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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1909
Page
9
The advertisement extols Women's Macy Oxfords as the smartest foot dressing, claiming the right Oxford enhances appearance and comfort while ill fitting pairs look clumsy. It emphasizes fit and style as key to smart footwear for women.
Our Oxfords are produced by expert makers with close attention to every late detail in the making and finishing process, ensuring high quality workmanship and refined finish.
Long list of visitors and travelers modeling a bustling social scene. Names include Alex McKay from Fayetteville and Miss Tessie Samueles visiting in Nashville with many others from Fayetteville, Memphis, Nashville, Louisville, and Jefferson City. Families relocate for work and school, and local residents join relatives in cities across the region.
Local items include Mrs. Nelson and son visiting Cross Bridges, Cumberland University student Russell Bowman en route to Texas, a new rubber-tired bus for The Bethell, Alvin Givens taking a drug position in Huntsville, and a wanted ad for stallion care. Also reported are real estate sales in Hamp shire, purchases at The Herald office guarantees, a pavement project on West Seventh Street, and various social and fraternal notices dating from the community.
Clyde Roberson and Mle Nettle Beaver apply for a marriage license. James Gibson and Migs Nora Botts seek a license. Ed Stanley and Mins Susie Logue also file for a license.
A fragment describes a sales event with many white textiles and garments priced to attract buyers. Items include gowns, skirts, corset covers, waist lengths, and tailored waists in fabrics such as lawn, crepe, linen, silk, and net priced from 50 cents to 1.50 dollars. The catalog emphasizes low prices on quality pieces and assorted finishes.
Various items list cabinet photos for sale at $1.00 a dozen, sweet potato slips, and miscellaneous local notices. Reports include a hip injury to Mrs. Clark Pindall, a death from heart failure of Lou Booker, farm sale details, church society meeting plans, market arrivals, remodeling of Jackson House, and several local visits and travel notes among residents and businesses.
Mrs. F E Neely of Birmingham Alabama former city resident died this morning at 9 4 Her remains will be brought to Columbia for interment Mrs Martha Regen died last Saturday in Nashville at her son B G Regen s home aged seventy two Her remains were taken to Franklin Monday and interred She was mother of B B Regen of Columbia and Mrs Sallie T Neeley The remains of Mrs Sallie T Neely will reach here this evening from Birmingham and burial will be from the train in Rose Hill
The column notes Miss Dalay Davison of Lancaster visiting Miss Bessle Padgett and becoming ill. Mrs A M Hughes is critically ill at her West End home. Will Morgan Jr shows improvement, and Mrs Wil Lancaster is improving. Will Ragan remains seriously ill.
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