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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1919
Page
6
Appealing all along the smoke line men new to pipe smoking and long time smokers testify to the delight it brings. The ad claims P. A. cannot bite or parch and is cut out by a patented process. Fans are urged to buy now while the going is good and switch to P. A. for their smoke appetite.
Mrs Mary Frinces Bell aged 66 wife of James K Bell died unexpectedly this morning at her home 12th South Main street She had been in ill health two years and was a devoted Baptist Lore member Survived by husband seven sons and three daughters with several grandchildren The funeral will be Tuesday at 2 30 pm at Wiret Kapthet church with pallbearers and burial in Rose Hill cemetery Arrangements by Maury Twe debaking Co Denver patches and a thrift news item follow about clothing prices and a local women’s club pledge to boycott Dugby clothes until prices drop.
A rough, cautionary note warns that calomel is dangerous and can crash into the dynamite of the body, causing cramps and sickness. It asserts calomel bones and should never be put into the system, reflecting an alarmist health stance from an old public caution.
Ad praises Freezone as a Cincinnati invention that quickly lifts away hard and soft corns and between-toe corn calluses. Drops applied cause instant relief and easy removal with little cost, claimed as a miraculous discovery.
Janes Hughes prominent fifth district farmer died in Nashville after treatment at six this morning. Remains to Glendale by afternoon train. funeral from Pleasant Mount Church tomorrow at two led by Reverends Neeley and Powers. Survived by wife and nine children including sons Inward and Clark and daughters Jo Cheek Martin Hughes Jesse Cheek Jewel Roth Hughes and Mrs. Kinever of Texas.
A memorial note from his wife laments Pvt Robert B Voorhies dies of wounds in Fortingen Germany 1918 while serving in the 16th Canadian senttieh The poem asks to kneel beside his grave and shed a silent tear The message appears in a Canadian paper column for copying to Herald Cheap Columns Pay
Maury county educators at a Saturday meeting divided over affiliating with the proposed state teachers organization linked to the American Federation of Labor. All motions for affiliation were defeated, leaving action undecided whether to form a local body within or outside the state framework before the January 14 state meeting.
Nay Edward Walters two year old son of Mr and Mrs W A Walters Bethel died at 6 o clock Saturday afternoon from burns suffered Thursday when he fell plunging his arm into a kettle of scalding water Mrs Walters had just removed the kettle from the stove and set it on the floor funeral was Sunday at 2 pm at Bethel with Rev W H Lovell officiating pallbearers were Bessie and Ollie May Wakefield Jewell Walters and Bable Gaskill Maury Undertaking Company in charge
A vintage advertisement promotes Danderine as a tonic that cools and cleanses the scalp, penetrates to hair roots, and revitalizes each hair to stop shedding. It asserts reduced dandruff and shows hair with more life and color after a few applications, urging purchase at local counters.
The county criminal court docket lists December 16 to December 20 sessions with defendants facing charges including carrying concealed weapons, maintaining nuisance, selling liquor without license, assault and battery, petit larceny, wheel tax violations, speeding, failure to provide, vagrancy, and public disturbance. Several cases were settled by fines and costs. others were continued or nalled upon payment of costs.
An advertisement touts Bayer Aspirin as genuine Aspirin with proper directions for Colds Pain Headache Neuralgia Lumbago and Rheumatism. It claims Bayer means genuine Aspirin used by physicians for nineteen years. Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets cost a few cents. It states Aspirin is a trademark of Bayer Manufacture of Mononcetic acid ester of Salicylic acid.
In Davidson County the election yesterday elected Louis Samp sheriff by a 520 vote plurality over Joe Wright. Joe McCord beat Jesse Webb for tax assessor as Wright and Webb were for a third term. A J Bell was re elected trustee without opposition and Hugh Kreeman with Louis Hugging became magistrates of the First district. Adelina Patti, who died recently, gave her first concert at age seven.
The fifteenth annual convention of the Tennessee Horticultural Association, the Tennessee Nurserymen's Association and the Tennessee Beekeepers' Association meets next Tuesday to Thursday at the Hermitage Hotel in Nashville. General John L. Jones will discuss land suitable for a peach orchard, Ivalah Murphy will present a paper on summer sprays for apple trees, WY Grant will speak on apple varieties, and John M. Davis will cover the best time for requeening. A large attendance of orchardists, nurserymen, and beekeepers is expected.
Austin, M. Harlan, a major county farmer, last week nearly arranged a farm sale for two dry old mules with a proposed price of about $800 for the pair plus surrounding bids and terms.
An old advertisement from Aid EB Lawrence & Co in Chicago touts Geta-It as a peaceful, sure corn remover. The copy claims ease of use with phrases about pulling out or guiding the corn and offers a money back guarantee at drug stores.
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