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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1901
Page
3
Local notes list visitors from Franklin Columbia Godwin and Jefferson sections alongside Misses Foster Roan Davis and Webb with weekly greetings. Also mentions Rev Whitaker sermon in Lasting Hope and a note on Dr. Pierce's Favourite Prescription for female troubles with offer of a free medical adviser by mail.
March 11 report from Ewon Creek area notes quarterly meetings at Roberts Chapel next weekend and a Sunday 3 p.m. service at Godwin Chapel where Rev J W Hatcher plans to organize a League. Local updates include teaching at Athendale, aging and illness of residents, a return to Columbia, and a marriage at Godwin Chapel between Lee Seaton and Charley Chattin.
An advertisement touts a South American Nervine Mount lovalide remedy as a universal cure for weakness and indecision. It promises rapid relief, perfect reliability, and long lasting health benefits. Sold by A.B. Races in Crumpets Columbia Leon and apusty.
Snow Coxen and Marlie Willis visit Snow Creek friends. Charley Fields injures finger with a hatchet. Mrs J O Pigg and others host visitors from Union and Water Valley. Thurston Pigg guests, Tip Alderson ill. Apron party at Monrow Fields’ with many attendees. Emma Witzgorsid returns from Columbia. Maury Pigg ill. Lizzie Pigg cared for. letters from Lillie welcomed. Best wishes to all.
An advertisement claims Dr King s New Life Pills relieve headaches and nervous ailments by improving blood and nerves. Easy to take and inexpensive at 2 cents. Money back if not cured. Sold by W P Woldridge druggist.
A Philadelphia man recounts a near death experience with yellow skin and pain. After doctors gave up, Electric Bitters, used three weeks, restored his health and saved him from the grave. A drug store advertises the remedy.
A scattered rural item column reports family visits in multiple areas, a pencil factory plan, local illness, school teaching assignments, and community notices. It mentions Dor King’s New Discovery for coughs, local preacher Newt Derryberry, and various residents visiting kin in Columbia and Lewisburg. Colloquial phrases and partial names fill the fragment.
Special to the Herald reports a March 12 blaze in Mt Pleasant at 4 am that leveled George C. Collins general merchandise on Main Street. Loss estimated $12,000 to $15,000. incendiary theory gains weight after shirts found on the sidewalk. Collins carried $6,500 insurance with multiple companies. Nearby Groceries and Hardware shop H F Suttle & Son damaged by water. John Hildreth barber shop and Browslow & Son house slight damage.
Mt Pleasants items report Rev John King lecturing at Howard Institute on his South Africa mission. W K Crow arrives from Mexico where 18 engaged in business. Local visitors include Cecil Bally visiting his sister on South Main. Mrs Ramney to entertain Whist Club next Sunday. Young men pluck 100 suckers from Bigby Creek with snatch hooks. Myrant opens a new river shop and bathroom on Main Street. Irene Adkisson from Bigbyville visiting Miss Foster. Mrs Ritza Cooper dies at son-in-law’s home near Port. Cecil meets Wednesday for city election. Frank Ligons visiting relatives in Mexico. Mt Pleasant Milling Co runs day and night. ordinance changes to wholesale beer agents fee from 28 to 1. Mr Fueasant from Cincinnati at Mt Pleasants. O C Owen and Mrs Goo resear and kin visit Ward on Hay Long. Atlanta Constitution awarded second prize to Chroniclie Miss in first respect. The ad was sent to several papers, Chronicle placed second.
A local meeting in Mt Pleasant gathered to discuss methods to regulate or suppress liquor. Dr J J Laxgert and Prof James A Bustick spoke as Rev d W Vesey led the organizing committee which includes Jamon A boa, Vek os HH Gondloe, W J Cooper, B C Jackson and JK Anderson. A strong faction supports actions to improve the situation, with Bucklen's Arigen Salve praised for piles by P M Higging.
A wreck south of Centerville Tennessee at four pm injured five people when a passenger train struck two lumber cars pulled loose from a freight train. The fireman jumped to safety as the front of the passenger train and freight cars were demolished.
John Henry Anderson a young Black man was arrested Saturday in Mt. Pleasant by Officers Good for stealing a watch from Battie Phergon in Columbia. He is described as a youthful thief who was released recently due to age and was brought to Columbia for processing.
The Board of Education voted Saturday to separate sexes with boys at the Public School and girls at the Atheneum, except high school boys who stay with the Atheneum. The change began Monday amid 558 pupils and ballots showing 18 in favor and 74 against the plan. Teachers were assigned by grade and sex, and the board hopes to make the arrangement permanent, awaiting a secure Atheneum or alternative buildings.
Two gentlemen on a corner discuss Week of Prayer services as they part ways. One proclaims an awakening in his church while the other asserts his people never sleep. A joke about a diplomat named Jampuppe is noted with playful wordplay from the Ohio State Journal.
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