Editor's Farewell and Duty to the Nation
The Columbia Herald editor announces his enlistment in national service effective August 6, leaving the paper in capable hands. He reflects on a decade of public service, impartial reporting, and loyalty to Maury County, seeking continued trust and support from readers. He prays for faith and courage to deserve their confidence. An inserted note extols the Demontration Farm’s value to Maury County and local land prospects.
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Cup
Herald
Maury County
Manory County
Finney
West Tennessee
Columbia
Demand for Maury Farms Boosts Local Land Interest
The Maury county site for the Middle Tennessee Experiment Station stirs strong real estate interest as farmers from other regions visit to buy farms. A leading dealer recalls a West Tennessee buyer coming to Maury seeking property after reading about the station location.
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Middle Tennessee Experiment Station
Maury County
State Locating Committee
West
Tennessee
Clagett Resigns Sun to Lead Columbia Daily Herald
Robert H. Clagett, longtime editor of The Sun, resigns to assume the editorship of The Columbia Daily Herald, whose owner James J. Finney has offered service to his country. The Jackson paper mourns his departure and praises his editorial cooperation, judgment, and integrity.
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Robert H. Clagett
the Sun
Columbia Daily Herald
James J. Finney
Jackson
Clagett
Jackson Sun
Deaths in War A Cautious View on European Losses
Wallace's Farmer analyzes WWI casualty figures, noting German and Allied losses are uncertain but deaths may be about sixty per thousand and wounds around one hundred fifty per thousand. Disease deaths have fallen with better camps and medical care, and officials warn families not to worry while soldiers train for six months to a year before combat.
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Europe
Iowa
Wallace
Ex editor Clagett leaves Jackson Sun for The Herald
The departure of Robert H. Clagett from the Jackson Sun to Columbia The Herald marks a notable shift in the regional press. Clagett’s three year tenure is praised as among the best in the area with a successor in C H Brown noted for his strong record and grasp of local and national issues.
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Robert H. Clagett
Jackson
Clagett
J. J. Finney
The
Herald
Fort Oglethorpe
Middle Tennessee
Sun
Tennessee
Finney
C. H. Brown
Memphis News Scimitar
Married Men in Majority Among Draft Exemptions
A lengthy draft list shows many registrants claiming exemptions to the second call, mainly because they are married and must support wives and children. The roster includes numerous individuals across Columbia, Mt. Pleasant, Hampshire, and Santa Fe, with notes on sons of widowed or dependent parents and relatives connected to various local addresses.
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Walter Bryant Jacobs
Columbia
Mitchell Goff Kinzer
Henry Hardin Massey
Mt. Pleasan
George Edwards
Mt. Pleasant
Elwin Stewart Dodson
Garden St Columbia
Houston W. Irwin
M Pleasant
Sam Sharp
John D. Dale
John Weastley Brown
Thomas B. Caskey
Carter St
Vernon Cannon
William Fariss Brooks
Hampshire
Leonard Huckaby
Offie Benjamin Hargrove
William Basil Kennedy
Santa Fe
Jake Neely
Mr Pleasant
Ira Allen Goodwin
R. P
Horace Roberts
Dihn
John Andrew Scott
Primm
Luther Holden Moffit
School St
Bud Anderson
RF. D
Columa
John Coffee
R. F
George Henry Johnson
RFD
Eddie Buford Runion
Hershal Pitts
Raleigh
War end date teased in odd newspaper clipping
A sprawling OCR fragment lists numerous names and addresses, mixing rural routes and Coloured designations with stray wartime notes. It includes a brief unsigned verse questioning when the war will end and a garbled anecdotal line about a washerwoman and a policeman discussing a letter from a Chinese worker.
Ice Cream Supper at Hampshire for Red Cross
Ice cream evening planned at the schoolhouse in Hampshire on Friday night August mist to benefit the Red Cross. Local volunteers organize event to raise funds and support relief efforts.
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Hampshire
Hemi
Bert
the Red Cross
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