22 Jan 1897
Page 5
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1897
Page
5
The Maury Dry Goods Place runs a special center sale on all wool blankets in colors white with borders gray with clouded borders and plaids with a pure wool guarantee. Large sizes and prices range from 4 to 6 dollars per pair, plus other items like suits, undershirts, drawers and ribbed vests priced low as half value or less. Ends soon with coats wraps and dress fabrics cut to half price or near giveaway.
Maury Dry Goods exposes court delays as Columbia bar members fall ill and the Maury docket shifts to Nashville Supreme Court. Judge Patterson postpones sessions from last Saturday to yesterday and resumes Thursday with several cases tried before the murder docket on Monday. Chancellor Abernathy’s receiver decision for Columbia Phosphate is postponed to Jan 21.
Miss Thompson of Thompson Station visits friends in We are glad to see Lonnie Wood after a few days confinement with a sprained ankle. Miss Matai McGaw goes to Bowling Green Kentucky for the winter. Miss Low Blackburn paralyzed last week at home on Mt Pleasant. Miss Floy Campbell has been sick with a grippe the past week. Lorena area news.
Local social page lists many errands and calls from Nashville to Murfreesboro, Franklin, Birmingham, Huntsville, and Columbia. Individuals such as Mrs. Benson Evans, Miss Kathryne Smith, and Rev. A C Killbetter are noted traveling or visiting relatives, friends, or health facilities. Other entries mention lawyers from the Columbia bar attending the Supreme Court in Nashville.
Lewis Drug Store advertises cigars and prescriptions by James F. Lewis. A Friday prayer meeting at 20 clock led by Alfred Nicholson discusses Riverlasting Life. Hon. L. Padgett spoke on Sunday-school work at Godwin Chapel. Rev. Dinwiddie now pastors in Nevada Missouri. A child burns to death after dress catches fire on East Street, Nannie Thomas’s daughter dies from injuries.
A long column lists residents recovering from the grip with several improved and others still ill. Names include H P Figuers Matt Erierson James Friel Tal Brazier Florence McKennon and Elvira Mayes. Also notes on paralysis cases John Walker Tom Lenewre Lou Blackburn and Bri H Hatcher. A fire damages a smokehouse at Col Evans with minor home loss. Local notices for seeds telephones meetings and sales follow.
The message lists multiple coal mine names including Old Cumberland Jellico Providence and Poplar Black and asks for orders. It appears to be a terse procurement or trading prompt with unclear context or action.
The notice lists remaining letters in the post office for the week ending January 21. Names include Hunts Mary Polk Rebecca Dickerson Dr Rose Chatin Hart D E L Thompson Kale Hawkes Parilee Winters John Johnson Laneie Wood and Wit Sailing on ale W. Parties calling for es letters please say ad. Wilmington Postmaster A HOWARD.
Apples and Gide in New York near Gamble grocery feature daily bee sale at the store. A union prayer meeting for business men will be held daily at twelve in the room over Maury National Bank with friendly invitation to attend. Mule trade brisk in Columbia with numerous car loads sold to Southern buyers and shipments to Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
Advert says good times ahead but coal at old prices from W A Ruttle. Order Mud River Jellico ecla and Monarch coal via Office 14 West 7th Street phone 91. Sept 6m.
Ausenthal invites buyers to a spring clearance event with prices cut to the core. Profits are out of the question and money-savers abound across departments. New goods in Percales White Goods Hamburgs and Laces are on display as they make room for spring stock.
Notices report the deaths of Miss Lavinia Hill near Frierson at 67 from heart failure and Mrs. Laura Vestal of Roberts Bend after pneumonia. Burial services were held at Zion Church and Roberts Bend Methodist Church, with interments at Zion and Roberts Cemeteries. The accounts note survivors, funeral details, and family tributes.
A dull season prompts a seller to move stock quickly by reduced prices. The notice promises "a dollar and a dime's worth" at standard prices for a 50 cent item and invites buyers to come and try.
Real estate transfers involve multiple parties in Ith and neighboring districts. Transactions include exchanges, partitions, and deeds among McKennon, McKeonhony, Webster Martin, Hoge, Fitzpatrick, Webb, Frierson, Long, Collier, Joyee, Foye, Weir, Weir, Joven, Sharp, Carpenter, Morrow, and Blocker across Ith and other districts with acres and interests noted.
In South Columbia Mrs Novia Aagie and Mrs Maggie Oakley visit Nashville relatives while Mrs Nellie Wilbur returns home. An Epworth League social at Mr W L Cameron's residence Tuesday January 26 features prayers, songs, readings, and a duet. An oyster supper at Mr Yohn H Thomas's last Tuesday by Churely Workers raised 27.50 for the parsonage fund. Theodore Dowell has been ill. a special order for 1 000 is being filled.
Miss Lula Armstrong arrives in Waco to take a music course and join the Junior class. Mrs R M Williams and son Robert visit Arkansas. The Athenium club hosts an evening meeting with Miss Anderson and Miss Henderson on journalism. Obituaries note several local deaths in January.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.