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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1913
Page
5
A local retailer advertises 114 cotton blankets and 70x82 inch solid or plaid wool blankets at 2.00 and 1.00 after discount, plus heavy counter panes at 1.24 and 0.25 values. Ladies sweaters priced around 2.49 and a full range of ladies handkerchiefs from 5¢ to 50¢ are offered.
Local talent dominates the Columbia minstrel group as twenty five members meet to arrange and rehearse parts for a January show. Dancers and blackface comedians join the cast alongside the Columbia orchestra under Joe Greenfield, with another rehearsal planned for Friday night.
The aggregate of the sales of stock and fixtures of the Bishop Produce Co. at the depot last week totaled 9570.42. Delays in finalizing the amount were caused by counting egg cases and fillers.
A letter from Remington Arms Union Metal Cartridge Co praising B A Satterfield & Co of Columbia for effective ads in The Columbia Daily Herald. The company compliments the ad layout and thanks for generous mentions of their products over time.
The teachers of the public schools in the county will have holiday from December 19 to December 29. The county board of education has declared this period as vacation time. Other county schools announced their vacations several days earlier.
The Woman's Exchange is open every afternoon from two to six o'clock. Between those hours a bevy of items that will delight the eye of any lady can be seen.
John W. Thomas Jr president of the Nashville Chattanooga St Louis Railway died at 122 Ninth Avenue North Nashville after a three week battle with pleural pneumonia and lung congestion He was 57 a mechanical genius who invented several devices and had long served the railroad from apprentice to top official born Murfreesboro Tenn August 24 1856 his death removes a national railroad figure and beloved leader among thousands of employees and city residents
Neapolis school will host an evening program featuring songs, instrumental music, recitations, and a small play titled When a Man's Single presented by the pupils.
A Christmas program by Miss Drucilla Clendenin's school will be held at Union Valley on Friday night featuring music and recitations. The closing service and entertaining program promise local holiday cheer and community participation.
A local shop promotes Christmas Cards and monogram stationery as handsome gifts. They offer engraved visiting cards wedding invitations announcements and a line described as the prettiest in the city along with jewelry.
Chicago recalls the year 1912 with a tally of fifteen baseball related deaths. Most victims were struck by pitched balls or foul tips, including three in Chicago, while only one notable case involved a New Orleans player who died from a broken spine after a slide.
Washington December 17 Senate currency debate centers on safeguards against inflation. Senator Hoot of New York denies presidential reparations and refuses any Republican nomination if offered. Democrats press for inflation protection as Administration pushes to expand the Federal Reserve Board from eight to nine members. motion passes 29 to 92.
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