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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1900
Page
6
Fragmentary verse prose contrasts Mrs Lofty’s wealth with the speaker’s devotion. A carriage keeper, a laughing baby, and a coachman frame a tale of love versus material riches. The speaker imagines life’s sands, starlight, purple twilight, and a single true heart beside them versus jewels and social station.
A miscellany of old advice on married life and etiquette. The piece offers satirical guidance on respecting a husband at breakfast and avoiding busybody talk at table, followed by fashion notes on new skirts, veils, collars, and spring dress trends with mentions of specific fabrics, trims, and styles. It also includes poems and quotes reflecting contemporary gender norms and social ritual.
Paderewski states in Harper's Bazar that every child should be taught the piano. He argues that general culture requires familiarity with all forms of culture and that music, as the best instrument to reveal musical variety, should be studied by all civilized people.
John Oliver of Philadelphia recounts a near death experience from severe illness. After doctors gave up, he used Electric Bitters for three weeks, improving dramatically and claiming the cure saved his life. Offered at Woldridge and Irvine’s drug store in June.
A speaker recalls a failed romance, returning to a vivid memory of a beloved in green fields. The scene shifts from hopeful reunion to desolation as the lover confronts absence. The poem meditates on beauty, longing, and the quest for a purer, elevated spirit.
An officer rushes to a West Seventh Street store after a call about a disturbance. The merchant points to a pig strolling the street and declares it a hog law violation, revealing a comic misinterpretation and a bungled arrest.
A vivid railroad station scene follows an elderly man who treats passengers with warmth. He assists a deafly aloof lady, shares stories with two young children, teaches a game, helps a mother and baby, and buys peanuts while awaiting a Boston-bound train. An observer notes a rare bright moment of genuine kindness.
A Forward story follows a bright eyed barefoot boy in a crowded car selling papers with skill. A conductor mocks him about Fourteenth Street while a white haired man probes the boy on work and earnings. The boy defends sharing his gains to help a younger brother Jimmy. The conductor calls out as the train heads to the dusk. The elderly man notes the boy’s impromptu sermon.
An option agreement was filed in the Register's office for AE Hill property along the Witin-purt Pike, several miles from Ceambla in Herman County. The considered entrent is $30 000 for the tract containing 23 sorts.
A fragmentary poem by John Trotand contemplates longing for absent friends and the enduring reach of the living touch. It contrasts the vanished hand with those nearby, asking whether present duties and daily acts suffice to honor memory and support loved ones.
A compact verse reflecting on how tone and timing shape advice. Charles Swain emphasizes kindness, noting words spoken with care soothe pride, heal hurt, and prevent needless offense through thoughtful communication. The meditation contrasts thoughtlessness with genuine feeling.
A called meeting of the Columbia Cotton Mill Co. directors last Friday elected HM O Fulton to the board, replacing A B Rains who sold his stock and is no longer eligible to serve.
A reader confronts a county clerk over a marriage record. The woman cites a license for Jack Peters two years prior and asserts he has married Miss Eliza Waits. The clerk confirms the file and learns Peters has apparently escaped.
Comptroller Theo F. King emails a guidance that tax assessors are eligible for re election. The 1897 assessment law prohibited self succession but was repealed by the 1890 assessment law, restoring eligibility for two consecutive terms. The correspondence from Sam R. Watkins Ashwood TNX is cited.
Negotiations are under way to build an electric car line from Franxoix to Nashville via the Nashville turnpike. Options are secured on all but 83,300 of the 5,000 stock of the company. A petition for the right of way through Franklin streets will be given to the Board of Aldermen next Tuesday night.
State and county tax collections in the Proster's office for February totaled about $26,000. A pro rata distribution of school funds from November 1 to March 1 set a per capita of about $1 for school children. This involved over $1500 with between 15,000 and 10,000 children in the county.
Reports indicate several phosphate opien lands along Leatherwood creek near the Hickman county line were taken in recent days. Hon J N Tillman, in one party, is connected to the deals. J Charter told Daniel & Dudley Tlacres of phosphate sand shipments to the area for 2014 dollars.
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