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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1919
Page
3
Mothers urged to use California Syrup of Figs for constipation in children and adults. The ad claims gentle cleansing of the stomach liver and bowels, promotes playfulness, and warns against counterfeit products. It touts full directions on the bottle and the remedy’s harmless, reliable action.
The Friday Daily Herald reports three city banks posted high clearings after Christmas with Thursday at 424 637 05 dollars, Christmas Eve at 481 446 64, and Monday at 428 104 71. The three-day total reaches 1 258 195 40, signaling a strong annual banking performance and indicating countywide activity beyond Mer county.
Corporal Frank S Neeley of Battery E 317 field artillery writes from within forty miles of the front and predicts action would resume in two weeks if armistice holds. He says he will have done his part and spent two Christmases in the army for liberty. He plans to return to the farm at once to cultivate 30 or 40 acres of corn for a big crop next year.
Soldiers in France list a Thanksgiving dinner menu including celery cold slaw roast turkey bread dressing mashed squash mashed potatoes bread and butter mince pie jelly cake grapes tea coffee cigarettes candy. The menu comes from the Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop at Chateau d l Eaugerie Limoges. Corp B Daimwood of the outfit sent the note to Mrs J M Daimwood.
George W. Steen son of Dr. and Mrs. George H. Steen of this city has accepted a position with the Patterson Mill Co of Memphis. He will travel for the mill and is a man of wide experience. His many friends in Columbia may be proud of his rapid rise in business.
Advertising copy touts Cascarets as a 10 cent laxative to relieve headache biliousness dizziness nervousness and upset stomach. Claims cleanse inside organs of bile gases and constipation with a gentle gentle cleansing suitable for children and adults, promising health happiness and a clear head for months.
Washington December 27 Keeping Uncle Sam s war promises to the farm era will cost a half billion dollars or more. The amount covers the gap between forecast 1919 wheat market price and the guaranteed price, estimate by Chairman Lever of the house agricultural committee.
United States grain markets show wheat supplies more than double and overall cereal stocks much higher on December 1 compared with a year earlier, according to the department of agriculture.
Private Clarence McKee of Maury County, Tennessee, first wounded marine to return home from the front, recalls June 12 at Belleau Wood. He and the 76th company, 6th regiment, Marines earned praise from Captain Overton after storming lines, capturing 100 prisoners and 30 machine guns. The unit, backed by French forces, held the line as Americans never retreat.
The British commander Sir Touglas Walg wed Doris Vivian after a rapid romance begun on a Monday in Ascot week. He proposed the following Saturday and married within a fortnight, describing their union as love at first sight.
Nathan Hillson and Cleve Young Crook, previously on the Maury Road gang escape list, have been recaptured. Authorities say the suspects cannot stay out of jail and face new charges.
Nathan Hillson, held in New Orleans jail, was linked to burglary charges after fleeing Nashville and Columbia. Meanwhile, a sequence of fires in the city damaged homes on West Sixth Street and nearby, with Trustee Row Burns’s residence suffering major loss from an overheated grate.
Honor rolls list students by grade with names such as Sulu Mitzgerald Lorene Williams William Creswell Claude Collins Ruby Loftin Gertrude Smith Marvin Crowe Verna Collina Nathan Moore Edgar Johnson Aubry Brown Hoxeoe Brown Louise Daley John Amis Haden Moore In Part A morgue detectives watch visitors to the unidentified bodies from unsolved crimes amid grisly fascination reported by the Herald.
Friday bank clearings reached 384 844 27 with unclear adjacent lines noting past totals and a misread reference to Benjamin Franklin and Paris. The item blends financial data with garbled commentary about a town history and a Saint Louis Globe Democrat mention, lacking coherent context.
About 303,723 farmers in 15 Southern states ran demonstrations last year under county agents to improve crops and livestock. The program logged 835,906 farm visits, 705,207 calls, 78,000 meetings with 3,880,402 attendees, and detailed records of outcomes across corn cotton wheat soybeans peanuts and potatoes.
Ad copy urges using lemon juice and Orchard White to create a lemon skin whitener. Consumers are instructed to mix two lemons with three ounces of Orchard White to yield a quarter pint lotion. Daily facial massage promised to fade freckles tan sallowness roughness while leaving skin smooth and fair. Harmless, with claims of surprising results.
Assistant Secretary Franklin D. Roosevelt left for Great Britain and France to undertake demobilization of U S Navy bases abroad. He plans a two month absence as the effort to wind down overseas operations continues.
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