Death by Own Hands at Sumner Miss Farm
Foster Williams Armstrong, a former Maury County man, shot himself on his Mississippi farm near Sumner after leaving a note saying he was tired of life. The 40 year old unmarried man left for Zion cemetery to be buried after services at the gate led by Rev. S. P. Hawes.
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Wesday
Darby Uwiaann
Foster Williams Armstrong
Maury County
Sumner
Miss
Zion
Mississippi
Mitchell Armstrong
Zion Cemetery
8. P. Hawes
Accident on the Nantville line leaves three hurt
An accident on the Nantville Florence and Alpield Railroad last Thursday injured three employees, including brakeman Jim Daniels who suffered hand and wrist injuries. Train Dispatcher Bose also injured when a caboose window shattered. They were taken to local residences for care as doctors assess the conditions.
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Jim Daniels
Nantville
Florence & Alifield
Bose
Mr. Bone
Card of Thanks for Kindness in Bereavement
Dr and Mrs T J Hardison express sincere thanks to neighbors and friends for services kind words and tears of sympathy during their bereavement, and pray that none may face a similar trial. Becanbar 19 1899.
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T. J. Hardison
Hints of Surprise at Monday Hootenanny
A fragment hints at Sherry Smith attending a Monday hootenanny for a superintendent and a hoped for a nice surprise for him. The text is incomplete and mixed with stray notes.
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Sherry Smith
No-Trendla Sewing Co seeks new Terre Haute site
The No-Trendla Sewing Machine Co of Terre Haute Indiana asks Columbia to donate a site for a factory and to take forty thousand dollars in bonds. Inventor J M Brosing informs Mayor Cameron, and the move is with the Chamber of Commerce. Brosing reports two hundred fifty thousand dollars in materials and orders for one thousand machines. He claims a daily output of five hundred machines could not meet demand.
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Coepany
Terre Haute
Ind
Columbia
J. M. Brosing
Cameron
Chamber of Commerce
Brosing
Tle
Henderson Announces Committee Chairs in Congress
Speaker Henderson announced the committee chairs this morning with few changes. Important committees remain as last Congress and no chairmanships moved to the south.
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Henderson
Wasmingros
D. C
On the Road to Kimberly War Poetry Echoes Wartime Duty
The fragmentary verses rail at Cecil Rhodes as soldiers march to relieve a siege. It recalls seven thousand khaki clad troops, wartime casualties, and burning shells. Names like Bertrand Shadwell appear among garbled lines, hinting at a historical battlefield vigil.
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Cecil Rhodes
Ceil Rhodes
Cecil Rhode
Potash Shortage Affects Potatoes Says Fertilizer Guide
A historical ad notes 100 bushels of potatoes remove 80 pounds of actual potash from soil. It urges 1000 pounds of 89 percent potash fertilizer to supply the needed amount, warning deficiency reduces crop. Free books on composition and value of fertilizers offered by German Kali Works at Nanauu St New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanauu
Accidental Death of EightYearOld Seth Hardison
The eight year old Seth Hardison was accidentally killed Saturday when a loaded gun, handed to him by his older brother returning from a hunting trip, discharged as he handed it to his sister. He died instantly from a back wound near his right shoulder blade. Funeral services were at Beach Grove Church Sunday at 10, conducted by Reverends Sewell and Anderson, with interment at Alexander graveyard. The family mournes with community sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth Hardison
Wid
T. J. Hardison
Tran
Seth
Beach Grove Church
Reys. Sewell
Anderson
Alexander Graveyard
Christmas Entertainments Across Churches Highlight Holiday Joy
A list of Christmas events in South Columbia details church programs for children. The First Cumberland Presbyterian Church hosts a 6 PM Sunday program with gifts for every scholar. Other churches stage Christmas trees, songs, plays, and Santa visits throughout Monday and Saturday afternoons and evenings.
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Nicholas
First Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Baptist Mission
Santa Claus
Advent Chapel
Children of the Advent Chapel
South Columbia
First Baptist
First Presbyterian Church
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Food for sick horses and a fatal self harm case
W L Davis of this city provides horse care remedies including chloroform oil of mustard and turpentine rubs plus nitre and linseed oil for fever and lung involvement. Also reported is the suicide of China Chinn wife of a state legislator in Clarence leaving a note blaming ill health for her death.
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Micon
China
Shelby County
Clarence
Aged Woman Burned to Death in New Paris
Zsyphia Andrews a 109 year old colored woman living alone at New Paris in Eaton County died after her clothing caught fire from a stave. The accidental blaze left no clear cause and no other persons were involved.
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Eaton
Zsyphia Andrews
New Paris
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T. W. Armstrong
Maury
AY Sumner
Bismarck
Dr. King
Woldilie c& Fevine
Nb, &S
Woldridge & Irvine
Maeivra
McElree
Cardui
Aires
Ome
Tenia
Kimberly
Cael Rhodes
Rhodes
Cecil Eae
Cecil Hivedea
Cecil Bradon
Haydes
Cecil Rides
Cecil Rhenes
Crell Rhodes
Bearta
Hreil Rhodes
Bertrand Shadwell
Seth Martie
Hite
Cumberland Presbyterian
First Presbyterian
St. Peter's Church
First Methodist
First Methodist Church
South Columbia Methodist
Lord Columbia Methodist Church
W. LI. Davis
Tilden
HMM Health
Woveless
Santa
Cera
Henrietta Lood
Sea Teland
Congress
OF Columbia
Thnnessich
Biretar Howavn
Bieowne
Bironla
J.P BrowsLow
J.J. Foenine
Browslow
Brownlow
Dawnier
The
Maury National Bank, Columbia, Tennessen
W. W. Joyce
R.C. Church, Inc
G.T. Hughes
Parker
VF. Brown
Hughes
Robert
Church
Ent
Loyd Cecil
W. P. Ridley
James Andrews
J. McKinney
J.D. Bartow
John W. Cecil
A. Parker
TE Phoenix .”. Bank
CAID
Board OF
P. Street
Waie
John A. Oakes
John D. Robbing
Merf Greene
AW F, Watkins
J.P. Street
W. Frierson, Jr
Dkr
Button
Janl
Prawidwnt
Roberts Machine and Implement Company
Russell
Milwaukee
Adpessarey Roberts Machine and Implement Co
Eck Wiener
CANDY
J. M. Terry
Terry
Alexander & Rabees
Nagavil
Siggers
Washington, D
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