Visiting Social Scene Spans Cities and States
Miss Rachel Wolf visits Washington Baltimore Boston and New York City while Miss Minnie Luther returns to Nashville from a ten day visit. Col James Kannon and wife back from Texas after attending the Dallas Presbyterian assembly. Many locals travel to New York Birmingham and Athens with college visits and family gatherings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Wolf
Washington
Baltimore
Boston
New York City
Minnie Luther
Nashville
J. J. Fleming
8. E. Callender
Elizabeth Callender
J. C. Voorhies
Frank Erwin
Mobile
Hohenwald
James A. Edwards
Charles Edward Guest
Athens
His Parente
Columbia
Dorothy Parke Fulton
Erwin Seares
Pegram
Lucile Burnett
Herman Jones
Miss Margaret Greenlaw Recital At Danville Chapel
A large Danville audience heard Miss Margaret Greenlaw of Columbia Tennessee in a vocal recital at K C W chapel. Under Miss Sara Porter’s coaching she showed a sweet full soprano and strong control with Miss Katherine Letcher on piano. Also notes on a fox hunt hosted by Mr and Mrs Porter Erwin for Miss Elizabeth Porter and Miss Freda Vanstorne, with lively games and a late ham supper, plus several social notices and a wedding announcement for Miss Vivian Dorte and Lt W P Scobey and other society events in Memphis and West Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Greenlaw
Margaret Greenlaw
Columbia
Tenn
Sara C. Porter
Greenlaw
Danville
Katherine Letcher
Porter Erwin
Elizabeth Porter
Freda Vanstorne
Dow, Cow and Ford
Bot Moore
Scobey-Dorte
Vivian Dorte
Memphis
W. P. Scobey
First Tennessee Regiment
Atlanta
Scobey
Maury County Grand Jury Seeks Quick Finish to Work
Foreman Edward P. Turner and the Maury County grand jury push to wrap up by week’s end. The panel, convened last Monday, has inspected few cases with about twenty bound-over charges. officials note temperance laws cut crime, while odd reports on untaxed dogs spark countywide inquiry. Members tour county institutions this afternoon, abandoning prior advance notice practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward P. Turner
Grand Jury
Maury County
Frierson
Napoleon
House of Brazanza
Russia
Jone
City to Sell Funding Bonds Friday Night
Bids will be opened for the sale of fifty thousand dollars in funding bonds to retire floating city debt. The seven thirty or eight o clock meeting at City Hall will include several bidders, with local financiers among them. Bonds bear interest up to five percent, funds to refinance six percent paper. On Monday June eighteenth bids reopen for paving and sewer work on South Main South Garden Depot and West Seventh streets. The city may reject all bids and hopes for a lower bid than the Thompson Graham Co. last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Columbia
South Main
South Garden
Depot
West Seventh
Thomp
Graham Co
Bryan Couple Wed at Mary McFall Home
Mr and Mrs Artie W Bryan wed at the home of Miss Mary Mc Fall on the Hampshire Pike in a local ceremony reported in town notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artie W. Bryan Hove
Mary McFall
Hampshire Pike
Hen Visits Country Bank In Suspected Motive
A hen walks into a rural bank prompting speculation about its purpose. A cashier jokes the bird might want to deposit an egg into someone’s account, reflecting a humorous local scene.
Fry Brothers Break Records With Car Sales Wave
Fry Brothers report a 47 Ford touring cars and six Buicks sold in about thirty days. Carlton Fry says war clouds improved auto demand while Maury County residents paid the federal tax. The firm notes limited Buick supply and strong demand across towns including Mt Pleasant and Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fry Brothers
Carlton Fry
Burney
Maury County
Germany
W. B. Poster
J. F Morrow
J. M. Reed
J. F. Tureman
Frank Kittrell
Mt. Pleasant
C. A Parker, Sr
City
Voorhies Hdw. Company
Hohenwald Tenn
Samuel P. Hawes
Spring Hill
J. T. Priest
Water Vley
J. B. Branch Groveland
R. V. Stages
Carter's Creek
Pololek & Whitwell
Mt. Pleasnt
Brit Davis
Coumbia
Will Napier
Old Newspaper Man in Columbia Returns to New Albany
Mr and Mrs W R Shelton and son Barrett have spent several days with Mrs Shelton s mother Mrs W C Sheppard and family and will return Friday to New Albany The piece lauds Bill Shelton for his career in Southern journalism and notes his success with Old Bill and editor Darden Harkreader The Herald celebrates their ties to Columbia and Morgan county
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Darden Harkreader
Morgan County
Shelton
Columbia
Herald
Pennywise on Saving Face Powder Without Harming Anyone
Uncle Pennywise claims a large saving in face powder can be achieved without injuring anyone. He downplays potential costs while emphasizing safety and practicality for consumers.
Noted exchange on barber talk and sports chatter
A fragment shows a terse exchange about a lady barber and whether conversations include baseball and horse racing topics as printed in a Herald column. The dialogue hints at lively local conversational tone without full context or names.
Anglian Liner Sunk After leaving Boston for Liverpool
The Logani liner Anglian, once Megan tic, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine after leaving Boston May 30 for Liverpool. Crew saved reportedly, with five men missing and two Americans aboard from Boston. Ship valued with cargo at 2,000,000 dollars. built in Glasgow 1896. commanded by Capt Sorenson on her last voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Anglian
Liverpool
Altough
Leyland Line
Sorenson
Carrie
Glasgow
James P. King
John Hannon
Sequana Torpedoed Off Atlantic Sinks With 190 Lives Lost
Paris reports the South Atlantic Liner Sequana carrying 550 aboard was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic. Among the passengers was a detachment of the Senegalese Rifles. Naval authorities confirm 190 men perished and many are missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Atlantic
Senegales Rifles
Board of Equalizers Progress in Rectifying County Assessments
County board of equalizers works to correct errors and adjust assessments. The Third Fourth and Fifth districts near completion with few complaints. Real estate assessments from last year will stand for two years, reducing changes. Most work involves changes in ownership or new improvements over the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Equalization
Auto sheller drives corn test on farm car
A farmer recounts mounting a bell power attachment on a twenty horsepower car to shell corn. The device ground corn and oats and sawed wood, then a four hole corn shelter was assembled. After belt and start the engine sped the sheller, processing fifty bushels of corn quickly with power to spare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
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Tennessee
Memphis Commercial Appeal
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Regular Army
First Tennessee
Home Culture Club
W. R. Webb
Hampshire Home Culture Club
Stephens
C. A. Rees
W.bb
Wilse Akin
Mesdames Patton
Brooks
Gladys Thompson
Katie B. Akin
Mre
B. Akin
Sandy Hook
S. H. Johnson
Cithzen
Pleasant
FRY Bros
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Pennywise
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Sequana
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