Tanlac restores Macon police chief to health and vigor
George Riley of Macon Georgia, chief of police, testifies Tanlac cured his long illness starting in 1915. He details months bedridden with pleurisy kidney trouble and pains in hips legs and back. After taking Tanlac he improves, loses side pains, kidneys clear, and feels like a new man. Sold in Columbia by Smiler Drug Co and in Timons by Ernest Fraser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George 5. Riley
Macon
Georgia
Columbia
Smiler Drug OO
Timons
Ernest Fraser
Bright Little Boy Passes Away
Master Odell Oliver six year old son of Mr and Mrs W J Oliver died Saturday night at home near Cullooka The bright boy was loved by family and community Funeral held Sunday at Friendship at three Elder Nate Derryberry officiated Interment in family square Pallbearers were Mary Graham Louise Akin Lila Beasley Floy Stipes flower bearers Grace McKibbon Bodie Stipes Lottie Stipes Maury Undertaking Co in charge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odell Oliver
W. J. Oliver
Cullooka
Friendship
Nate Derryberry
Mary Graham
Louise Akin
Lila Beasley
Floy Stipes
Grace McKibbon
Bodie Stipes
Lottie Stipes
Alvie Holt
Maury Undertaking Co
Maury Countians Going to Front
Edgar N Woolard Jr and Gerald Howard of Maury county sail from New York to France en route to serve in Company E of the Atlanta Civil Engineer Reserve Corps. Woolard is first sergeant and son of Col B N Woolard a noted Confederate veteran. Howard is son of J W Howard and a first lieutenant. Both are described as high class and courageous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar N. Woolard, Jr
Gerald Howard
Maury County
France
New York
Atlanta Company of Civil Engineereserve Corps
Woolard
Col. B. Nelse Woolard
Mr. Howard
J. W. Howard
Young Howard
Suffragette Convention play draws funds for Hamp shire school library
A Friday night audience at Hamp shire filled the school house for the production of the Suffragette Convention by local talent. The show netted thirty three dollars and a half for the school library, to be supplemented by an equal amount from the state library fund. Prof. and Mrs. Stephens were praised for the success of the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampshire
Stephens
Don’t Scold Mother The Child Is Bilious And Feverish
A vintage advertisement urges mothers not to scold fretful children and to treat with California Syrup of Figs. It claims a teaspoonful relieves sour waste, bile, and indigestion, restoring vitality. warns of counterfeits and directs asking for the genuine product with clear labeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Drugeigt
California Fir Syton Company
Complete plans to raise funds for Army and Navy Y M C A
Countywide campaign launched in Columbia with Gov Tom C Rye as chief speaker. Judge Sam Holding to preside, union service planned at County High School, aiming to raise at least 3500. Local and county Christian workers mobilize, echoing successful Red Cross drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army and Navy
Columbia
Methodist
Maury County
Red Cross
Sam Holding
Tita
Tom C. Rye
Letter from R. H. Clagett on West Tennessee Experiment Station
Jackson editor Robert H. Clagett argues the West Tennessee Experiment Station boosts Madison county land values and farmer incomes. He notes large annual farm visits, extension agent benefits, and US Department of Agriculture research presence, plus potential Maury county relocation and a farmer’s corn yields example. He closes with a hopeful tone about regional agricultural progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Clagett
Jackson Sun
Daily Herald
Madison County
Jackson
West Tennessee Experiment Station
Clagett
Tenn
W. D. Hastings
Columbia
Teno
Hastings
West Tennessee
West Tennessee Farmers’ Institute
Jackson Farm
United States Department of Agriculture
Madison
University of Tennessee
Agricultural College of the State University
Maury County
Hickman County
Chitivatlus
Corn Club
Mecca
Maury
Middle Tennessee
George W Foster with Pershing forces in France
George W. Foster, once of this parish, now serves with the American expeditionary forces in France. A corporal in the Sixteenth Regular Infantry, he joined last March for a second enlistment. He accompanied the first expeditionary force and is noted as one of the few Maury men in Regular U S infantry in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maury Countian
Sixteenth Regular Infantry
George W. Foster
Williamsport
France
William F. Foster
Lena May Haywooth
Foster
Young Oakley
United States
Lewis Amis Enlists in First Tennessee Field Artillery
Lewis Amis, formerly with the Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph in this city and later promoted in Nashville, was mustered into the supply battery of the First Tennessee Field Artillery on Sunday night. He is a son of United States Marshal Amis and is praised as a faithful, loyal employee who made many friends. His brother is Capt Reese T. Amis, battalion adjutant of the regiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Amis
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company
Nashville
First Tennessee Field Artillery
Young Amis
Reese T. Amis
Marshal Amis
A Magazine Hint on Tanning Hides Sparks Curiosity
A magazine department touts a method claiming to tan hides cheaply and well. The piece, framed as home hints, invites readers to send hides to those who specialize in making fastness of soft work.
Fox Hunters Seek Return Visit To Maury County
W P Erwin, of Columbia, travels to Lexington to join the National Pay Hunters Association annual meeting and gain approval for inviting Reynard chasers to Maury County for a fall hunt and field day. The National Fox Hunters Association began in Columbia in 1915 and 1916 with strong local participation, and Maury County hopes to host the event again in 1917 with support from the Southern Red Fox Club and local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Erwin
National
Pay Hunters’ Association
Lexington
Erwin
Columbia
Reynard
Southern Red Fox Club
National Fox Hunters’ Association
Olumbia
National Association
Maury County
Man Pleads For Wife To Find Joy In Simple Life
A man speaks to a woman, not asking for marriage but urging happiness in a modest domestic life. He suggests a cook can be content tending the home and children, seeking shared domestic peace rather than grand romance.
Discount Clothing Sale Brief from Local Store
Ledger-aisle sale of clothing items listed with low prices. Ladies vests and union suits for a few cents to half a dollar, men's and boys underwear, shirts and drawers, blue work shirts, and final reductions on leather goods and slippers. Limited stock, prices marked per item.
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Polige Gili
Tanlac
Chief Riley
George
Riley
Sid
Maury Countians
E. N. Woolard, JR
High Seas
Poley
Drus Co
Phoenix National Bank
the Phoenix Savings
E. E. McLemore
H. O. Fulton
W. A. Dale
Y. MG
RH. Glagett
Columbia Military Academy
Pershing
The
Herald
Woldridge's Drug Store
F. M. Jones
Palmer
Okla
Pardu
Mrs. Jones
Cardus
Cardis
Porter Erwin
Maury County Fong
Racke
Swansburg
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