Christmas Shopping in Columbia Opens With Busy Crowds
Christmas shopping begins in earnest in Columbia with crowds from across Meary county. Merchants report good business but note a shift away from cheaper, shoddy goods toward better, more expensive items. Windows glow with festive displays as shops promise a wide range from five cent articles to costly creations. Stomach and kidney troubles vanish for many with Bitters, a widespread remedy advertised with satisfaction claims and a money back guarantee.
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Columbia
Meary County
Carpenter Buys Cottage Hotel at Public Auction
At court a mortgage foreclosure sale of the Cottage Hotel property occurred on Monday with the bid won by J. H. Carpenter represented by C. P. Hatcher at 2050 dollars. Mire Tats has possession until the first of the year when it will be rested.
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J. H. Carpenter
C. P. Hatcher
Ground broken for new Cumberland Telegraph building
Ground was broken this morning for a two story brick building on Garden street facing Dobbins & Ewing annex to house Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co offices. The project, by Standard Contracting Co of Birmingham, aims to house Western Union local and long distance offices and all company operations with a battery system and central office operation. Local labor will be used. completion expected after April 15.
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Garden Street
Dobbins & Ewing
Standard Contracting Co
Birmingham
Allen J. Krebs
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company
Western Union
Mashville
Watkins & Fariss
Frank Nicholson
Tom Simpson
Krebs
Columbia
Commercial Department
Cumberland Teelphone & Telegraph Co
District Manewer
Bethel Creek
Exchange
Herald
Heralds Best Edition Claims Strong Holiday Gift Appeal
Ernest R. Farrell of the Hattiesburg Miss News praises The Heralds holiday issue. He lauds its distribution of advertising and news and calls the edition a credit to the paper with real information and loyal support from readers.
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Heralds
Ernest RR. Farrell
Hattiesburg
Herald
le the Herald
Haaupunr
Finger Prints Evidence Ties Mona Lisa Theft to Perugia
Paris authorities corroborate the Mona Lisa theft by Vincenzio Perugia after comparing his fingerprints from a prior firearms conviction with those on the painting’s frame and glass. Police preserved prints and found an exact match, reinforcing Perugia's involvement.
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Paris
Vincenzio Perugia
Peragia
Republicans Discuss Planned Special Convention in 1920 Docket
Leading Republican committee members in Washington express belief a special party convention would be called to reorganize delegate representation and draft a united platform. While some back the plan and others oppose, discussions hint a majority may support summoning a convention, with key figures signaling open doors and a major policy split among factions.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Republican Party
toWah
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
Republican’ Organization
Chairihan Charels
Hilles
John T. Adams
Jané Fe W. Estabrook
New Hampsare
H. B. Maxson
Nevada
National Committee
Beaster Cummins
Hadley
Missouri
Mark
Trial for Leo Frank New Trial Expected in Georgia Supreme Court
Atlanta officials report the appeal for a new trial for Leo Frank, condemned for the Mary Phagan murder, will be heard by a single division of the Georgia Supreme Court. The three justices will likely hear arguments, with briefs reviewed by the full court, possibly delaying a decision until late February or early March.
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Atlanta
Santa Claus on the Road Arrives Near Christmas in Columbia
Santa Claus visits Columbia the night before Christmas, as Reed and the boys prepare a selection of harnesses and buggies for gifts. Robinson-McGill Buggy Co. displays a ready stock of beauty items for inspection and purchase.
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Columbia
Karl Tomlinson Dies Sudden at Home Near Columbia
Karl Tomlinson youngest son of Hon Jesse Tomlinson and Mrs McDowell school principal died suddenly at his parents home on the Santa Fe pike near Columbia at noon Sunday. He would have turned eighteen on the twenty third. The youth was noted for energy and ambition and leaves two brothers Pride and Manny. Funeral 10:30 am tomorrow at residence conducted by Rev W T Haggard with Dr J C Molloy and Dr A G Dinwiddie assisting. Interment Rose Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers named C A Forgey Robert Pillow W P Woldridge Walter Fraser J J Wilson H ly Hendley. Carriages from Oakes & Nichols.
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Karl
Hon
Jesse Tomlinson
Santa Fe Pike
Columbia
Karl Tomlinson
McDowell School
Pride
Manny
W. T. Haggard
J. C. Molloy
A. G. Dinwiddie
Rose Hill Cemetery
C. A. Forgey
Robert Pillow
W. P. Woldridge
Walter Fraser
J. J. Wilson
H. Ly Hendley
Oakes& Nichols
James A. Caskey Dies in Texas at 82
James A. Caskey, brother of R. H. Caskey from Maury County, died in McKinney Texas at age eighty two years two months. Born October 25 1826 in Maury, he spent about thirty years in Texas and fifty in Maury. He married Amanda McDonald and is survived by his widow and three children William and Robert in McKinney and Ophelia J. Kerr in Nashville. He remained loyal to the Cumberlands in church splits and served in Company F of Tennessee forces, paroled at surrender.
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James A. Caskey
R. H. Caskey
McKinney
Texas
Maury County
Maury
Amanda McDonald
William
Robert
Tex
Memorial Jackson Memorial Association Planned for Nashville
Preparations for launching the Jackson Memorial Association in Nashville on January 8 were completed. National figures and Tennessee lawmakers show strong support, with President Wilson possibly presiding over a Tennessee delegation reception. Cabinet members and senators are urged to attend the banquet and launch, depending on Congress schedule.
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Washington
Jackson Memorial Association
Nashville
M. B. Morton
Robi
Burch
Wilson
McAdoo
Éhd
Witton
John Skallten Williams
Washville
Jackson Day
Congress
Jas
Champ Clark
Ollie James
Kentucky
Hemason
Gedy Tetary
Navy
Daniele
Thomas J. Ponce
National Democratic Committee
Ami Hee
Shields
John Bharp Williams
Mississippi
Bennator Robinson
Arkansas
Comirees
Morton
Andrew Jackson
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