Ladies Oxford Ties in Various Styles for $1.50
An ad copy notes ladies oxford shoes priced at $1.50 featuring a comfortable fit that pinches nowhere. The identical item is described as a thin lot offered at 61.50 in various styles to choose from.
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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1900
Page
5
An ad copy notes ladies oxford shoes priced at $1.50 featuring a comfortable fit that pinches nowhere. The identical item is described as a thin lot offered at 61.50 in various styles to choose from.
Watkins, Harlan & Evans advertise fashionable strap slippers for women with prices from 100 to 300 dollars. They promise a money back guarantee if customers are not pleased and urge word of mouth if satisfied.
A string of notes reports C Farnsworth Ashby Wilkins Lillie Roberts Helen Rockwell Lillian McGavock Ada Vaughn Nora Milliken and others visiting in the city or returning home from travels. Names include Woldridge McGaw Starnes Collier Seaver Vaught Dale Brooks Nichols and several families from Huntsville Memphis Paris and Nashville. Also mentions attendance at school Flower Parade and Circuit Court attendance by Attorney General Frank Bayes.
A listing of social movements includes A B James traveling to Greenboro North Carolina for a brother's marriage in Florence Alabama and Miss Emma D and Helen Smith heading to Louisville Kentucky to visit after a Confederate Reunion. A C Floyd arrived from St Louis and will move on to the race, taking a new editor position on the Mississippi Valley Democrat and Journal of Agriculture.
The Shelbyville Gazette reports the wedding of Joseph Lawson Hutton of Columbia and Miss Pierre Coleman of Shelbyville at the Presbyterian Church, officiated by Rev. Ro. Anderson. The ceremony featured Mendelssohn, no attendants, and a large local and visiting guest list. newlyweds depart for Nashville and Niagara. The piece extols Miss Coleman as a beloved bride from a prominent family and notes social announcements from Nashville.
A patent medicine claim describes a scientific blood purifier. It asserts effectiveness for impure blood, liver and kidney issues, and lists pricing of $1.00 per bottle or six for $5.00, sold by a local merchant.
Rains presents parlor and bedroom suites wardrobes center tables and rockers at Satterfield and Dodson with a full display and sale appeal for home furnishing needs.
MARRIAGE LICENSES J J Jones to Miss M Bettie Akin J J Dagger to Miss Beulah R Wil Furniture We have added to our furniture de Peces the newest styles and the goods in that line that money will buy We invite you to come to see our Goal stock Sarrkckyship Donson DISSOLUTION NOTICE Notice is hereby given that we have sold our interests in the Columbia Cooperage Go to John Mir who will continue the base Ines We will be responsible for all debts of said company and collect wil accounts Huesome We commend Mr Mir to the favorable consideration of our former patrons G A chamberger MB Wile S E Callender
Around Town notes residents with chills and improved health, including Mrs Annie Henton venturing out. Local rentals include a four room cottage at West End for per month. The new fire engine axe arrived and engine repair underway. Furniture wagon repainted by Meesie Satterfield Dodson. Jewelry and china displays at James Bros. Mr Hine improving and riding again. J H Sherrill relocated family to West Seventh cottage. Wedding and display ads cover cut glass and onyx tables. Banner class outing at Clapton place. K P Lodge to meet May 25 for business. Buck’s Ocean Store sign noted as biggest in city with J C Skinner credited. Grand Master McClister attended Columbia Lodge event.
Mt Pleasant election for three aldermen terms ended with a decisive victory for incumbents Williams Coleman and Goodloe by a large majority. Voters chose successors as the old candidates won amid strong returns. The report notes a notable turnout and broad support across the town.
The Columbia Mercantile Storage Co invites mill men to sell corn and store up to 50,000 bushels of wheat this year. They guarantee prices, issue collateral receipts, and request contact via the depot vicinity and Bell phone numbers.
All of our stock priced at one dollar and one twenty six cents is being closed out at cost due to excess inventory this season. This opportunity lets you buy silks cheaply to meet fall needs, as stock is reduced to clear.
A brief notice notes special offers and promotions this week, inviting customers to take advantage of remarkable incentives. Details are limited in the readable text, with emphasis on value and urgency for shoppers.
A playful item notes how parasols fans and ribbons color an event space with textiles. It hints at decorative fashion trends and household accents shaping a festive scene during a social gathering.
Obituaries note Rev M L Galloway of Cumberland Presbyterian church dies at 46 near Glendale after illness. Funeral at Pleasant Mt. Church, burial in family plot. Also mourns Mrs J B Kerr, Mrs Nancy Ollison, Mrs A G Hill mother-in-law of Mrs Erwin, with services and interments described.
For sale a Deering binder used two seasons and well cared for. The item is advertised to be in good working order and suitable for regular farm tasks.
A. J. Shelley indicted today on charges of false pretenses and larceny. He allegedly sent in a batch of fraudulent life insurance applications and received payments.
H. PF. Alexander reports a load of live stock sold to Alexander and Subscribe for the Herald.
An old advertisement from Barr & Oakes promotes a versatile stock and fair pricing for all customers. It emphasizes prompt telephone responses at No. 120 and presents a motto of fair treatment and careful service during times of illness or death.
Social life in Mt Pleasant features a Friday storm party at Mr and Mrs John L Jones home with Miss Hattie Jones’s McDowell school graduation. Columbia guests Miss Aileen Moore W B Wooten and others visit Miss Mary Dale Craig. An Old Maid’s Convention at the Opera House benefits an Episcopal church fund. Margaret Mitchell hosts a Bear Patch picnic for her fifth birthday. A ball greets visiting young ladies at Bethel House during the Flower Parade. Cross Bridges hosts a Friday reception by Mrs Hinton Frierson.
Commencement exercises at the Colombia Institute are set for Wednesday at 11 o'clock in the chapel. Graduates include Louise Woldidge Columba Freda Fai Albany Marie Hall Montonkirinois Brewster Louis villutis Hidde. Special diplomas to Minnie Payne Eloise Davis of Columbia and Nellie Van Hoozer of Arkansas. An oral concert occurs Monday evening in the study hall. Rev. Dr. Manning of Nashville will address the graduates.
Plant Seed That Grow. Buy nothing but pure seed. We handle pure recleaned seed including 1800 crop German Millet seed 1899 crop Hungarian Millet seed 1899 crop Sorzhaum seed 1890 crop Large White Seed Corn 1800 crop White Wabawh Seed Corn 180 crop Yellow Warbash Seed Corn Garden Seed and groceries that make them move Frierson Embry Bell Phone 107 Citizens Phone 107.
At the bumpees on the north the League of the FIRE Methodiee church organized steps Tuesday night to secure a trip to Paris for their pastor Rev. A P McPerrin. The trip can be funded through church efforts and community support.
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