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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1901
Page
7
Water Valley items cover farm work as crops look well and corn is laid by. Church services and Sunday school are noted, with visits from Prof Hogan, Miss Emma Kinger, and others. Local residents Geralds, Roach, and Johnsons are mentioned along with a sales pitch from Sarrentikin & Consor for buggies and wagons.
Union June 17 reports Mrs Lizzie Fitzgerald and daughter Alta Mai visiting Mrs Bratton in Little Lot for part of the summer. Miss Mattie Belle Hickman of Roberts Bend visiting her mother Mrs Cora Nichola. Mrs Sallie Rusbands visited relatives in Theta. Mrs W J Riggan spent a week with her parent and Mrs J Ashworth of Thompson Station. Miss Mattie Snow Walters and Ava Godwin spent time with Theta friends. Little mister Brown ill. Mrs Lee Marlin mind improved after illness. Mr J M Fitzgerald and Aliss Walker visiting relatives in Nashville.
Local ad notes we sell many buggies at low prices from Sarrunviey and Dovsox with a large stock. A devotional tribute to a child Joann Henderson, death notices, and brief church announcements follow. Irene White of Austen visits. marriages licensed include Wise Giddens and Faries, and AE Cooper and Eunice Pearl.
Mt. Pleasant special reports Maury Lodge Knights of Erie accepted a committee’s banquet report and slated a July 2 banquet for new officers. Music refreshments will be offered and several distinguished speakers invited. The Whist Club enjoyed a recent gathering hosted by Mrs. Mary. The Book Lovers’ Club met at Mrs. Alex R. Orr’s Ridley home with Mrs. J. S. Hill leading a current topic paper and Mrs. John Ruhm, Jr. delivering a Willam Cullen Bryant sketch. W. A. Goodrum travels to Pensacola, Fla., for Tennessee Phosphate Co. P. D. Youngblood moved to North Main. Ernest Irwin trips to Texas for business. Mrs. J. W. Jones at Primate Springs. M. Loeb back from West Tennessee for Loeb’s Bakery. BF. Giddens now in Carrollton, Miss., here on business. Miss Simmie Payne from Columbia to visit Mrs. T. P. Now.
Leased out spring. Messrs Morn B Faris Gi W Nich Ola and J Akin have secured from the city a lease on the property behind Greenwood cemetery for an oil usher No 1. The city will share earnings if oil is found. lease is for an indefinite length.
A newspaper clipping promotes the Godwin Osteopathic Infirmary run by Dr Brown Emma Godwin on West Seventh Street opposite the Methodist Church. It argues medicine is not a science, contrasts diagnosis among physicians, and extols osteopathy to relieve suffering and address the disease’s root cause.
Naseville June 30 Special to the Herald. In the city versus the street railway company Chancellor Cook holds there has been no forfeiture of charter by the company. He also rules on the road work and duty to pave streets between the city and the railway route.
The Teachers Institute met Thursday and Friday with Prof. Fred J. Page on English grammar, Prof. Lawson on history and mathematics, and Prof. London on geography and pedagogy. Educators heard lectures, attended demonstrations, and engaged in debates on school buildings, cleanliness, and curriculum.
Mr. Geo W Hayes reports a new oil gusher on his land at White's Spring branch discovered while surveying with Will Shirley. He removed a rock and oil began to flow steadily, confirming a second productive spring on the property near the river tank. Hayes plans to hold and develop the oil stake, selling two shares previously.
A terse note references two bulls for a poll, noting one red bull and one short. The item highlights selection details without additional context or outcomes.
The jury returned a verdict in the Ben Miller murder case from the circuit court, detailing a seven year sentence. The trial closed with a decisive ruling and the defendant faces the stated term in prison.
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