Lieut Wilmoth Bowen Promoted Amid War Honors
Lieut Wilmoth Bowen of Columbia now of Mrs Otey Porter wears two service stripes for gas exposure and six months service. He has been promoted to first lieutenant in the American First division praised by General Pershing for courage and sacrifice in recent operations. The general order commends the Second division as well and will be read at the next assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmoth Bowen
Columbia
Otey J. Porter
Bowen
Pershing
Eral
Comand
A. 12. W
Volunteer Nurses Appeal Reaches Maury County
Miss Nun Dorsey of Nashville spoke at First Methodist church urging Maury County to fill its quota of student Red Cross nurses. Two local girls have volunteered while others consider applying. applications welcome for women aged 19 to 35 at the War Work building and Red Cross rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maury County
U.S
Nun Dorsey
Nashville
First Methodist Church
Dorsey
Marty County
Ion
Bishop
France
Miss Dorsey
Sadi Scott
Lowell Mill Pike
Ruth Burrow
Santa Fe
Red Cross
Maury Dry Goods “O
Local Board Reports Low Induction Rejections
Only 35 of 441 men inducted have been rejected on final physical examination at the camps. The Local Board notes a remarkable record with some minorities showing higher rejection rates. Maj Rutledge Smith commends the work to date in a recent letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maj. Rutledge
Smith
Gogd
Major Louis Farrell Safe And Well In Nashville
War department confirms Major Louis Farrell is alive and well after wounds. Normal Farrell in Nashville received the word Monday. He is described as well known in Maure County with wife and children in Shetling Minnesota. Farrell has served five years in the army and the report notes his old wounds and recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Farrell
War Department
Norman Farrel
Nashville
Fol
Rt Mermnees
France
Farrell
Maure Courty
Iis
Hila
Vt Shetling
Minn
Sagar Tie Eo
Maury County Praised by War Savings Official
Director TR Preston of the War Savings Committee in Tennessee commends Maury County for its progress toward a $26,500 shortfall in War Savings stamps. He notes Maury has long excelled in government efforts and expresses pride in the county’s achievements and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TR. Preston
War Savings Committee
Tennessee
Maury County
Beiss
H. ©. Fulton
Preston
Maury
May County
J N Meroney Gored by Angry Jersey Bull in Barn
J N Meroney prominent Maury county farmer and official was gored by a Jersey bull while leading it to a barn. He suffered internal injuries and a broken rib but was reported resting well. His stepdaughter Louise Nichols alerted and drove off the animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Meroney
Jersey
Meroney
T. H. Mangrura
Maury County Farmers Aasociation
Maury County Farm Loan Association
Leonidas Polk
Teanewee
Louise Nichols
Confederate Veterans to Attend Reunion in Maury County
Maury county Confederate veterans plan at their next meeting for an annual trip to the Tulsa Oklahoma reunion. Sime Latta commander of William Henry Tresdale Camp 495 UV says preparations are in place and the exact number attending will be known after the meeting.
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Maury County
Reunnion
Sime Latta
William Henry Tresdale
U.V
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Zinc Hazard Warns for Preserves in Washington DC
The Bureau of Chemistry warns against using galvanized utensils in making preserves. Some vessels galvanized with zinc may leach salts and alter taste, potentially making the product inedible. The warning notes dangers to food quality and consumer safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, DC
Thae
Bureau of Chemistry
United States Department of Azore
Dodson's Liver Tone replaces calomel in old ad claim
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe liver tonic offering a cure for biliousness, sluggishness, and constipation. It claims calomel causes sickness and salivation, promising a harmless vegetable alternative suitable even for children.
Watkins and Faris Dissolve Partnership in Columbia and Sheffield
The plumbing and timing firm Watkins & Faris dissolves by mutual agreement. B F Watkins takes over the Columbia operation while A Faris runs the Sheffield branch, with Watkins remaining at the Gamble building corner of South Main and Eighth streets. Faris will not move to Sheffield immediately. his wife may join later and they will board. The nine year-old business opened a Sheffield branch last November, as first plumbers at the nitrate plant.
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Watkins & Faris
B. F. Watkins
Columbia
A. Maris
Sheffield
Colonia
Watkins
Sheffield House
Mr. Watking
Gamble
South Main and
Eighth Streets
Army Contingent Units to Wear Armlets for Command
Regulations issued to the Local Board require selectmen leaders and assistants to wear left sleeve armlets marked TU N A while the leaders and assistant leaders will have right coat armbands marked SP for frestal police until arrival on campus. The committee to the Local Board gains police mutiny in command and the leaders are empowered to arrest and prevent inebriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leen Board
Veleetmen
Frestal Police
National Army
Columbia Aviator Describes Major Air Encounter Over France
James Z. Wooten III, aviation observer from Columbia, writes of a July 1918 air mission near the Hun lines. He and Tom Sowsart of Texas chased and repelled seven enemy planes while securing crucial photographs, enduring anti aircraft fire and a forced landing but continuing the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Rickenbacker
The
Herald
James T. Wooten
Columbia
France
John T. Wooten
Look at Your Tongue Ziron Ad Urges Iron Tonic Sale
An old advertisement urges readers to inspect the tongue for anemia and to buy Ziron, an iron tonic marketed as safe for men women and children. It touts a money back offer if a single bottle does not benefit and includes a testimonial from R L Poston of Lille Louisiana.
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Algu
R. L. Poston
Lille
Drugatet
Cam
Confirmation of Lieut Wooten’s Victory Over German Plane
Lieut John T Wooten and Lieut Tom Consort of Texas downed a German bomber on July 7 during an observation flight over enemy lines. Their airplane was damaged and landed in a ditch, but the crew reached base safely with only slight head injuries to Wooten.
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Hun
Ines Ag
Columbia
John T. Wooten
Tom Consart
Texas
Lieut
Wooten
Consort
Aircrew Letter Describes Daring Escape and Ongoing Battle
A pilot writes from Hunland describing a nose dive with smoke, repairs, and injury as German fire peppered their ship at 4 000 meters. He notes holes from enemy fire, a torn nose, bleeding, and hair loss after a head wound. He mentions anderen crewmates, Doc helping, and plans to resume readiness for an anticipated offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunland
Doc
Tom
Three registrants chosen to entrain for Camp Gordon
Local Board selected three men to entrain on August 20 at 6 15 p m for Camp Gordon Alabama to replace others rejected after final physicals. The entraining men are Cannon Roberts Page Walker Shiers Fitzgerald and Charles Wesley Hatallion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Gordon
Ala
Cannon Roberts Page
Walker Shiers Fitzgerald
Charles Wesley Hatallion
Registration dispositions in 1918 Class 16 men report
Chief Clerk Lawrence Parker filed a district board statement detailing the disposition of 890 Class 1 men across two registrations and 118 registrations, noting 1918 Class 16 figures and totals.
AT&T President Promises No Force Change Without Review
Theodore N Wall of American Telephone and Telegraph issues a letter to all Hell system employees in Cumberland Co expressing thanks and stating government authorities have informed him there will be no changes in the working force without full consideration under government control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore N. Wall
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Hell System
Cumberland Co
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