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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1901
Page
5
Catalog notes offer nine styles of collars and neckwear in bows and slim shows. Prices are four for 25 cents off regular selling, with heights from half to three quarters inches and listings of obedient and disobedient use.
A Charleston area social roundup reports on several elegant events. Miss Virginia Brown debuts with Miss Edith O’Neal of Nashville as honorees at Morgan Hall for a refined suburban entertainment. The night featured Charley’s Nashville band, lavish refreshments, and a hospitable receiving line. Another gathering at Mr Jordan Green’s home celebrated Miss Annie May Green of Florence, Alabama with music, games, and a cake walk won by Miss Emma Shuneman and Mr Johnson. Multiple young ladies and gentlemen attended Sir James Smiser and W. P Morgan hosted events, while other small gatherings included children herding guests at the Nichols home and impromptu musicales on South Main Street.
A long list of residents and visitors are noted with many names in town and at Primms Springs. Several plan trips to Monteagle Nashville Nashville Chicago and East Brook Springs while others visit relatives in Pulaski Williamson county Murfreesboro and Athens Alabama.
Local notes report several residents ill with fever and typhoid, including Lucian Griggaby and Sadie Voss, with updates on their conditions. Reports mention hospitalities at Phinteas Lodge, camping trips by William Smith and companions, and travels of Sheriff Wight. Community events include Odd Fellows and Elks meetings, horse show judging, and a druggists gathering. Warnings about banana peel littering on uptown pavements prompt calls for fines.
Thorne and Dr Wallace Wilkes plan a trip to Primim's today while Mrs Jesse Elingtor departs soon for Murfreesboro. Her sister Mids dane Porter Cox remains with Mrs Hart in Galveston and Miss Annie Walker from Franklin visits Mr N F Vaughan. Others in the party will return soon. Mrs P Padget and Miss Pearl Provine visited Primm's on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Monte Farisy will care for Mrs Padgett until her return. Mrs Robert Leo Granbery was recalled to Columbia due to her husband's illness from Milwaukee to visit sister Mrs Oscar Z Bartlett. Cora Brenlow of Columbia and John Brownlow of Mt Pleasant are in the city. Elizabeth Wallace of Columbia visits cousin Roberta Carroll. Mr and Mrs Grier Peoples of McKenzie, visiting Rev Jas H Peoples, left last week for Suffalo for the Pan American Exposition, accompanied by James Peoples and Prof J Ed Ford. Ford left for Lexington, Hy, to settle affairs and will return with family around Aug 6. His high grade school for boys opens the first Monday in September. Mrs Emma Ketchum will soon leave for Buffalo and then Detroit, Mich, to reside. Friends regret her departure after years in Columbia.
Blair Hayes and J. M. Powell show improvement while Abbie Huggins visits Nashville. Ralph Hunter rests at home with fever and Walter Cook lies critically ill south of the city. Mrs. P. A. Shaw and children return from Rockdale as Miss Lali Witburt of Louisville visits relatives. Boulah M Nashville visits cousins Lalimn and Matthew. W. T. Broreh and son Frank travel to Williamson County to visit relatives.
Local retailer announces a midsummer clearing sale tied to rising mercury prices. Highlights discounts on select goods as summer heat boosts bargain urgency. Limited-time event aimed at clearing stock with in-store and online promotions.
All persons with accounts with the late Dr. W C Sheppard are warned to come and settle with Ernest Sheppard in Dr Grant's office one door north of Bothell House on Garden Street. Accounts not settled by August 1 will be turned over to an officer for collection. Mus W C Suerparo Admx.
Elder J P Slayden opened meetings at Snow Creek school house while Sunday services at Santa Fe Methodist drew a large crowd for Ladies Missionary Society exercises. A Junior Epworth League was organized at South Columbia Methodist Church with Nona Farias as superintendent and officers elected. The league will meet Sundays at 430 pm. The Primitive Baptist Church at LyexiTex Tenn dedicated by Elder Sam Kirkland, with continued services. Rev John Royal Harris will visit Columbia for anti saloon work and preach at Tabernacle and Pleat Methodist. A revival begins at Mt Chivet next Sunday with morning and evening services.
The community records the death of a well known citizen in Ashwood after several weeks of illness, with funeral at Zion Church and interment in Zion cemetery. A second obituary notes the death of Miss Rose Roberts, age about twenty, in Roberta neighborhood after a long illness, funeral by Rev. Lynn with burial in Roberts graveyard. Large crowds attended both services.
Miss Mary C Butt died Sunday after a long illness at her Columbia home. Funeral held Saturday. burial in Lochridge graveyard. Infant Ernoat, nine months, died Tuesday night. services Wednesday at 8 o’clock, burial in Roverts graveyard. Miss Mary Simachendk, 15, of Cross Fridges, died Monday. funeral at Mt Nebo at 10 am.
J A Collins died Thursday at his home in the Knob Creek area aged about fifty five. Burial was at Bridge Graveyard. He leaves a wife and several children.
The friends of Mr and Mrs Gardner P Webb are pained to learn of the death of their little daughter Mattie Abernathy Webb which occurred recently at their home in Tuscumbia Alabama.
Miss Elizabeth Sewell hosted a luncheon where the engagement of Miss Morrow to Mr J J McComb was announced with Cupid sketches dated October 2 1901. The couple plans a fashionable autumn wedding. Sowell, daughter of Mr and Mrs A Sowell, is noted in Birmingham society.
July 24 report states Judge LH Gusinight died this evening in the city after a prolonged illness of thirty six days. He served as judge of the th District Circuit Court and was a prominent candidate for the Astel States Senate.
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