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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1913
Page
2
Prominent Columbia druggist announces a large shipment of Grigsby's Liv Ver lax liver medicine. Promises fast digestion, a regulated liver, and a refund if not effective. Claims the product is vegetable, pleasant, safe, and suitable for adults and children.
Clarence Nave, aged one, son of J B Nave of Siam near Elizabethton Tenn, tops Tennessee boys corn club with 163.7 bushels on one acre. He spent 25 cents per bushel to produce, netting 105.93 dollars. Senator Lea covers the first prize amount in a gesture. The event gathers prize winners from across the South including canning and cotton contests. Clyde Sullivan of Ousley Ga leads canning with 2,464 cans and 5,354 pounds of tomatoes.
Capt and Mrs William Newman traveled through Columbia this morning en route to Fayetteville, heading home from the Hawaiian Islands. He served as commandant at the Columbia Military Academy for two years and has many warm friends in the city.
A Columbia barber, W. H. Schuneman, endorses Dean’s Kidney Pills for backache and kidney disorders. The ad urges readers to ask for Dean’s by name, notes price of 50 cents, and lists Foster Milburn Co as U.S. agents in Buffalo New York.
Experts from the farmers' cooperative branch of the Bureau of Plant Industry advise profitable hog production hinges on continuous pasture and crop grazing, especially in winter. They recommend rape rye oats wheat and barley on well drained land, heavy seeding, crimson clover as a supplement, and note winter grazing is essential for reducing expensive corn fed without green crops.
An advertisement warns that constipation poisons the body and promises relief with Dr. King's New Life Pills. It claims headaches and other troubles vanish, price 26 cents, available at druggists or by mail from H. E. Bucklen & Co., Philadelphia and St. Louis.
In Christiana Norway the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize was given to Senator Elihu Root of New York and the 1913 prize to Senator Henri LaFontaine of Brussels formerly head of the International Peace Bureau. Two prizes, each worth 40000, were awarded since no prize was given last year. The committee’s report lauds Root for pacifying the Philippines and Cuba and for mediating the American Japanese dispute, noting his prominent statesmanship and steadfast pursuit of international peace.
Cleveland women club members inspired by a county WCTU convention began enlisting to wage a war on present feminine wear. They aim to compel designers to reform as Mrs. Emily Warner leads the effort, arguing designers are mostly men and women follow their dictates.
A proposed cooperation between the federal government and states would fund construction of post roads at a 2 to 1 ratio, with rent payments to the government for road use. The bill asks for 2,000,000 dollars to cover rental at 50 30 and 15 dollars per mile, to spur nationwide road quality and keep construction within reasonable limits.
Through attorney W J Towler M 8 Warren sues Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph for 7600 alleging injuries from a fall when a pole Warren was working on broke. He endured weeks in hospital and lost knee function. Parham Brothers with Peebles For Bey sue L and N and Pennsylvania Railroads for failure to deliver turkeys within a reasonable time, claim between 600 and 700. Croup and cough remedy Dr King s New Discovery praised for treating croup coughs and colds. Lew Chamberlain of Manchester Ohio endorses it for his children. 50c bottles on sale. 1 00. Ady) HL E Bucklen Co Phila St Louis.
Information from Eagleville Rutherford county notes the death of 8 J Hunt who recently bought the Tomlinson farm near Cullooka paying 8 000 cash. John T Akin of Hampshire attended the funeral today. Gebscribe for The Herald.
A Tennessee general assembly excerpt describes establishing a modern hog cholera serum plant run by the state veterinarian at a $10,000 appropriation. It details serum and virus vaccines, with the simultaneous method endorsed for life immunity, and cites an act regulating virulent blood and virus distribution with penalties for violations.
The Christmas vacation at the Institute will begin at the close of school on Friday December 19 and continue until Monday January.
Jennett sells the Alford place on the Mooresville Cullooka pike seven miles from Columbia to Mrs. L. A. Troop. He bought it less than a year ago for 3000 dollars, and the last deal valued the property at 3500 dollars. The price twelve months earlier was 2500 dollars, marking a forty percent increase in a year.
In Dallas Texas on December 18 Miss Jesse Wilson 20 Miss Willie Stewart 16 and a negro nurse were killed when their car collided with an interurban train. Olin Wilson and Mrs Wilson were fatally injured. An infant occupant escaped with slight bruises.
Supt Durham of the Columbia district Southern Insurance Co will entertain a district force at the Beth el House tonight at seven. Coro te laid for seven. attendees include J D Land of Nashville assistant secretary J E Bumpas of Pulaski W F Nolan of Mt Pleasant Ed Vaughn N N Nicholson and W B Williamson of Columbia.
An advertising notice touts the Thrice a Week World newspaper with assurances of prompt, impartial coverage and a rich mix of news, features, humor, markets, and current events. It promotes a price deal for a one year subscription and a bundled offer with the Weekly Herald for added value.
George M Hodge informs readers he has joined as a proites representative of a Springfield farm paper. He will write regular columns and draw on experience from papers in city markets and large papers to share letters and insights with subscribers.
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