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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1900
Page
8
One of the finest two horse corn planters sold with adjustable steel wheels and force feed. Includes checkrower and drill option, clod fenders, cover shovels, and a strong, simple design. Wright's planters claim statewide patent rights in Tennessee and warn authorized agents only.
Mt Pleasant March 3 report notes a new electric light plant to start March 25 and the town being strung with wires, a planned ice company, new street crossings, and a free lecture on Mormonism at the Methodist Church. It lists lodge visitors, Gibson pictures at the Opera House, stock purchases for A Cobl, and various residents traveling or opening shops. A Pittsburgh drug story and local advertising conclude the item.
A fragmentary verse item laments a vanished child through lists of found items in a coat pocket. The narrator catalogues trinkets and tools from a dead youngster, reflecting on memory, loss, and the empty garment that once held life’s small treasures.
Real estate transfers include Fannie Jones to Emma P Wilkes for a lot in Lith district, J M L Hitts to Albert Molt, Jessie Howell to W T Clark for 6L acres in Lith district, C J Chote and wife to W L Dudlay for land in Maury County, A P Smith and wife to Killebrew Hill Co for tothk ith district, E Greenlaw to Mra N R Greenlaw for 81 acres, R E K Perkinson to PLL Lanier for 21 to 57 100 acres in 12th district, O Fulton and wife to A L Porter for a lot in Qedward, H Williams for 0 50 100 acres in 20th district.
Fragmentary notes indicate Williamson phosphate market activity with a price around 400 near units for 84 thousand. The text mentions Hastings and telegraph or telephone references and an 443 sequence, but key details are unreadable.
Special to the Herald from Nashville Tennessee on March 2 reports Chancellor Cook ruled the office of Live Stock Commissioner was not legally created and neither candidate is entitled to the salary. Sam Warren of Maury County was among the contestants.
Mr. John S. Miller of Hardison's Mill neighborhood was badly hurt Monday when a frightened horse attached to a minstrel band ran away on North Main Street. The animal struck another vehicle, throwing Miller and leaving him cut and bruised. He was treated at White Bros. store.
The arrival of the first baby brings happiness and pride to a family, but the mother-to-be fears the pain of childbirth. The article promotes Mother’s Friend as a remedy to ease labor, claiming it makes delivery safer and less painful. It encourages reading the Little book Before Baby is Born and requesting it free from The Bradford Regulator Co.
Mina Caro Gordon Leigh, known in Columbia circles as Caro Gordon Leigh, is achieving success in New York reviews. She stars in Aunt Hanna with Brady Grisiner, book by Matthew I. Royal, music by A B Sloan. The New York Press lauds her soprano voice and stage presence, noting warm reception and multiple encores after her prior role in Way Down East.
A fragmented reader’s page compiles a mix of verses and anecdotes. It references Henry Longfellow style lines, a Kensington clock prank, and a brief local note about a child’s morphine capsule incident in Diana. The items resemble a collage of quotes, poetry, and small-town notices.
Fire company rushed to a reported explosion Friday morning at the White Star Launcher on South Garden Street. No damage occurred to the gasoline tank, and no injuries were reported as responders secured the scene.
The text presents garbled lines about mortality and ride in a hearse, with unclear phrases and disrupted words. It reads like a damaged poem or lyric fragment with references to a dead hand and hungry hearts, lacking coherent context or attribution.
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