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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1900
Page
2
The Maury Dry Goods Co announces the end of summer stock with fall and winter items arriving. Men s furnishings feature bargains on balbriggans and soft bosom shirts, white handkerchiefs and discounted fabrics. Prices quoted include 25 cents yard matting and 50 cents per yard for cotton chain carpet, with 63 to 75 cent Brussels at 25 cents.
Fall stock near completion invites calls. Dixie Bars frames priced 2.25 from 3.00, 1.25 round ring bars at 95 cents. Suits 5.00 to 25.00. Bleached Domestic yard goods 7 cents, Sea Island Domestic 5 cents per yard. Saturday and Monday sale dates.
A blend of local notices invites readers to sales positions at Pocahontas Tobacco Works Co and lists upcoming religious meetings across multiple churches in Maury County. It notes sermons and prayer efforts, dates for revival services, and a forthcoming circuit court term with several cases set for September dates in the Maury County Circuit Court.
Lessville Tenn Sept 12 The rarity and near relatives at Barondo Mr David Ewea and daughter Mire Mamie were drowned at Galveston Saturday and are prostrated awaiting tidings from those at the scene. David Bien has been held at home for weeks awaiting news of his mother.
The Phosphate City report notes rock prices firm at 275 to 300 with export rock scarce and shipments averaging sixty cars daily, signaling a $50,000 monthly impact to the L and N. Local society covers visiting Miss Alma Weaver, revival services, college pursuits, and travel by Gen. Jospeh Wheeler, plus a feature on the Barnum and Bailey era giving way to Adamore paugh and Sells Brothers in New York and the upcoming Adamore show reaching Columbia September 26.
In Galveston Texas on February 11 Mayor Walter Jones estimates the dead at 5000 with over 2300 bodies recovered by sea or burned in trenches. Many remain missing or unidentifiable as decomposition drives ongoing efforts to clear wreckage and secure graves. Ghouls shot during looting curb chaos as soldiers defend the beach and fires burn amid the debris.
Fragment reads as a garbled report mentioning light racing, Goreme, and Dopeox with unclear actions or outcomes. No concrete events, dates, or proper nouns beyond those two names. Preserve as a minimal readable item from damaged OCR without inventing details.
The old Indian burying grounds in Sandusky suburbs will be converted into a city park. An effort plans to move the bones of red men buried there for nearly fifty years to another location.
Local notes report Mrs Fanny McNiel ill at Kootz Creek and Mamie Metitide visiting in Hag, with many visitors and gatherings across the area. Gen Joseph Wheeler’s arrival stirs crowds at Mt Pleasant depot as J P Senger Co advertises tools and disc harrows. An elections day on Sept 22 selects tax assessor for the 11th district and a justice of the peace for Mt Pleasant.
Gen Joseph Wheeler, veteran of the Civil War, was seen in Columbia on Thursday morning. He stopped briefly from the south-bound train to transfer to the N. Fords accommodation en route to Florence, Alabama, in a grey citizen’s suit and plans a short stay at home before a possible trip abroad with his daughters.
A playful, dialect rich farewell note bidding Mister Summer to depart the town. The speaker urges flinging white sand on the floor and taking the fiddle down as a lighthearted sign off.
RACKET offers a fall 126 piece Moorquité line with heavy canvas tele weapon sets, dress cases, and leather motto bags. Deals include men’s undershirts and nightrobes, silk shirts, belt rings, buttons, pins, powder, and wallpaper, plus croquet sets and school supplies as the term opens.
Stephen Kirk of Isom was arrested Tuesday on murder charges after a prior altercation two months earlier when he struck Brice Kittrell with a wrench. Kirk bonded and was tried before a magistrate. Kittrell later died after heavy drinking, with public opinion largely favorable to Kirk.
The official date for the celebration of Queen Victoria’s forthcoming birthday is Saturday, May 26. Though she was actually born on May 24, the custom has long been to hold the celebration on the Saturday of the anniversary week for public convenience.
A chaotic social scandal links Dr Jaime Liavallas and Mr Julian Martinex with their sons in a duel foreseen by William V. Burt from Buenos Aires via Chicago Record. No blood was shed. Proposals to repeal dueling prohibition draw little concern due to easy evasion of the law and lax penalties. Prices cited as favorable by locals.
Telegram from Galveston reports Col Newt Gullett among those killed in the hurricane. He leaves brother Sam Gullett of Leftwich Bridge and other relatives in the county. Former resident of this county he had since moved to Texas and accrued a fortune. He was uncle of Mrs Bruce Pickens and was en route home to Victoria Texas when he died.
Franklin Review-Appeal notes the contest to succeed Col Cox was one of Tennessee's most stubborn. Padgett defeats rivals and is poised as a strong future congressman. Williamson County News reports Padgett’s majority came outside Maury, Whitthorne favored locally, as Maury pledges support and unity for the Digest ticket.
In a noted medical claim, A Barye introduces Saraparitia as a remedy to address blood disorders. The report cites cautious interest from practitioners while the claim prompts further testing and verification.
A fragmentary historical piece discusses Richard Olney as Secretary of State and his influence on U S foreign policy and the 1900 campaign. It notes Olney's defense of the Monroe Doctrine in Venice and his push toward Democratic success, framing his letter as a force in national politics and party dynamics.
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