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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1900
Page
3
Readers share reflections on faith and perseverance as a New Year dawns. Church notices, family visits, illnesses, and travels weave through community life, naming several residents and nearby towns while noting improvements, moves, and social gatherings.
An old time advertisement lists Arnica Salve for varied ailments including sores burns and corns. It mentions Woldridge and Irvine as sellers and promises quick relief. The fragment references people and events around December, with local names and places noted in a casual community notice tone.
An advice notice asserts that a lively face and charm come from health, linking constipation and kidney trouble to skin flaws. It promotes Electric Bitters as the best medicine to regulate stomach, liver, and kidneys and to purify the blood, claiming it yields strong nerves and a smooth complexion. Available for 60 cents at Waldidge & Irvine's drugstore.
A long neighborhood letter from Lanton reports health steady, post office move to old Mallard with W L Green as postmaster. It recalls a quiet but mixed Christmas, mentions sick relatives, guests visiting family, school closing with Prof Jimmie Derryberry, and various local travels and gatherings around Columbia and Giles counties.
Mr J B Lilly of Hannibal narrates a remarkable recovery from typhoid progressing to pneumonia with lungs failing. He credits King's New Discovery for relief after one bottle, continues using it, and promotes the medicine as a universal lung remedy sold at Woldridge & frei drug store with a trial bottle offered.
After weeks of silence the paper reports the death of Lit the Love Neatly daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Sealy who lived on the Williamsport pike. Aunts mourn a loss while Mr L dage remains in Hickinen county. Edna Trousdale returns home after a trip to relatives. Mr Herman William of Kaoty reek visits during the holiday season.
A store extends New Year wishes thanking customers for the past year and expressing hope for continued patronage in 1900. The message emphasizes fair and just treatment as a reason for ongoing support.
Dec 20 1864 30 o'clock ceremony at Will Sewell home unites Miss Sallie Sewell and Wes Hontenbery Rev J W Hatcher officiates. Local updates include fires, telephone lines, visits, weddings Dec 24 and year end reflections from Goshen to Williamsport. Community births, illnesses, and travel noted along with Christmas greetings and a Vanderbilt lecture reference.
The article describes a festive Community Christmas event with a well–decorated house, a welcoming supper hosted by the Bryants, and a successful program. It notes Rev. Logan’s respectful service, Miss Hagentia Mitchell present with Mira Bessie Maxwell, and students Edna and Linnie Fal res at Tennessee Female College in Franklin. It also reports local relocations and job changes including John Perry becoming a clerk at G. S. Alcorn in Nashville and housing shifts for community members. A new hack service runs from Southport to Columbia ALTA.
Correction note attributes edits to J C Parks and G WwW. No further details provided in the fragment.
Timetable notices show departures and arrivals for several trains including No 1 No 4 and the Tuscumbia and Pulaski Accommodations. Connections exist with Nashville and Florence Division trains and with Louisville and Nashville services.
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