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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1913
Page
11
A varied sale features Racket Ladies Isle Gloves and Ladies Silk Hosiery with many price points. Men and boys belts and Union suits offered, plus Colgates powders, Colgates toiletries, and assorted household goods. Home goods include Jap Rugs, patterns, wallpaper, lamps, and kitchenware along with fishing tackle and hammock items.
Nashville August 1 H L Doak connected with the United States district court clerk office has been asked by many friends to seek the U S marshal post for this district He is the son of Col H M Doak clerk of the district court and has long served in the clerk office He is receptive but has not said he will actively run
Farmers continue to ship hogs as Cul looka handlers Green and Hickman load the fourth car of hogs in as many weeks. They estimate the four car shipment cost over 5000 dollars with no cattle shipments that morning. Panic over drought and failing pastures drives farmers to sell immature stock, including a 2500 pound lot of twenty-one hogs. QRIGSBY'S LIV-VER-LAX promoted as a liver syrup replaces calomel in homes.
The Everett homestead on the Mt. Pleasant pike, about 135 acres, sold today to A. G. Pingley of Ohio for about 715 per acre and $20,000 total. The buyer, a northern farmer, plans to make it his home and may acquire more local land. The sale contrasts with a previous less than five years ago at nearly $100 an acre.
An advertisement touts Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment as a perfect cure for tetter also called eczema. Mrs D J Kenney credits the remedy with curing a two decade old skin disease and endorses the product from Woldridge Co Pfeiffer Chemical Co in St Louis and Philadelphia.
Dr. Delhi pastor of a Presbyterian church and Dr. R B Macon with Dr J Runyon of Clarksville visited Maury Hospital to inspect its architecture and plans for a similar construction in their city. They came after favorable reports from locals who had seen the Maury facility.
Beginning this week Mt Pleasant marks Electric Day as city factories prepare for new power driven machinery. Electric motors will be offered for sale with enough capacity to run small equipment or workshops.
For the month of July the county court clerk issued thirty marriage licenses, down from forty in the same month last year. The report tracks civil records of unions and reflects a shift in domestic formalities during the period.
The Herald will not publish unsigned notices. Warnings state that any notice must bear a signature or it will be discarded.
The Maury National Bank conducts a series of advertisements on co operation this month in The Herald inviting readers to study sound facts and gain financial help. The curb clerk runs the ad department promising the “big squeeze” will keep advertising at former standards.
Decatur, Ala. Aug. 1 Mrs A J Richardson was struck by lightning and killed at her home at Tanner seven miles north of Decatur during a thunderstorm. Tom Wilbourne was killed by lightning yesterday at Mount Rock.
A Kentucky letter describes Bettie Bullock's years of womanly troubles and severe pain. After her husband gave Cardus, she began improving, walking two miles and doing her work. The Chattanooga Medicine Co promotes Cardus as a tonic with a 61 page treatment book available.
Grand jury in Knoxville returns embezzlement charges against J Parkes Worley revenue agent Roy A Johnson and W Baxter Lee relating to about 1800 dollars in back taxes from American Company Ltd in Claiborne County. Evidence from the Williams legislative committee shows funds collected by Worley and Johnson largely not reaching the state or county. Capiases to be issued. sheriff to serve.
Nashville August 2 expected release Sept 1 1913 for Chester McNairy Hardin Henderson and Hardeman counties from tick fever quarantine. State and federal officials cite diligent dipping and sanitation. Shipments of healthy cattle resume to principal markets as rules ease.
In Knoxville on August 2, a broad textile display is planned for the National Conservation Exposition opening September 1. Greeneville manufacturers join other Southern firms in the All-South building, promising extensive exhibits on cotton from seed to loom. The event aims to showcase the growing textile sector in the region.
Refreshing showers fell over practically the entire county on Friday afternoon and revived vegetation though no true seasonable fall occurred. Continued showers or a heavy rain are needed to aid corn. Weather forecasts predict fair weather in the next twenty four hours. Plowing is delayed by the persistent dry spell. An advertisement notes Doan's Regulats relief for constipation as used by E. Davis, a grocer from Sulphur Springs, Texas.
The Board of Trade reviews a plan from the Agricultural and Experiment Station at Knoxville for university led short courses at various locations this fall and winter. Demonstrations in agriculture and horticulture, stock judging, ration making, pruning and spraying will run 9 am to 4 pm with dinner intermission and evening lectures. Courses require a small expense account. the university will supply instructors and equipment without charge. Farmers urged to express preference for meeting sites. Mothers! Worms ad notes Kickapoo Worm Killer benefits for children.
Representative Jens Cullop of Indiana introduced a bill to empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate all railroad consolidations and the sale of new bonds or securities. The measure targets the New York Central’s planned 167 million one percent bonds and seeks to extend ICC authority over stock control of the Lake Shore and Michigan Central Railroad. The proposal aims to curb consolidation and financial maneuvering in the railroad industry.
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