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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1900
Page
2
The store clears remaining summer stock with prices cut to make room for fall goods. A New York shipment brings laces and embroideries and fall wear arrives. Boys clothes and footwear offered at deep discounts as items sell out fast.
Sale of Summer Corsets and yard wide domestic goods advertised with discounts. R and G and J B and Kabo Corsets priced at 75 cents from 1.09. 50 cent Corsets at 35 cents. Yard-wide Bleached Domestic 10 cent brands. Next Saturday and Monday 7 cents per yard. One yard wide heavy Brown Domestic 5 cents, valued at 6 cents.
Three good carpet items for the first week in autumn tempt lockers in Tap Brussels shows 65 cents later 59 cents for some all wool grain patterns and 25 cents for cotton chain carpets. Also invite customers to view men’s fine clothing and fall suit offerings.
A fragmented page itemizes church meetings and revivals across Tennessee and nearby towns, with notices from Maury Dry Goods Co seeking two traveling salesmen, plus church services at Foster's Chapel Williamsport Dark Station and First Presbyterian Nashville. It lists revival meetings, pastors, dates, and locations including Goshen Santa Fe Bethel Church and Beersheba Springs.
A report notes Donna Erwin of the 7th civil district being considered for deputy sheriff duties. The sheriff may appoint additional deputies, with Kevin already well known in the community.
Looming obituaries from Lysxvoe and McCains report Leon Lancaster and Miss Ella Brown among the deceased. Funeral rites conducted at Riverside and Zion church with interment at Ross Hill Cemetery. Other notices include Mrs. Harmon dying in West End, Dan Wilsford in Cincinnati, and Lysymore Pettus buried at Lynnwood Cemetery after malarial fever.
Your orders for groceries will receive prompt attention at our store. We keep a new fresh stock and charge reasonable prices. When you need hay, scorn, bran, field seed, turnip seed or sweet country hams.
Mrs. Bernard and family of Washing ton are visiting in the city. Donald Batts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Me J. M. Sheppard, died Friday evening at 6 o clock. The funeral was held Saturday at 4 o'clock from the residence, with interment in Rose Hill cemetery. Brice Kittrell, about forty, died Monday afternoon at his home in Isom neighborhood. The remains were buried Tuesday in Alexander graveyard Carter's Creek vicinity. A Democratic Club meeting was held with Walter Bailey presiding as president, Jas Estes as candidate, and J. E xecutive Committee. Also mentioned: Grain drills and feed equipment by J. P. Simer & Co.
County news lists many names and places including Poney pictures at Young's and Mrs Fleming opening a Zion school. References to whooping cough prevalence, Elmwood schoolhouse ice cream supper, and various dealers J P Stexer Co and Roberts Machine and Implement Co. Local visits from W H Timmons and Arthur, Miss Virginia Tomlinson heading to Sharman Nexus to teach, and church workers hosting Rockside supper to fund the Mt Olivet church. Oz osteopathy doctors Ammerman to relocate to Columbia with training in Kirksville.
Murphy's Masquerade a Irish farce features a bevy of pretty girls and a host of fanny comedians with music numbers and specialty acts. Racket and Hingzard a musical team present A musical Trip Around the World with a variety of instruments. Other performers join the company for the show to be staged at the Opera House tomorrow night.
Fielden Bros. offers framing services for any picture size from miniature to life size. All work is finished to the best of style and skill.
RACKET offers a new line of heavy Canvas Tele scopes in various sizes with prices. Dress Buit Cases range 126 to 150 dollars. Full sized Square Moquito Bars at 1.25. Men's Canvas Leather bottom Shoes reduced to 1.00 to 1.15. Balbriggan Undershirts 20 to 40c, Nalaook sets, Filet undershirts 2.50 to 3.00 each. Night robes 40 to 75c. Shirts 50c and 0.75 to 1.50. Pulley Belt Rings 1 and 1.60. Campaign Buttons 5 to 10 and 80 cents. Ping and Browelies 6 and 100. Beauty Ping 1 to 0 each. Talcum powder 10c. Mennen powder 19c. Medicated Toilet Paper 4 and 8 to 5? a pack. Wall-paper samples at 5 to 20 cents per roll. Croquet Balls 74 to 99c. School opens soon with slater, tablets, pencils, pens, crayons, bags.
An advertisement in the Daily Herald attractively solicits a white woman to live with a family for housework, with a Nashville telephone response showing the ad’s reach beyond Columbia. The piece highlights ad trust as a quick public notice method and notes several real estate transfers in Mt. Pleasant and surrounding districts, detailing buyer and parcel specifics.
A bay horse about six years old with long mane and tall frame was taken up by John McMurrey in Maury County. The animal is described as a bay gelding valued at twenty dollars and listed under ranger records.
We are authorized to announce Hon. Frank Boyd of Waynesboro as a candidate for Congress from this district subject to Democratic party action in convention or primary. We are authorized to announce Hon. Demere as a candidate for Congress from the Seventh District subject to Democratic party action of the district.
The colored Public School enrollment opening Monday shows 26 852 pupils, the smallest in six years. Teachers seek 500 pupils, with staff led by Principal J. A. Kenx and teachers Armstrong, White, Johnson, and Dew. Rev R H Johnson attended and Gospel extercises noted amid Chicago trip jokes.
Exoxville dispatch reports Captain W. P. Chambers refused the Republican nomination for Railroad Commissioner after being named by the party. He declined the post citing reasons not stated in the brief item.
At the Lynnville Bank and Trust Company semiannual meeting all current officers were re elected. John W. Fry remains President J W Gracey Vice President KE O Tate Cashier and E N Gracey Bookkeeper. A four percent dividend was declared. Hudson & Co of New Orleans exhibited ninety head of mules on the square Monday. A Mr of Atlanta and John Brown of Indians arranged a wagon load of wares there.
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