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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1900
Page
8
A local dealer advertises factory direct bargains as goods move fast. Solid oak and hardwood beds priced at 150 to 2.50 each, extension tables four and five dollars, large porch rockers two dollars, slat cane chairs four per set, cotton top mattresses from 150 each, upholstered and canvas cases, wire cots, baby carriages, and more. The sale invites customers to take the elevator to the second floor to inspect and buy.
Local dealer advertises a carload of Mason fruit jars jelly glasses extra lids and rubbers. Sells for cash with the lowest prices in town.
Closing exercises featured instrumental solos choruses and recitations by grades at McDowell School. County Superintendent P W Dodson distributed diplomas to a graduating class and opHobade certificates to others. Directors re elected the same teaching staff for next term with Latta Burns in attendance.
Special to the Heald Wasnixon May 18 reports Hon Rice Pierce honored on his return to Washington. The fragment mentions some ribbon or honors and a greeting at the Capitol, but full details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
A j Man son writes to Gen M Renevers at Fayette county convention declining a move. The letter, dated May 18, outlines positions and responses to a proposed action. The fragment notes political maneuvering and stakeholder reactions within the local party.
The Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias adjourned its Nashville session with a unanimous vote to form a special committee to design a Silver Anniversary Medal for Past Grand Chancellor R. Co. White, honoring twenty five years of active membership and attendance at annual conventions. Relief claims for New Great South American Kidney Cure are advertised with claims of six hour relief for kidney and bladder disease, sold by A. B. Rains in Columbia Tennessee.
A cyclone near Hart's Mill twelve miles northeast of Mizan Carlisle yesterday afternoon killed a boy named Adams. A man was carried about a hundred yards, another man and his wife were blown into a slough from their buggy. Buggies and vehicles wrecked, trees torn, and widespread damage reported as crews assess the scene.
A wife testifies that with her first three pregnancies she endured hours of pain under chloroform. She used three bottles of Mothers Friend before her last birth, yielding a large healthy boy who she says could do housework two hours before birth and experienced only mild pains. She hails the remedy as the grandest ever made.
An advertisement claims Mother's Friend benefits every woman by relaxing muscles, reducing morning sickness and nervousness, preparing organs for labor, shortening delivery, and speeding recovery. It asserts safer outcomes and cites a single dollar price with a free booklet from the Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta.
Special to the Herald reports a fire at Thomas Brady’s home ten miles from Nashville killed his four children aged four to thirteen. Brady and wife had been at church and returned to find the room obstructed by flames. He attempted to reach them but the roof collapsed, resulting in the children’s deaths.
A brief exchange from a Brooklyn Life item about a prospective Arctic expedition commander and a nervous applicant who boasts a brazen nerve, followed by a quip about a dog’s late night howl blamed on indigestion.
Druggists offer PAZO OINTMENT with a money back guarantee for pile relief no matter how long standing. It promises cure in six days with instant ease, and no payment required if not satisfied. Available through every druggist in Columbia Tennessee.
Manila May 22 five hundred insurgents half armed with rifles ambushed scouts of the 40th volunteer infantry near Aguasan Mindanao Americans routed the natives with two killed and three wounded reported. Cautionary health ad following.
News from May 20 reports joyous London celebrations after alleged relief of Mafeking. Crowds wave flags, traffic halts, and a rosette culture spreads as Lady Georgiana Curzon telegraphs congratulations to Col Baden-Powell and Lady Sarah Wilson. Funds for Mafeking reach £7000 amid official ambiguity.
Mrs Spanker seeks a calm street with a ten room house to accommodate nine children and a doghouse. Agent confirms a vacancy on a quiet street with no dogs or nuisances, promising just the right space.
A collage of brief vignettes and quips from old newspapers includes a sentimental scene with a young man and Misa Cayenne, a bored pianist and mother exchange, a sensational claim about a rheumatism cure named Mystic Cure, a police brief about shoes at a wedding, a bearded lady’s self reflection, and a boastful man and Miss Dayeame in a light exchange.
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