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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1909
Page
9
The piece advises graduates to select well dressed footwear as they will be noticeable at ceremonies. It stresses neat appearance for both young men and young women and suggests choosing shoes that complement formal outfits.
Promotional notes describe dressed shoes for young men in patent kid and colt skin, with button or lace options. Styles include handsome new lasts, military heels, and Oxford and tie dressy options in several choices.
Hon W T Galloway returns from Decatur to visit son Prof Galloway. A Hines from Rosedale Miss in city. Hatcher returns from French Lick. Oakes returns from Chattanooga. Irene O’Neal visits from Lawrenceburg. Elam to return from Birmingham. Lenice Howard hosts during Jones High commencement. returns home. Adkinses back from Louisville. Mary Brooks visits from Cross Bridges. Mrs Fariss visits Latta in Atlanta. J S Hutton to Chattanooga for Tennessee Bankers Assoc. gold badge to Ex Presidents. Ethel Barrow visiting Mt Pleasant. Phelan Dunn of Memphis visiting Columbia. Ruth Tulless visits aunt at Thompson Station. Small of Nashville with brother Smolinsky. Stephenson and Kannon in Nashville. Regens back from Mooresville. Frank Scott returns to Nashville. Smolinsky family visits Nashville. J T Peters returns from Nashville. Bessie Ballentine visits Mrs Minute Lou Butler. Burnett returns from Atlanta and Birmingham. Barr returns to Birmingham. Carpenter family and Mary Rebecca Carpenter with relatives at Franklin. Pillow and Willamsom leave for Auburn commencement. McCarty to Natchez for Irish potato crops. Katie May Granberry and Ned Granberry with Forgey. Scales visit Mt Pleasant. Scales re elected mayor of Oklahoma City. Bertha Casey in Mr Pleasant. E E Erwin returns from Murfreesboro. John Hardison visits Lewisburg. Ben Childress returns to Pulaski. Alice Smith visits daughter in Nashville. Renick and children arrive next week to see Meade Frierson. Burnetts arrive from Florence to visit Smith.
Numerous individuals visit or stay with relatives across cities including Nashville Decatur Florence Cross Bridges Pulaski and Lebanon. Attendees include Misses Padgett Waldron Harlan Dedman Standish Cady and Smith, with professionals like A W Akers and Dr W T Capers noted in town visits and legal proceedings.
Over the county news reports cabinet photos sold at $1.00 at Youngs and various visits. Dr and Mrs W C Dixon of Nand are visiting Mr Emily Diroo and family at Ashwood. Mire Prank Wheeler and children of Mr Pleasant visit Mrs Wheeler's mother in Loylerilie. John Pitsgerald arrested near Mt Pleasant for carrying a pistol and jailed in Columbia. Glendale Children’s Day exercises held at the Methodist church with songs and recitations. C F Perry near town on Mooresville Pike has a fine crop of Irish potatoes, some taken to town. George W Killebrew of MUL Pleasant travels to Cincinnati. Advertisements urge farmers to buy SAXS from CALLENDER & CO for wheat profits. Miss Louise Graham White of Franklin visiting Spring Hill. Rufus Jackson and Mrs of Mr Pleasant spend summer in Mexico. Mr and Mrs C H Bailey of Lewisburg visiting mother Mrs J C Johnson. Miss Earl Smythe of Bowling Green visits Miss Pearl Johnson of Williamsport. Miss Nannie Jackson of Mr Pleasant to travel to Colorado and western states in June. Mrs H S Frierson and Miss Camile Gordon of Zion visiting sister Mrs Hunter. Mr and Mrs Granberry Jackson of Mt Pleasant rent E Dan Smith’s residence in June. Mrs M H Nelson of Hopkinsville and Mrs Grant Green of Louisville arrive to visit Miss Camille Gordon at Cross Bridges.
Mrs Nannie Wilkes and Miss Molly Baird stay with Mrs Mary Watkins for summer. Luther Porter earns medal for best third grade pupil. correction added to school report. Oats command high prices. Callen Der & Co. notes market. Dr and Mrs Harris Gant stay with Mrs QO Owen. J A Edwards builds cottage on West Eighth. West Ninth street coated with broken stone by steam roller. Regen buys Hugene Pillow home on West Seventh. Shelby Coffee welcomed a fine boy. Hendley sells lot on Garden Street for 3000 to A N Akin. Maury Chapter UD le will meet Friday at 3 at Century Club for Decoration Day. Frederick Hardy rents second story of Brown home at High and Eighth. W P Woldridge moves to suburban home. Dr Harris Gant’s concrete house progresses on Mt Pleasant Pike. Horace Rainey nears completion of West Twelfth cottage. Old brick pavement in front of St Peters church torn up for new concrete. Maury county buyers attend Gardner Jersey cattle sale. buyers include J W McCall, R P Dodson, Alf Thomas, Whittaker & Son.
Mrs Annette Lorelle Scotten 45 died after months of illness at her North Garden Street home. Funeral at Christian Church with Rev W T Boaz officiating, interment Rose Hill. Survivors include three children Lorette Virginia James plus two stepchildren Mrs Noble Blair of Columbia and Mrs Edward Cheat ham of Kentucky. Scotten formerly of Norfolk Virginia.
Vanderbilt clergyman Rev Collins Denny preached two sermons at First Presbyterian Church to large congregations. The morning message centered on Atonement with an emphasis on religious doctrine and salvation.
The Columbia Public School graduation was held last night at the Opera House due to crowding at Athenaeum Hall. The program included an invocation, choruses, readings by honor pupils, declamations, class history and prophecies, and the awarding of diplomas. A Jones philosophy column and remarks by Rev. T. H. Athey followed, with the class roster listed.
The article notes ripe cherries and a rush at the canning factory next week. Orchards are heavy with high quality fruit but suffer bird damage, with growers employing boys to scare them away and one boy reportedly killed ninety with fifteen shots, earning money and hay.
Rev A E Clement Hospital Commissioner overseeing the fund raising at the district conference at Thowsons Station secured pledges totaling 600 dollars to aid the new Methodist hospital in Nashville.
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