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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1900
Page
8
An intimate, disjointed narrative traces a past romance resurfacing in a yellow drawing room. A man and a woman confront memories of youth, a child’s presence, and a failed reunion, ending with a formal farewell and unspoken longing.
Report of a dynamite blast on the Tennessee Contra Railroad near Rockwood results in four men dead or dying. Three others perish within two hours after the explosion. One survivor is said to be critically injured.
A smallpox case is reported at Peabody Normal College in a dormitory setting. The patient is James Kilperrick, a young man from Alabama, with others from the Gall region quarantined in the campus buildings. The article notes a cohort of students from Peabody Normal College and the University of Nashville in proximity to the outbreak.
Driscoll, famed stenographer and former court reporter, died after morphine administration in Nashville. Once linked to a sensational murder trial, he was educated, widely noted for teaching stenography, and lived in Nashville for a decade after moving from Athens. He was about 87 and previously served at a hotel business venture. Authorities indicated previous hospital and a coroner’s check.
A tabulated statement lists the Geyty population of Wantington at 76 472 and Raleimors at 714, of New Orleane 4 4,49, of Memonie 41 813, of Richerond HAG, of Naen ville $1,315, of Philadelphia 19 1, of Atlante 35 408, of Charleston 36 073, of Auvennal 50K, of St. Lania 2A 85, of New York 2 OA, of Mobile 29 ab, of Little Rock 21085, of Kanena Cley 14 09, of Chicago 14 900, of Cincinnati 1 757, of Wilmington Del 29 438i, of Wilmington S C A.08, of Pistaburg and Allegheny-Kw and Tadianapolia fl ia. aa The neers population in far northern cities dwindles rapidly from the lowt named figure. For thetamne, Ronton 300, New Haven 408i, Detroit 5415, Cleveland 41M, se Pal IT, Betfelo LI, Rentater 2) Portland Ma, Dew Moines 1 It vol remarkenle fact that do not take kindly to the cities of the great West and North west. Omahe 610 Leaten worth 44: Denver 3164: San Prandiecn 7, Portland Cre anh: Tecoma a%, and stult Laas City 290
Fragmentary OCR text references uncalled for letter exchanges and a list of names and notices. It mentions a Mr Money and Mr Sampson alongside groups and adverts. The readable portion implies a schedule of letters or notices to be addressed, with names and dated references.
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