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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1901
Page
2
Capt Jennings and others are mentioned in Franklin visits. notices list sales, visits, and social events across towns like Columbia, Mt. Pleasant, and Glendale including house parties, marriages, and a circus exhibition. Public meetings, sales of goods, and roadside ads fill the scattered local items with brief personal notes and upcoming events.
Golden wedding anniversary observed at the Neely home on South Garden Street with a family dinner and greetings. Mr Neely, 71, and Mrs Neely, who will also be 71, have seven children and multiple grandchildren, and were married near Williamsport on Sept 2 IN. The day featured a group photo, numerous visitors, and warm congratulations from friends and relatives.
Dr Guerrant delivered a strong Wednesday night sermon on The Need of Salvation at the First Presbyterian Church. He preached faith in Christ as the sole path to salvation, contrasted faith with reform, and urged immediate personal belief. A Civil War battlefield tale moved the audience as a penitence call followed with a conversion.
The mill will resume operations at an early date after the machinists' strike. The engine has arrived weeks ago and is now in place. W. P. Pender and family, returning from Bigbyville visits, left Wednesday for Sneed, Florida. Miss Mary Emma Perry accompanies them for a several week stay in Florida.
Poe iaies prayer meeting today will be a fasting and prayer service from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. All women and young ladies of every denomination are invited to attend. If unable to attend at a specific time, attend at any hour. Also announced is buyback of corn, wheat and oats delivered at any railroad station in Columbia.
In a busy display of staples and discounts, a local shop advertises school slates and tablets at low prices, along with pencils, pens, ink, paper, crayons, and general stationery. It also promotes second hand books, ladies undergarments, hat and garment sales, and assorted household items at reduced rates.
Miss Rose Wells a well known stenographer in Memphis Tenn died last night from the effects of laudanum taken with suicidal intent. She had announced her approaching marriage to Frank P Ponton a Memphis lawyer who declined to confirm the engagement when asked. She left letters saying publicity and gossip caused her desire to kill herself.
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