fever, yesterday unimproved. Arthur Porter has been sick for days with fever and cannot be out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. N. Jones
Aome
Tom Alexander
Emma Wilson
O. P. Rutledge
Harriott Foster
A. Barr
Garden
Eighth Streets
A ‘Vai
Arthur Porter
We Are Headquarters Store Promises Full Drug Department
Our advertisement touts a vast stock across departments including drugs sundries pamphlet articles perfumery bristle goods rubber goods and leather goods. It claims unmatched completeness and perfection in the prescription department and invites customers to shop at headquarters.
Remembering Mrs. Jane C. Barnett of Columbia
Mrs Jane C Barnett longtime Columbia resident dies after months of illness at 1 20 PM Monday. She was a Polk era relative who attended the inaugural ball and devoted to church and charity work. Funeral held at St Peters Episcopal Church with interment in Rose Hill. Pallbearers named and floral decor praised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane C. Barnett
Barnett
Columbia
Walker
Major Barnett
James K. Polk
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Baker P. Lee
Rose Hill Cemetery
W. M. Biddie
J. P. Herndon
Messrs
W. P. Woldridge
H. L. White
H. L. Hend [Ley
T. J. Odell
G. T. Hughes
Col
H. A. Brown
L. P. Padgett
John P. McFerrin
A. P. McFerrin
Overton Fulton
Lizzie Frierson
E.G. Grant
P. Fitners
John Fry
Eder Latta
Hazle Padgett
Simmie Johnson
First Presbyterian
Baptist
Southern Express
Kings Daughters
First Presbyterian Church
Local notes and business ads in Columbia area
A collage of brief notices from Columbia including new residents, address moves, shop offerings, and upcoming meetings. Mentions of Dr H B Shackleford osteopath, Confederate Bivouse and Camp gathering, payments for portraits and headstones, local tradesmen, and two livery stables consolidating. Also notes on a murder bail case in Giles county and a fatality, Alfred Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mosars
Rutledge
Gordon
Surinre
Nafe
Kirby
Mia
Bettie Jenne
Fe Rover
Mortio Canl
Nashville
Wil
Comany Te Omptes
Residenris
Eusticsa
Conberland Telephone Telegraph Vo
Maury County
Vieting
Achers
Malloarriae Reamns
Hoon
Me Af
Fourth Street
FL G. Bith
Acteiawuma
W.S Tor
Institute Freniture
North Garden Street
BH. Shackleford
Bethel Honl
Circuit Court
Court House
Gate Houser
Columbia
Texas
Bell Telephone Office
Willard P. Worley
Tom
Payne & Brittain
Mollie Truett
A. C. Floyd
Chamber of Commerce
J.P. Street & Co
John Moss
Will Tiller
Washington
Government Printing Office
J. ©. Voorhies, Esq
Pulaski
Shepard and Fitzgerald
Murer
Giles County
J. F. Cunningham
G. W. Nicholson
Alfred Allen
North
Colored Presbyterian Church
F. A. Smith
Webb & Forgey
G. Bates
Harlan, Son & Shelton
Garden Street
John P. McGaw, Jr
North Main Street
J.T. Bauguss
W.J. Rushton
Wax
Peerless Tobacco Works Co
Bedford City
Telegraph Test Shows Johnson Fortier System Distinct
A fragment reports a test of the Johnson Fortier wire telegraph system at Waukew, noting it was sent as distinct from Marconi’s system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson-Fortier
Marconi
Waukew
Harlan and Ritter Advertise Groceries at North Main St
The notice lists case numbers and telephone numbers, advertising groceries at 6 North Main Street in Daimwood's old stand. It promises low prices on items such as rice coffee and sugar, with quantities and prices shown, and invites readers to call via Bell phone 21 Citizens 177.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Main Street
Daimwood
Hottom
Nice
Ieee
Harlan & Ritter
Bell
Citizens
South Columbia Epworth League Meeting Report
The South Columbia Epworth League gathered Sunday afternoon at 3. The meeting noted activities and changes at Harris & Cole Bros. saw mill. Miss Watts of South Berlin visited Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Jackson. May Walker traveled to Nashville for the First Tennessee Reception. Frankie Laseuibar’s child is ill, and Herbert Guest moved to Florence for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basie Sellers
Boscobel College
Nashville
Andy Sellers
Sam Warren
Ed. Carpenter
John Hine
Birmingham
W. R. Holland
Franklin
Columbia
Charlotte Hughes
Virginia Webster
Leigh Whitthorne
Minnie Towler
Rebecca Williamson
Eva James
Tennessee
South Columbia
Saab Jis
P. E. Wood
Mise May Walker
Frankie
Fond
Jon Laseuibar
W. A
Herbert Guest
Florence
Unusual Potato Bargains Highlighted on Bargain Day
The store presents unusual potato prices as its Bargain Day feature, contrasting with other shops. Readable notes indicate sales and specials, but many entries remain unclear. This compact card notes the focus on potato bargains and the day’s promotional emphasis.
Shoes sale with limited sizes and bargain prices
Readers are offered Paley Leilien Donguie and Button Shaw shoes in limited sizes 12 and 11 with 43 pairs available. Regular price $1.60, reduced to 40 cents per pair this week to stimulate activity, noting no spring clearance in the listed lots and minor carpet case erups.
Money savers in every department at mills today
Carpels and flattings for the next ten days offered at ten percent less than actual value. We bought these goods before the recent advance or we could not afford to do this. In every department you will find money savers.
WEDDING BELLS AND BETROTHALS IN LOCAL TOWNS
A series of marriages announced across the region. Susie Robinson wed J N Young at the Hampshire pike residence of the Kings with Judge Whitthorny officiating. Jeanette Church wed W B Jones at Carter's Creek, Rev Rusban officiating. Nora Dugger tied to Knox Kennedy at Bigbyville Methodist parsonage. Prof Henry Busch of Athens, Ala. to Mina Sanders. Aaron Green of Shelbyville to Estelle Rosenthal of Cincinnati. Green is J Rosenthal’s nephew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Church
Carter's Creek
Jeanhette M. Church
W.B. Jones
Mr. Rusban
Santa Fe
Kennedy Dugger
Nora Dugger
Knox Kennedy
Bigbyville
W. H. Lovell
Henry Busch
Athens
Ala
Mina Sanders
Aaron Green
Shelbyville
Estelle Rosenthal
Cincinnati
Green
J. Rosenthal
Report on King's Daughters books in Columbia Tennessee
Report signed by local ladies examines the Secretary and Treasurer Mra RC Ew ing books. They find them correct and well kept, noting total receipts since 1888 amounting to 8741.10 and disbursements for eleven years. They commend the order to the Christian people of town and county for aiding the poor and destitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Tenn
Mra
Ewing
Barr and Quakes Store Ad Features Distress Prices
An old advertisement proclaims a general store offering all goods from expensive to modest with urgent, distressed customer focus. It promises prompt service day or night, lists a telephone line and delivery references, and notes budget-friendly options for rich and poor alike along with a sincere motto “Done we would be done by.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cogmur
Davra’s Grocery Ad Promises Rock Bottom Prices in Columbia
A period ad for W. M. Davra at 38 N. Side Public Square Columbia Tennessee touts low prices on granulated sugar rice coffee and canned goods. It claims a large stock of sweet potatoes fruit cake ingredients and general country produce and invites customers to call via Bell Phone 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Goda
W. M. Davra
Side
Public Square
Columbia
Tenn
Bell
Maury County notes and local business updates
Over the county 12 cab for 1 som ys of any war ranted not to fade Youngs More fres cews. Phosphate workers sought at Mt Pleasant as telephones added on Columbia switchboard since Nov 1 1899. W J McCoy returns to Santa Fe from Obion County. Talks of a post office at Mallard. C R Porter, heir in Porter Teepe farm sold for 20000, buys a farm near West Harpeth Williamson county. If you sold your Maury phosphate farm reinvest in Tiratolane sauna lands address Mc Callum's Real Estate Pulaski specialize Giles county farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young’s
Mt. Pleasant
Columbia Switchboard
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph
W. J. McCoy
Obion County
Santa Fe
Mallard
C. R. Porter
West Harpeth
Williamson County
Maury County
McCallum
Pulaski, Tenn
Giles County
Fa Farms
Satterfield and Dodson Offer New Furnitureette Bargains
Local dealer invites customers to visit the new furniture ette at Satterfield and Dodson to view bargains on select items. Store promises household goods at reduced prices and seeks shopper interest in the opening display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satterfield & Dodson's
Satterfield & Dodson
Ette
Also Mentioned on This Page
Penronals
M. E. Williamson
J.P. Doyle
West End
Ashton Brosg
Watcile
Rains
Clizen
Francis Dane Truetoy
Francis Jame Trulove
Willis Brazier
Newton Derryberry
Jones
Bear Creek
Ophelia Reed
Ophelia
Daugher
Lom Greenfield
Greenfield Bend
W. Hi. Bendley
Greenfield Graveyard
Charity Hicks
Williamsport Pike
Concord
Garwood
A.B. Raine
W. A. Ruttle
J. P. McFerrin
Ellen F Mitchell
Welcane
de Hattie Jones
Nie Belle Guest
Mary
Rachel Ashton Voval
Lipscomb
Lonery Haley
Miss Udell
Cowden Shaw
Glenn and
Blount
Udell and
Dollard House
Ladies’ Missionary Society of the
First Cumberland Presbyterian Church
W. B. Greenlaw
M E. Gabard
Dayton
Lynnville
The
American
Buford
Mary Smith
Lucy
Bertha Williamson
Sadie Sheegog
Pulaski Pike
Ethel Hendley
Ernest Farrell
Bruce Cochran
Mr. Pike
Bethel House
Bebe
Mise
Calvin Jenkins
Huntaville
Mrs. Brownlow
Mrs. Fry
Sixth Street
Famitus
Tf Sarreareiy & Consex
Permtt
T. F
Campbell
High Fourth Streets
Johnson Long
A.B
AE ND Town
Cullagham
G. W. Nirbuls
Hema
Young-Robinson
J.P. Brace & Co
Colmred
Sam Brooks
Susie Caldwell
Aheros
F.P
Spring Hill
Lillian M. Proctor
D. D
Southern School of Osteopathy
Franklin, Ky
Deel
J.P. Caperton
J. W. Crutcher
D. G. Gregory
Jobo A. Oakes
Peter Hanson
A. Hanson
J. HL Fa
Istejet
Peg Ty Hay
Hanson
Shorr
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