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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1920
Page
6
Thousands gather in Dayton to honor Jimmie Cox as democracy’s standard bearer. A large crowd fills streets for the great parade celebrating his public service and national leadership.
Immense crowd gathers in Dayton to honor Governor James M. Cox, nominee for president. Tens of thousands jam streets as floats and banners portray his rise from farm roots to national status. Cox and Mayor Switzer to review the parade this afternoon.
Nashville reports a search of the railroad right of way for Tobiny Thompson Jr. who disappeared after boarding a Memphis to Nashville train. Clothing remained in his state room while the window was open, suggesting he may have walked out in his sleep. Thompson, head of Thompson & Graham, is a well known Maury County figure with deep local ties.
D W C Smith advises farmers on saving second crop clover in Maury County. Do not let rotten clover ruin seed quality. Treat like hay: cut rake shock and store in waterproof stacks, then cover to keep water out. Remove yellow vine dodder after cutting, and pull buckhorn before it ripens to keep seed pure.
Mrs Lula Chriesman of Allisonia Williamson county takes over the home demonstration duties from Mrs Kate Crady. She will oversee canning clubs and work begun by Mr Crady, focusing on organizing clubs and expanding fruit and vegetable displays in county shelves.
In Rio de Janeiro and across Brazil, living costs climb as prices for staples like milk meat sugar and wheat rise. Reported shortages spark debate as locals question the scale of famine fears while mills push higher flour prices. A note from observers and residents reflects growing concern among Cariocas about food affordability and inflation.
Former Indiana governor Frank Hanly died in a Dennison hospital after his car was struck by a passing train near Death Trap crossing on the Pennsylvania railroad. Dr Charles M Baker and his wife also died. The Bakers had traveled from Kilgore to meet Hanly as he headed to Kilgore for a Chautauqua lecture.
At the Leonidas Poll Bivouac and William Henry Trousdale Camp meeting, a $78.55 balance from the Confederate reunion expenses was split between the Maury and Winnie Davis chapters of the Daughters of the Confederacy. Gen. Jones was tasked to deliver the funds and investigate travel arrangements for veterans to attend the Houston reunion.
Miss Margaret Ambrose of the University of Tennessee will speak on A New Force next Tuesday at the First Methodist Sunday school room under the Business Women's Club. The event invites the Commercial Club Board of Trade Retail Merchants Credit Association Kiwanis Club and County Council of Agriculture plus all citizens to attend.
A UPI report notes a famed fleet in Chicago river waters drawing crowds in a ship graveyard. Vessels include the U-97’s successor mine layers, the Yantic built for Lincoln, the Hawk once owned by Mark Hanna, and the Eastland now Wilmette used as a tug.
Mrs Denton hosts Sunday afternoon entertainment at Rutherford Creek with hay ride and games. Society notes report Missionary Society meeting at Pirsi Methodist Church and multiple engagements, dances, and lawn parties across Columbia and Williamsport featuring families Foster, Lipscomb, Sowell, Porter, and Williams with orchestral music from Gilmore's of Nashville.
Tokyo reports a Bolshevik massacre of most of Nikolaevsk's Japanese population after a siege by Russian, Chinese, and Korean forces. News says 120 Japanese prisoners remained, later killed save ten women married to Russians. Relief convoys reached the town, finding it burned as Bolsheviks retreated into the hills.
At a Dreux event with seven girls and women teams from Pavia Chartres Cholay le Roi Auteuil Dreux and Boullay Thillerry colonists, American trained children won the relay tug of war and running events. Little Mademoiselle Manteau and Mademoiselle Ratel from Boullay Thillerry Colony claimed top children's prizes in jumping events, as the colony’s efforts helped nourish discipline and morale for devastated Aisne.
Milwaukee July 30 Tourists travel to lakes and resorts across Wisconsin and northern Michigan despite high costs and cold weather The Ashland area reports unprecedented influx with Namakaxon Lake and Lake Owen near Ashland Hayward Cable and Ironwood attracting visitors Officials of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad note extremely heavy northern movement A shortage of help worries cottage owners with some southern Wisconsin teachers agreeing to assist.
United Press reports Japan's post crisis era drives women to marriage markets. Professional matchmakers note a surge of female applicants, with many from better classes, while statistics confirm rising marriage numbers. An ad shows a 20 year old samurai family member seeking a foreign husband and English lessons. Farmers’ sons withdraw from universities to help farms as hard times bite.
Prof Mario Cermenati former agriculture undersecretary and head of the Italian geological institute says Italy’s push to explore subsoil for coal oil and minerals is its last attempt to end foreign dependence. He cites past war work discovering minerals including radium and notes possible coal near Tuscany and Liguria with boreholes needed to 9000 feet at a cost of five to six million dollars.
Augustin L. Alvarez, 28, serves as governor of Zamboanga in the Philippines and has worked as a criminal lawyer and prosecuting attorney. The University of Wisconsin lists him as a student while spending a year on a vacation from his gubernatorial duties to study economics.
Knoxville July 10 J Parks Worley state senator from Sullivan and Hawkins counties had his seat declared vacant by the governor due to a federal appointment. He withdrew his name from the August special election and seeks reelection to be seated in the Senate.
Paris residents cope with soaring rents and prices as food costs rise and building slows. Mme Marcelle Robert Cremieux laments scarce large homes and costly groceries while France endures invaded departments, coal shortages, and limited transport, with wages in cities higher than country pay.
American tennis circles prepare to celebrate the team returning from Australia with the Davis Cup. They impressed by disposing of France and England in preliminaries, boosting belief they can be invincible if current form holds. William Tilden is lauded, Johnston faltered, then rebounded, and Garland Dick Williams join Patterson and Brookes as strong backups for a bright final run.
A large shipment of American birds arrived at the London Zoological Gardens. Two parrots from the New York Zoo speak with an American accent, requesting clam meters on a half shell and hominy or California peanuts. Visitors laugh as a green parrot nearby echoes California while a keeper endures London in the cage doorway. Mr and Mrs Galbreath of Me Seine were in Columba Monday.
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