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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1918
Page
3
Mothers urged to use California Syrup of Figs for children with coated tongues or constipation. Ad emphasizes a gentle effect on stomach liver and bowels and warns against counterfeit brands.
In a letter from Iran, Ra Hardison of the American Expeditionary Forces in France says he found comfort in several cases of Winner Brand pumpkin from the Columbia Canning Co. He notes Columbia made goods with the Red Triangle logo and praises the company's support for delivering Paris edition papers to soldiers in the trenches.
Mrs Annie Scott 69 died Sunday after a two year illness. Wife of J B Scott she leaves a large Maury County family including Mrs Poms Galloway Thompson's Station and several sons in Columbia Birmingham and Nashville. Funeral 4:40 PM from home, Rev George H Steen officiating, burial Rose Hill cemetery. pallbearers include four sons and two sons.
Congressman L P Padgett and the congressional naval committee say the naval situation in European waters is excellent after his return from an Irish naval base. He reports perfect cooperation between British and American navies with no friction and a shared service. The article notes the United States has sent fifteen hundred farm tractors to New York.
L. 3. Duke announces a retail fair price list for staple groceries in Columbia based on costs expenses and conditions among local grocers. Published in The Herald with market driven changes. Prices apply to cash or credit delivery and variations may occur. report excessive charges to the food administrator. The list is dated August 9 1918 and notes aid from the French Ministry of War with YWCA platrooms opening.
Dr. F M Massey praises Y M C A workers for aiding troops and urges men not in draft age to enlist. He notes 4 000 men called in three months and 6 000 in the next, with the Y M C A promising spiritual and moral support from camps to front lines. Local notes cover Maury County group, new Columbia Retail Credit Association officers, and merchant delivery plans under C Gilbert with emphasis on conservation and anti on approval practices.
An advertisement touts a lemon juice and orchard white mixture as a harmless skin whitener. It instructs mixing lemon juice with orchard white to create a quarter pint lotion for daily facial use, claiming it removes freckles tan sallowness roughness and leaves skin smooth and clear.
Miss Emma Trice of Mt. Pleasant joins Miss Sadie Scott and Miss Ruby Burrow as three Maury County volunteers for the United States volunteer student nurse reserve. The Red Cross extends the drive for several days and the Sheawmans committee of the council of national defense will keep a representative at the war work building 3:20 to 5 p.m. and mornings at the Cross work rooms in the Maury Deymonds Co building.
Speakers urged residents to remove bundles they can carry to reduce daily deliveries. Merchants testified that active package taking had never been higher since the new delivery system began last Monday. In town, Mr Gilbert stayed with his brothers B C and Mahlon Gilbert and his mother.
Public sugar rules limit bowls and containers on tables and cap servings. Patrons may receive at most one crystal sugar or two half lumps per person when using crystal or domino sugar, or one teaspoon per beverage for granulated forms, with total sugar for a meal capped at a single portion.
Besides the 1 cent Matry county selectees who departed for Camp Shelby Mississippi Friday, two men were transferred from local boards. They were Robert Hill Howant from the Erwin Tennessee Local Board and Ellis J. Thomas from Dallas Texas Local Board No. 9.
Miss Gertrude Walker died suddenly of heart failure this morning at 7 at her School Street home. She was a Zion community native, longtime Presbyterian, and resided in Columbia three years. Survived by brother Robert G. Walker and sisters Marsh Martin Fleming Armstrong Ida Walker and Miss Walker. Funeral Tuesday at Zion church with Rev. Clyde Johnson.
Sixteen Maury county young men boarded trains for Camp Shelby Mississippi to begin prewar training. Dr H A Gant urged duty at home while older men and women support the war effort. Ernest Giddens led the unit with squad leaders Mumford Smith Jr and John William Gidcombe directing the group amid a somber farewell in Maury county.
A 1920s style advert warns that high heels cause corns and limp, urging girls to buy Freezone at a drug store to remove corns or calluses. It promises painless, quick relief and a youthful step, noting coinless feet boost attractiveness.
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