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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1900
Page
5
Promotion offering tan shoes at a discount with limited availability and unclear details. The text emphasizes a savings incentive on tan footwear and mentions stock or inventory but provides no concrete dates, prices, or specifics.
Obituaries report the death of Mrs Jennie P Bond West from consumption at 5 30 am in Columbia in her forty second year wife of John West and mother of Alice and Robert West She attended Cumberland Presbyterian Church and funeral at nine am conducted by Rev W A Provine Interment in Pulaski Also noted are the deaths of Alonzo Fitzgerald a McCams neighborhood resident after illness funeral in McCains by Rev H A Gray Interment at local cemetery Minnie Lee Roan infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Polk Ron died Friday at home Funeral held Saturday at family residence with Rev W T Ussery and Elder J P Slayden interment in Rose Hill Cemetery
For sale Deering binder used two seasons and offered at half price. Intended to trade for a Milwaukee machine from Iba Macuixe & Lockman Co.
Mrs John Trantham visits relatives in West Tennessee. Mrs John Hunter and Mrs Oscar Dortch spent yesterday with Mrs Frank Evans on Bear Creek. James I West returns from Florence Alabama saying South Columbia is good enough. Croquet is popular among locals. Mr and Mrs Robert Jones plan summer in Mont Engle. Mrs Moses McClellan travels to Lewisburg to see ill friend Mrs J Meacham. Mrs John Lacey and kin visit Thweatt family. Mrs Kiteh returns from visiting Mrs Travis McLean in Franklin. A story mentions cherry pit at a Sunday school picnic. T A Wallace sells 50 000 shingles to Armstrong via Bob Jones. Alice Miller, Japanese missionary, visits Mrs McClellan. Misses Mattie and Fannie McClellan return from Thomann station. Mrs J F Hensley recovers and plans to go to Payetteville. Tennie Calvert, sick, now out. Columbia Mill and Elevator Co prepping for new wheat crop. Will Lampkin returns to Soldiers Home after visit. Ad includes ink of local businesses and phone numbers.
A long list of residents and guests in the city reports returns from Nashville Memphis and Birmingham. Names include Mrs J W Reams Mrs A P McFerrin Mr Jas A Smiver Esq Mrs Miles Cook and children Col AM Hughes Miss Willie Childress Miss Lucy Haley Miss Ethel Sutton Dr William Biddle and many others as they attend weddings visits and social events across the region.
An advertisement proposes heavy bodied oil specialized for harvesting machinery in hot sun. It claims oil won’t grind off, lasts two to three times longer than ordinary oil, and costs 35 cents per gallon with six gallon lots at 30 cents. Local oils headquarters promote the product.
Rains promotes its line as the largest and strongest ever shown in the city with every pattern offered at 100 goods and the paper in stock.
The item lists several social happenings including a wedding for the Johnson-Farias couple, a funeral for Mrs. Dorin West in Pulaski, visitors H J Latta and Misa Sandusky from St. Louis, Mrs J B Kniskern planning to join her husband in Murfreesboro, and Dr W A Smith returning from Henryville after a St John celebration address. It notes professional visitors Eugene Bertram and Bassett Willard arriving locally.
Mr. Frank Wiley is confined at Bate with flux. John Frazier suffered a painful foot injury over Thursday and Friday. Dr J A Edwards is able to be out again. Mrs J A Guest remains in critical condition. The Children of Mr and Mrs W B Greenlaw have whooping cough. Mr M D King has two newborns at his Santa Fe pike home. Mr and Mrs Richard Coleman returned to Athens after a visit to Ross Alves Hanes. Rev FB Webb has been sick with flux but improving. Mr AWA Hodge was hurt by a spider near the eye. J P Steer & Co advertise cement, lime, shingles and hardware. Miss Clara Alcorn now with her brother Geo Alcorn after pharmacy state board certificate. Mrs W W Dennis bought Mrs Brazier’s grocery stock near Burns Spring. Miss Mary Wilkosetek noted as a beauty at Mr and Mrs Robt McKinney’s home. Mr Eastin Littlefield now bookkeeper for Columbia Mill & Elevator Co. Henatn’s job dept issued Callookn Academy pamphlet. J P Graham principal, Miss Louise Tomling assisting. Buggies, surreys, phaetons, wagons and harness sold by J P Street & Co. New Odd Fellows members Hardin Thomas, Arthur Church, Will Bell.
Monday began preliminary work on the Singin Skule entertainment to be staged July 4 at the Opera House with reading characters. J. C. Voorhies initially planned to accompany J. A. Edwards and A. P. McForrin to Paris. Voorhies later abandoned the trip while Edwards remained undecided. Eugene Ritter and Ed Hight attended. new members expected next week. Bee Payne & Brittain advertise monuments. Mr and Mrs Lee Vaughn welcomed twins. Theo Green has joined Florence Pump & Lumber Co in Florence, Alabama. J P Strater & Co ran a canary ad. Mrs J P Caldwell located owner in West End the next day.
An advertisement from Fielden Bros. proclaims services for all weaving scales from miniature to life size. It stresses finished work in the beat of style and frames life as a homespun web where the weaver's daily living shapes the pattern.
A local trade notice invites millmen to purchase feed from the advertiser and promises to ration and supply grain merchandise. It mentions storing 610 bushels of wheat this year and using collateral of warehoused goods near the depot to secure trade.
In every department reductions are planned over the next two weeks. To achieve this, we have established trade-winning prices across our line of pants and other seasonal items.
Barr and Oakes advertise a full stock to suit any need from the most expensive to modest. They promise prompt service day or night and note contact numbers Office and Residence. The message emphasizes fair pricing and adherence to the golden rule in handling sacred trusts.
Mrs W W Davnts thanks Columbia residents for liberal contributions during affliction. She values the loving sympathy more than material help and prays all be shielded from sorrow. The note lists prices and reductions on suits and pants as part of a public expression of gratitude.
J Rosenthal the little singer was returned home after a bird was found by a servant of Mrs Elizabeth Raine on West Seventh street. Several items mention teachers examination and about 115 teachers examined at the white public school. A variety of friendly notes about residents and visitors, including Archelaus Adolph arriving at the Hughes home and J Walter Adkisson leaving for Brewton Alabama. A note on census work and population in Columbia, and several minor incidents such as a damaged drainage issue, Miss Marissa Scribner losing two diamonds and the subsequent search and recovery.
An 1890s advertisement for pure recleaned seeds lists German Millet Hungarian Millet Sorghum and several seed corn varieties. It names Frierson Embry and local phone numbers plus a garbled note about community rumors and a Wednesday opera house event with unedited odd phrases.
Ensign Robert Abernathy, a recent Naval Academy graduate from An napolis, is visiting his cousin Mrs Frank Everett in Giles County before departing Monday to San Francisco then sailing July 10 for Manila to report to Rear Admiral Remy. He will proceed to Taku China for duty.
Delinquent taxpayers must appear on the first Monday in July at the Court House door in Columbia Maury County. The trustee Gaaxueuy Gaaxueuy will offer all real estate for the year 18P9. descriptions are available in the trustee’s office. If the sale is not completed on that day it will continue daily until finished.
Nine year old Tom Mediey, described as a negro, drowned Wednesday near Godwin in the Duck River back-waters. Peacon, who was playing in the water, fell in about 200 yards from shore, unable to swim, and sank before help arrived. the body was recovered shortly after the accident.
Reported notes mention Deiker Buggies and a new car load, with insistence that customers should be certain to have heat. The fragment references Rain Music and Itemmer Co. in unclear context, suggesting a trade or promotional item in a historical newspaper snippet.
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