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Newspaper

Columbia Herald

Location

Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1912

Page

11

Children Day at Hampshire Observed at Methodist Church

In Columbia Hampshire held a children’s day program at the Methodist church on Sunday. The event featured a delightful program with a large crowd applauding the children’s efforts. Credit is given to the management and committee led by Mrs Robt Akin Mr Arthur Leftwich Mrs Hugh Kirk and Superintendent Watt Park.

Hampshire Robt. Akin Arthur Leftwich Hugh Kirk Watt Park

Shooting at Spring Hill Leads to Injuries in Dispute

Sunday afternoon at the Spring Hill livery stable a dispute between merchant Tom McKee and Murray Webb ended with Webb shot in the arm and McKee struck on the head with a pick handle. Webb's wound is minor. McKee's injuries appear more serious.

Tom McKee Murray Webb Joan Webb Webb McKee Young Webb

Crop conditions show improvement this week

Reports indicate better growing conditions across districts. Wheat prospects rise to about three quarters of an average yield as rainfall improves soil moisture and temperatures stay favorable for grain development. Local farmers note steadier growth and hopeful futures for harvest.

Chty League Opens At Riverside Park With Elks Century

Maury county crop reports note favorable conditions for oats corn and potatoes. Wheat prospects improved to at least seventy percent of average with May harvest potential. Pastures and hay show uneven yields. rain revived potato prospects and peas and sorghum plantings increase. City baseball opener at Riverside Park features Elks vs Century. Century wins 18 to 1 in seven innings.

Chty League Riverside Park Elks-Century Pet Century Teleens J. Sy Columbia City Baseball League Riversole Park Elks Century Faucett Roberts Hughes Doctor Dugger Shuey Betts Certury Fawcett Dei‘man Will Haynes Abrhpore Dyer Thomas Dyer Arica Fleming Eczema Meeke Wolpridge Co Ellis Roberts A. Alford Cunningham Younger Shelton Ragen Howard F Hughes Hayes Peedy Ellis Kelsey Hast- Hastings

Foils a Foul Plot with New Life Pills

An old advertisement proclaims Dr King’s New Life Pills to force right action of stomach liver and bowels. It claims to end distress caused by a shameless plot between liver and bowels and to restore health and good feelings.

Dr. King Woldrilge CO

Children Fill First Methodist Church for Day Exercises

A large turnout of children participated in Sunday morning children’s day exercises at First Methodist Church. Mrs Hiram Hendry and Mreno Ed Turner led the program with Mrs Chas Susip as musical director. Rev W T Haggard read, and the children performed music and recitations with notable merit. The event proceeded without confusion amid pressed decorations and orderly seating.

First Methodist Church Hiram Hendry Amt Ed Turner Chas. Susip W. T. Haggard

Nashville Grain Reshipment Ruling Upheld in Court

The commerce court in Washington rules the Nashville reshipping privilege not discriminatory against Atlanta and Georgia cities. It annuls the Interstate Commerce Commission order barring Nashville from reshipping grain, hay, and other products while allowing similar privilege elsewhere. Judge Huntaloge dissents. The decision, rendered June 7, 1912, affirms that Nashville’s reshipment power falls within legal authority. Prominent Nashville figures and lawyers argued for the grain exchange and board of trade.

Washington June Commerce Court Interstate Commerce Loiisvile & Nashville Railroad Nashville Cvan Aame Atlanta Georgia Huntaloge Knapp Archibald Hunt Garland Mack K. T. McSonnice Lee Douglass Nashville Grain Exchange Nashville Board of Trade Mc Sonnico R. Walton Moore M. P. Calloway N., C. & St. i. Railroad Albert S. Broadies L. &N. Railroad William A. Wimbish

Prof W F Bostick to Join Columbia Military Academy

Prof W F Bostick, long a Columbia school administrator and businessman, will join the Columbia Military Academy for the coming session in charge of quartermaster, commissary and book departments. He succeeds Capt A E Wells, who departs for Nashville. Bostick, a longtime Columbia trustee, is known for service as city schools superintendent and in the book trade.

W. B. Boatick Columbia Nashville Columbia Military Academy Bostick Academy A. EB. Wells Fis The

Deafness and Catarrh Cure Claim with Hall's remedy

The passage explains that deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It attributes deafness to inflammation of the Eustachian tube and mucous membranes, often caused by catarrh, promising one hundred dollars for a cure not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and inviting readers to bend for more information.

Hall

Racket Shop Offers Various Jap Stencil Rugs and More

Catalog notes include Jap stencil rugs in multiple sizes and prices, Crex rugs 30c to $1.20, Good hem pillow cases 10c, towels 10c to 50c per pair, and a full line of laces and embroidery. Also lists ladies silk and lisle hose 15c to $1.00 and men’s mull hose 25c and 60c per pair.

Lisle Howe Lisle

Good Hearing and Bad Cold

A humorous anecdote recounts a reporter visiting a party at a home with a new baby. The deaf hostess, beset by grippe, misinterprets his question about the baby’s health as a query about her cold, replying that her cold is severe and keeps her awake. She notes the reporter’s anxious look indicates he will soon have a cold like hers, causing a small, comic misunderstanding.

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