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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1918
Page
3
A vintage ad urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs as a harmless fruit laxative for children and adults. It promises relief from constipation, feverishness, stomach issues, and dullness within hours, touting a pleasant taste and liver bowels cleansing effects. Beware counterfeit versions and ensure the bottle is made by the California Fig Syrup Company.
Mr and Mrs W W Elam of Fly's Store Maury County receive a letter from their son Sergeant Hervie Elam in France. He reports he is well and living comfortably with three hot meals a day by a good fire, as a member of the 105th engineering corps. He has seen extensive service on the front and many friends are glad to hear of his health.
Mrs Helen Nicholson Reichel formerly of Columbia died in Milwaukee Wisconsin from pneumonia. Her brother Frank Nicholson of this city notified the family by morning. She is survived by N E Nicholson of Nashville. Reichel lived in Columbia until December when she married W M Reichel and moved to Milwaukee. Remains will be brought to Columbia for interment with funeral plans announced later by Oakes Nichols.
Graham School in the first district becomes the county's pioneer by erecting a teacher residence on campus. The neat building cost over $1,000, funded entirely by local patrons and with principal Clyde Moore volunteering as supervising lender. The school, two years old, formed from Kettle Mills and Greenfield Bend, has seen community contributions totaling $2,100 toward the modern plant.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets a ten cent box for headache biliousness coated tongue and cold symptoms. It claims liver toxins cause brain headaches and promises overnight relief by cleansing stomach removing undigested food and gas and regularizing liver and bowels for months.
John Lester of Tutwiler Mississippi the first American captured by Germans has arrived in London He was taken in a raid in November 1917 and endured four months of hardship being moved from place to place and denied decent meals He reached Tuchel camp where Russian prisoners starved and later benefited from American Red Cross parcels while aiding hungry Russian comrades.
Three Curtis airplanes from Park Field Memphis surveyed the Columbia area on a proposed air mail route crossing the state. Lieutenant J A Craft led the flight with Lieuts Smith and Dow, landing at Turpin field and a Mt Pleasant Pike pasture after engine trouble near Linden. Crowds greeted the pilots, who planned to depart for Carthage and Woodbury after lunch, with a return flight over the city before dawn.
Mrs Kilman of Rouse City Texas recounts six years of severe pain after childbirth. She credits Cardus with rapid improvement after taking three bottles, saying she recovered fully and has remained well. The notice urges others with headaches back pain stomach troubles or weakness to seek Cardus.
An advertisement touts a home remedy using lemon juice and three ounces of orchard white to create a skin lotion that bleaches freckles and evens tone. It claims long shelf life and notes Miss Mary Lee Foster will return from the University of Tennessee for the holidays with her parents.
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