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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1900
Page
4
Community notes report the Gibson benefit at the Opera House Friday with readings by Miss Gibson, vocal quartets, and guest Prof. J. Hough. Weather and organizational delays aside, the event aims for strong local turnout and success.
A call to action decries a banana trust hoarding supplies and fixing prices, wastefully dumping fruit into waters to curb access. It argues law has failed to protect the people and urges citizens to rise, demand moral courage from lawmakers, and reclaim government from special interests.
The ad touts pure food and long healthy life, offering iced tea blend from 6c to $1.00 per pound. It promises cold storage for olives condensed milk cheese and other items requiring refrigeration. The message highlights value and reliability in grocery and ice supplies.
A local plea describes the death of W. W. Dennis from a contagious disease leaving a widow and three children in poverty. The notice urges Christian charity and personal contributions to support the distressed family, emphasizing neighborly aid, missions, and benevolent efforts to ease their hardship.
A Columbus merchant offers two women style suit lots as boys long pants suits. One lot features nearly half with high quality goods priced originally up to 12.00 and now 6.25. The other lot includes $7.50 suits available for 4.25, inviting buyers to pick from the fine stock.
A public subscription fund initiated by the Danny Herald mobilizes town and county residents to aid a provident, widowed mother and her children. Donations flow from numerous individuals including local business leaders, church members, and citizens, with a published list of contributors and ongoing appeals to boost the total toward a home and independence.
A seller offers fourteen hundred forty yards of slightly imperfect White India Linens at reduced prices. Items include daintily printed Organdies and fine Lawns in light grounds with pink blue or lavender figures and navy grounds with white figures. Next Monday yardage priced at 124 to 1 50 each, with some lots at one dollar per yard.
The advertisement lists nearly fifty patterns of Hamburg edgings offered at ten cents a yard. It notes heavy open work and narrow fine variants with values up to lie. Monday sale price one yard.
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