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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1900
Page
7
Our correspondents report Bethel hosts a church meeting led by Elder Fella. The Morrow family from Pennsylvania visited. Mr Pink Murphy bought the Bill Moor place and plans moving soon. John Chaffin will move to Lawrence County. Mrs Mumer West has foot trouble. Mrs Blanche visits her brother. Tom Murphy family to relocate near Fayetteville.
The Union 01 column reports illness in the community with Elmo Godwin and Willa Lera Walker listed as sick and hopes for their speedy recovery. John Godwin visits Nashville. a baptism is planned for next Sunday afternoon. James White and Viola Moore wed at the bride’s parents home with a dinner at Anne Thurman’s and a reception at the groom’s home. May there be happiness and little sorrow. Also a tobacco cessation ad promotes No-Po Bao with contact info for Sterling Remedy Co.
At Stiversville the local school is progressing under Prof Hill and Miss Maxie Lee with four full terms noted. Rev J B Green has returned to Richmond after months with local parents. Various teachers and visitors including Miss Virwie Hill and Miss Maud Compton are mentioned along with harvest activity as corn grows and wheat sowing nears.
Daily arrival of a large fall furniture stock prompts local shoppers to visit Sarrerrigipy and Dopson in Andrews. Community notes report Mr. Ashton hiring workers for a new roller mill at Morgan's millstand, and various personal visits and travels among residents including Prof. Scobey, Miss Harrington, Miss Watson, Miss Sowell, and others across nearby counties.
Community items describe visits and travels among residents in Roberts Bend Cullooks and Carter's Creek. Planned trips to Nashville for Vanderbilt enrollment and attendance at meetings are noted, along with illnesses and recoveries.
Fragmented text reports a community meeting at Goodwin Chapel with reverend Seay, planning a preliminary gathering next Friday. Mentions singing, preaching, rivers, public funds, and concerns about schooling, money, and children’s attendance.
September reports from Bio bvville Chronicle describe Bro W J Stewart conducting Methodist Church meetings that revive members and stir souls. The piece notes his youth and strong impact, predicting a bright future as he leads Lovell’s protracted meetings. It also lists local families and visitors attending services and events.
A patient from Lebanon Tennessee reports relief from indigestion constipation and back pain after Dr Godwin Osteopath treated him for three weeks achieving a full month result. He 75 years old says he feels as well as ever and credits Osteopathy for a renewed life.
Testimonials from multiple patients describe dramatic relief from chronic diarrhea stomach and bowel troubles after two months of care by Dr. Brown Godwin and wife in Lebanon. One 71 year old shares renewed strength and life. another with dysentery notes rapid relief and gratitude.
The Balaklava survivor James A. White, long a resident near Upper Sandusky since 1857, died at age not stated. He was among the 625 men who charged at Balaklava and one of 20 survivors known at the time. Lord Tennyson popularized the event in The Charge of the Light Brigade.
Constantinople naturalized American Lloyd Griscom, the United States charge d affaires, demanded the Armenian detainee be released after arrest on Armenian revolutionary committee ties. An investigation is ordered to determine if the prisoner is American, with release if confirmed. Red Kites in Sky over Philadelphia show flags attached on lines to kites during the convention.
Mika Hithe Koen of Pulaski was saved from a Galveston building collapse during a storm. She and her mother and two sisters were in a three story structure near city center when wind and waves toppled it. The mother and two sisters perished at sea. Koen clung to a floating mattress and later reunited with her sister and her sister's husband and son on a roof.
An old-time cautionary note discusses runaway wagon dangers mentioning broken vehicle parts and flailing wheels. It urges steady maintenance and honest behavior to reduce accidents, noting how faulty gear or horses can lead to deadly outcomes.
A Mt Pleasant postmaster Edmond Hughes is told a distant Roscommon relative died and left him millions but a Texas or Mt Pieussot telegraph warns this is a joke. The report comes as a special American dispatch from Mt Pieussot notes the claim may be unfounded.
President McKinley and Secretary Cortelyou arrive in Washington at 7:44 am from Canton. Attorney-General Griggs is acting secretary of war in the absence of Root and Meiklejohn, with Griggs the only cabinet officer present. No cabinet quorum needed. McKinley plans to return to Canton Friday night unless delayed.
The ordnance bureau of the War Department ordered manufacturers to stop labeling Krag Jorgensen cartridges as soft nosed dum dum bullets. The label, seen on pasteboard boxes in the Philippines, claimed the cartridges were the government’s softnosed bullets.
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