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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1918
Page
5
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a 1 cent box remedy that cleanses the stomach and removes sour undigested food, bile, and waste from the bowels. It claims relief from biliousness headaches, discolored stomachs, and general discomfort with a morning feeling of cleanliness.
McDowell School shuts Friday afternoon for a week of Christmas holidays with music and expression department programs. First and seventh grade pupils receive Christmas treats and presents while each student exits with an orange from teachers.
Corporal Olle P. Oakley of Company Ky was wounded in action on October 5. A King's Caveliers Hospital sitter Miss Oakley received the report, with conflicting telegrams later stating wounded dates. Oakley, son of Mr and Mrs VA Oakley of Santa Fe, enlisted in 1946.
Private Josiah H. Dugger of the 17th Infantry was released from a German prisoner of war camp and is reported to have arrived at Sundarumpland England. His father Tal Lot Digest received the news and expects his son to be home soon.
A notice dated December 2 states all restrictions on eating places hotels cafes and public dining spaces are repealed by the United States federal administration and the public can resume operations subject to a prior confinement rule. It references a recent patent or instrument from a county and a state proclamation.
Lieut A Craft and mechanic Sergt Shinebarger escaped injury after their plane was damaged beyond repair and dismantled at work Field Memphis following a landing at Columbia. Another aviator pair landed at Brand ford farm by error en route from Jackson to Columbia. Craft previously faced engine trouble from Jackson to Columbia, landing at Linden for a delay of three hours.
An officer of the infantry reports Lieut Clyde Lovell was wounded in the ankle around October 1 and has been promoted to lieutenant. He is recovering satisfactorily as details emerge from the casualty list and family notices.
O K Slater a registered German alien appeared in Criminal court on a charge of failing to work county roads indicted by the last grand jury. The case was continued to January 7 after defense moved to quash the indictment over signature discrepancies. County Attorney Shelton prosecutes. Judge Holding set aside bond forfeit, new bond costs assessed.
An advertisement claims squeezing two lemons into three ounces of orchard white yields a quarter pint of freckle and tan lotion. It notes grocers and drug stores supply lemons and orchard white cheaply. Massaging the sweet lotion into face neck arms and hands daily is said to fade freckles and blemishes and whiten skin.
Mrs S P Payne announces the death of her cousin Marvin Crostwait in a Dallas hospital on Thursday. The remains will reach Mt Pleasant Sunday and be interred at Arlington Cemetery. He was kin to Mrs Payne Mrs Jack Davis of Mt Pleasant and Mrs Comer Smith of this city. long employed by Woldridge and Ivide druggists now Woldridge Co in Dallas where he built many friendships. Also notes women employed in brick manufacture in Milintown.
Local mills will resume prewar flour brands as Food Administration extraction rules are repealed. Mills cut back gear and increase milling to return to normal, raising mill feed supply and likely easing price controls. Officials expect higher mill feed prices but maintain anti profiteering aims while reopening multiple brand options. Marshal Fochtas extended the armistice to January 17, allowing Santa Claus to proceed without conflict with military planes.
John W. Frierson purchases the Patterson farm from T. W. Figuers Jr. for thirty eight thousand two hundred fifty dollars, acquiring the country home and surrounding property. The sale transfers ownership and secures the seller’s release from residency duties on the farm.
Tennessee reports abundant land to house returning soldiers with strong prices. Farm values rise rapidly while farms near Nashville Pike like the Hob Moore Patterson holdings sell for high sums. Harvey Whitfield urges state action to secure waste land such as the Herbert Domain for veterans homes and farming use.
Mrs. Mary Sullivan, 77, died Sunday evening at 8 50 at her daughter Mrs Daniel Harrington's home in Albany, Alabama while visiting family. She will be buried in Rose Hill after services at the Catholic church in Columbia next Tuesday at 7 15. Survived by ten children including Frank Sullivan in Bessemer and John Sullivan in Mt Pleasant, six sons and four daughters. Pallbearers will be her six sons.
A vintage advertisement advises mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for a child’s stomach issues. It promotes a laxative effect, claims quick relief, warns of fake products, and directs buyers to ensure the bottle is from the California Fig Syrup Company with explicit usage for babies and adults.
Ex sheriff Claude Godwin of this county is a strong candidate for the United States marshal of the Middle division of Tennessee. The current marshal Col Jonas T Amis retires in February and is not seeking reappointment. Godwin has broad endorsements from home and other division counties and is a longtime political figure.
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