Community Gossip From Our Correspondent William
Our correspondent Mr Berm gathers weekly happenings from Lipscomb and surrounding areas. Neighbors Mr d W Ham and wife visit Mr M Gray’s family, Miss Izora Goodman plans a Lewis county visit, and several families relocate to Turkey Creek and the B F McBride place as travel and visits continue among local residents.
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Berm
D. W. Ham
Lipscomb
M. Gray
Tennie Joyce
Mina Mattia Pipi
R. C. Fahen
Kila Pickard
Pearl Fite
Mr Cora
Carrie Gibson
M. G. Pickard
Dave Miller
Cedar Vale
Kan
Pan
Spence Alderson
Turkey Creek
Alan
Pearl Mayberry
Centreville
Hohenwald
W. M. Laud
Indiana
Izora Goodman
Lewis County
Mya
Women Who Wear Watt and the Change of Life
A period piece on how marriage alters women’s looks and temperament, citing ignorance and neglect as causes. It extols Dr. Pierce’s Prescription as a remedy for health, strength, and renewed vitality, claiming many women have found happiness through its use.
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Vaniah
Harvest Time Notes From Bexosal County Ledger
Bex notes corn gathering and wheat sowing with parable reference. Updates on local residents: Mr Will White improving slowly, Mr J C Hicks out after minor illness. Mamie Hill misses school due to eye issue. J L W Hoffman in town event, teacher Miss Tera Talor at Williamsport. Mr and Mrs Jim James visit. closing with best wishes to dear old Herald.
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Bex
Will White
J. ¢. Hicks
Mamie Hill
L. W. Hoffman
Tera Talor
Williamsport
Jim James
Will
Rivens
Relief in Six Hours With Kidney Cure Claims
Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hours by New Great South American Kidney Cure. It proves prompt in relieving pain in bladder kidneys and back for both men and women. Promises immediate relief of water retention. Sold by A. B. Rarma, Druggist, apially Columbia Tennessee.
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A. B. Rarna
Drowgist
Apialy
Columbia, Tenn
Uncalled For Letters and Advertised Mail Items
The column lists 119 letters remaining in office for the week ending Oct 16 and names recipients such as Rich Norris Ford E R Ray Russell G B Ruthedge M J Miller Lillie Thompson McDonald Vaughan McKinney Eli Wortham and C. Parties are asked to say advertised. Also an advertisement for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claims to cure a cold in one day with no cure no pay for 4 cents.
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Rich Norris
M. Ford
E. R. Ray
Russell
G B. Ruthedge
M. Joby
0. Strong
M. J. Miller
Lillie Thompson
Rbe McDonald
John Vaughan
Sam McKinney
Eli. Wortham
HF. Fantas
P.M
Ink blot seals verdict in farm deed dispute
In Judge Ball’s court a decision favored the possessor of the McCaffery farm at 70th Street and Western Avenue after handwriting experts testified the deed’s body was altered after a blot made when the original deed was drawn. The Illinois Trust and Savings Bank challenged the deed’s validity though the signature was genuine. Judgment for the in possession party.
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Jey
Chicago
Philadelphia Record
King's New Discovery Cures Severe Lung Ailments
A patient recounts life saved after typhoid and pneumonia nearly killed him. He credits King's New Discovery with rapid relief and full recovery, noting a trial bottle and a guaranteed product available at W. P. Woldridge's drug store.
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Tf King
W. Pb, Woldridge’s
Ammoda tion of Confederate Veterans meets at Mc Minnville
Nassaville Tennessee Captain K D Smith reports at the annual gathering that Tennessee has 66 pensioners with hundreds of pending claims. home residents average age 60 and cost per capita 00 is insufficient. Resolution calls for 50000 additional pension funds and 100 per capita for home maintenance. Officers elected include Capt R D Smith Columbia President and Rev J H McNeilly Nashville Chaplain. Convention adjourns to meet in Lewisburg October 1901.
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Nassaville
Tenn
McMinnville
Board of Pension Exambiners
Buldlers
Rd.smith
Columbia
Pres
W.G Loyd
Lewisburg
Hoa. H. N. Norman
Murfreesvoro
John P. Hickman
Nashville
J. H. McNeilly
RL. Philips
No Right to Ugliness Health Advice Ad Featured
An advertisement promises beauty through health, claiming weak digestion and kidney trouble cause pimples and a poor complexion. It touts Kiee Bitters as the best medicine to regulate stomach, liver, and kidneys and to purify the blood, with claims of stronger nerves and a velvety skin. Available at a local drug store.
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Rookinas
Conta
Wold Dgo
Appreciated Well Wisher Letter to Lander in 1900
D. C. Wasutsotoy writes to F. D. Lander in Columbia Tennessee praising the Datty Henaup for its first year. He notes it has strengthened the city’s daily paper standing and thanks the editor and team for providing news and prosperity. He asks to relay regards to Brace and the staff and asks for updates on Josh’s possum hunts.
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Wasutsotoy
D. C
F. D. Lander
Columbia
Tenn
Mr. Lander
Datty Henaup
Maury County
Josh
Quick and Convenient Schedules East via Southern Railway
Passengers from Muddie and West Tennessee points are offered doubled daily service to eastern cities. The Nashville timetable includes a 9:30 p.m. departure reaching Washington by 6:42 a.m. and stops in Baltimore Philadelphia and New York with Pullman and dining car services. A second Nashville train at 5:30 p.m. connects via Chattanooga and Salisbury to New York, offering Pullman sleeping cars and day coaches.
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Muddie
West Tennessee
Southern Railway
Nashville
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Chattanooga
Asheville
North Carolina
Salisbury
Chattin
Pullman
Salsbury
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Public $100 Reward
The ad proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only known remedy for constitutional catarrh, claiming it cleanses blood and mucous surfaces and offers $100 for any failure to cure. It cites CHESEY & CO Toledo, and FED EY & CO as sellers, with Hall's Family Pills endorsed as best.
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Hall
Ueas
Ballidine
Wetarean En Chesey & CO
Toledogorian
Fed EY & CO
Ballot Box Stuffing Claims Highlight Tennessee Feud
The Knoxville Sentinel cites a Republican clash over fraud charges in Tennessee. It references a telegram from HL Clay Evans during the Brownlow convention and urges recalling 1897 election safeguards to compare past and present practices.
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Republican Party
Tennessee
HL Clay Evans
Brownlow Convention
Jeoney
H Clay
Knoxville Sentinel
Two Professors Celebrate Twenty Fifth Jubilee
Two professors from the University of Laipsie Heinze and Wendt marked their twenty fifth jubilee as educators and declined formal ceremonies and congratulations. Aluminum production in the United States last year reached 5,200,000 pounds valued at £350,000, about one tenth of the level ten years prior.
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University of Laipsie
Heinze
Wendt
United States
Ladies' Fine Shoes Offer Great Range in Columbia
Ladies' Fine Shoes presents a wide selection in street boots walking shoes dress shoes and full dress patent leather with kid cloth and military heel options. Edwin Clapp men’s shoes at $5 and $6 highlight the largest best line in Columbia along with a $3.50 and $2.50 value lineup.
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Columbia
Edwin Clapp Fine
Calve Spends Summer at Carriere Chateau In Charitable Glow
Prima donna Calve summers at her country château near Aveyron with family. Readers learn of her wealth and fame but focus on her private life as a benefactor to villagers, her love of children, and preferred roles. Cats, perfume, flowers, and autumn mark her seasonal moods.
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Calve
Carriere
Aveyron
Sileceas
Hew
Verbena
Ophelia
Rivers Enter Sea Beneath Surface In Ocean Studies
Studies show large rivers can flow into the sea beneath the surface near coastlines, revealing submerged outlets that feed ocean waters and influence seabed dynamics and coastal ecosystems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continents
Grain and Livestock Prices Across Markets Reported
Grain prices for Wheat and Corn contracts show November December. Livestock totals list cattle steers cows and butchers stockers with varied prices. Regional markets note exports and fluctuations in meat and dairy components amid broader commodity activity.
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Sutces
Iss
Texas
Detton Ad Notices Contain Fragmentary Data
Fragmentary OCR text notes apply to public notices in Detton with illegible percentages and measles references. The readable portions mention a health or vaccination context and a 5 percent figure, but key names, dates, and actions are missing.
Albatross Aboard: A Sailor’s Quiet Marvel Across the Sea
A narrator recalls watching a vast albatross circle the ship with wings spread yet motionless in calm and gale. The bird’s effortless gliding over the horizon evokes Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner while its constant vigil beside the vessel inspires a sense of rest and mystery on long voyages.
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Minot Coleridge
Grea
Cornhill
Coleridge
History of the dollar and its global reach through the centuries
The article traces the dollar’s origins from 1785 resolutions establishing it as the U.S. unit of money and its weight standards, noting mint establishment in 1792, irregular early coinage, and later regular coinage from 1794. It links the term to the Spanish milled dollar and the German thaler, explains linguistic shifts to esterling and sterling, and mentions Shakespeare’s usage and Hanseatic trade. It also notes Bohemian roots in Foachmisthal and Charles V’s era.
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Congress
United States
Alexander Hamilton
Steel Yard
London
Baltic
Russia
Charles V
Germany
Spain
Spanish America
Golten
Chicago Street Improvements Contract Summary
Chicago issues a second setting of street improvement contracts totaling 1500 worth with work estimated to cost. When set there will be 10000 worth of work contracted. In 1999 the cost of work done was 1470000. The streets under contract aggregate seventy eight alleys.
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Chicago
Pastoral Tries Lake Kivu and Local People Structures
The piece describes Lake Kivu about 150 miles west of Victoria Nyanza with deep waters and abundant wildlife including otters and a crane species. It notes the Wakuanda people and their social split the Watsul aristocrats, linking them to Gallas ancestry and cattle devotion. It also recounts Lyonnais silk industry origins, Louis XI sponsorship, and price history, plus King Oscar of Sweden’s musical flair and love of glee singing.
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Lake
Kivu
Victoria
Nyanza
Cleyt
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Saatier
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Caverax
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Ridley
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J.D. Barrow
John W, Cecil
Rev
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John
Greenlaw
D. F. Watkin
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P. Street
W. Fetrreer
Dryanny L. Hutton
Farmers’ & Merchants’ Bank
J. P. Brownlow
R. Gracy
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John W. Fry
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F. Brownlow
J. F. Brownlow, Onshler
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Hancock Plow
Rotary Dutchman
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France
Lyons
Frece
Italy
Levant
Louis XI
Oscar
Sweden
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