California Fig Syrup Ad Highlights Baby Laxative
A vintage advertisement advises giving a teaspoonful of California Syrup of Figs to constipated children showing feverish, cross, or listless symptoms. It promises gentle relief by clearing stomach, liver, and bowels and notes the product is safe for all ages, with a warning to seek the genuine California Fig Syrup Company version and avoid counterfeit imitations.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Columbia Produce Co Employs Superintendent
The Columbia Produce Co at Columbia has grown to large proportions and appointed Fr Pecht of Pall City Iowa to oversee the plant as superintendent. Pecht, expert in poultry science is to run the operation as the company feeds milk fed chickens and aims to reach full plant capacity this season.
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Columbia Produce Co
Columbia
W. 8. Beasley
Fr. Pecht
Palls City
Iowa
Pecht
Columbia Baking Co Deed of Trust Arranges Liquidation Plan
Er H Allen operating Columbia Baking Co has placed the business under a deed of trust naming A D Sloan as trustee to manage stock, fixtures, books and accounts and apply proceeds to creditors. Sloan expects assets to meet liabilities though short review time limits his certainty. Allen, drafted into the army, leaves for Washington with other selectmen and cannot leave a partner to run the business. Sloan will decide whether to sell wholesale or in small lots, with a public update in coming days.
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ER. H. Allen
Columbia Baking Co
A, D, Sloan
A, D, Sloan Grocery Co
Sloan
Avién
United States Army
Columbia
D. C
Herald
Allen
James Allen
Best He Could Say What About the Bride's Culinary Efforts
The note questions the groom's modest claims and highlights the bride's cooking skills including ice cream making, suggesting a contrast between professed abilities and the wedding day reality.
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Mr Tho
Lieutenant Jackson Heard From In France Hospital Note
Mrs. John W. Jackson received a letter from her son Lieutenant Tom Jackson in Base Hospital No. 31 in France. The message dated March 26, 1918 expresses rest and hope of returning to duty soon, though the letter may have been written by a physician or nurse.
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John W. Jackson
Tom Jackson
France
Army
McDowell School Honor Roll Lists April Achievers
The McDowell School honor roll for April includes students across grades one to seven. Names include Katherine Beckett Margaret Galbreath Julia Hayes Marguerite Johnson Charles Exkew Newton Emerson Annie Lee Hood Evelyn Martin Virginia King Elizabeth Sowell Eugene Alford R L Billington Floyd Emerson Jamita Kamiston Edward Fishburne Ernest Hardison Roy Hardison Emily McFall Maggie Low Morton Ethelreda O Bryan Elizabeth Tolley Phith Hanson Janie Johnson Mattie Russell Taylor Heaton Leslie Clark Sara Cayce Dorothy Steiner Abe Smolinsky Sara Tucker Matti Vorr Elizabeth Beckett Rosetta O Bryan Mayme Smolinsky Homer Owen Floyd Emeraud noted as erroneously entered last month.
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McDowell
Katherine Beckett
Margaret Galbreath
Julia Hayes
Marguerite Johnson
Margaret Watkins
Charles H. Exkew
Newton Emerson
Tom Peebles
Annie Lee Hood
Evelyn Martin
Virginia King
Elizabeth Sowell
Eugene Alford
R. L. Billington
Floyd Emerson
Jamita Kamiston
Edward Fishburne
Ernest Hardison
Demonstration of pride as Maury County sends 35 for Army
A large crowd at Columbia station saw 175 Elks and locals escort 35 Maury County selectmen to Camp Jackson S. C. for the draft. Officials praised the volunteers for fitness and patriotism, urging faith and resolve, with W. J. Webster and Dr. H. A. Gant delivering vows to uphold democratic principles. Eldridge Denham led the group, divided into four squads, marching amid bands and cheering crowds.
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Elke Lodge
Columbia
Woldtara
Elk Lodge
L. Z. Turpin
W. J. Webster
Kemmel Hill
H. A. Gant
America
France
Gant
Eldridge Denham
Elkson West
Seventh Street
Elks
Berlin
Gets-It corn remover advertisement claim and usage
An old advertisement extols Gets-It as a guaranteed corn remover that melts away corns with a drop or applied to the skin. It promises painless relief, clean removal, and immediate wear of new shoes, touting a money back guarantee and distribution by Webby E. Lawrence Co. Chicago and SMILER DRUG in Columbia.
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Rte
E. Lawrence&Co
Chicago
Columbia
Smiler Drug
Ladies Attract With Your Step Avoid Corns
A vintage ad urges women to trim corn pain with Freezone to keep a youthful, attractive step. It promotes a quarter ounce bottle from drug stores, claiming quick, painless corn removal without skin irritation.
Soldier in France helps Boy Scouts fund drive
From a soldier in France Lieut Richard Smith sent a dollar for the Columbia Boy Scout equipment fund. He contributed in his son Marshall's name and included an additional gift. The report notes the total fund stands at a level just over the stated amount.
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France
Columbia Boy Scout Equipment Fund
Richard Smith
Marshall
Red Cross Canteen Service Helps Soldiers On Trains
Columbia Red Cross canteen unit under Captain Mrs Eugene Long and lieutenants serves lunches and comforts to soldiers on passing trains. A train with 460 men received fruit and tobacco after a late Saturday run, with smaller groups aided earlier. Draft lunches for white and colored increments are donated locally and the service relies on contributions through the Red Cross.
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Red Cross
Columbia
Eugene Long
Will Moore
Fred Gamble
Joe Hagey
George McKennon
Kansas
Lemon Skin Whitener Ad Promotes Complexion
An old advertisement promotes a lemon juice and orchard white mix as a harmless, quick-acting beauty lotion. It instructs squeezing two lemons, adding three ounces of orchard white, shaking, and applying daily to face neck arms and hands to reduce freckles tan sallowness redness and roughness.
Know the Fertilizer Before You Buy It
J C Amis an agronomy specialist at the University of Toronto Extension urges buyers to compare fertilizer by available phosphorus. Sixteen percent fertilizer yields 320 pounds per ton, fourteen percent yields 280 pounds. By price per ton divided by pounds of available phosphorus, the lower cost per pound wins. He notes 16% goods offer 40 more pounds of available phosphorus per ton for about $1.25, likely making it cheaper per phosphorus unit. if unavailable, choose 14%.
Law term parteicipes criminis explained in court exchange
A man asks what partecipes criminis means after a lawyer uses the phrase in court. The father advises not to explain such matters in front of the children, suggesting the term is a legal concept and not suitable for all ears.
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Willian
Goops Daughter Quips About Pips On Piano
In the Herald cheap column Ade Pay recalls a playful exchange where a daughter is asked who was with her and replies only Myrtle. The punch line notes Myrtle left her pips on the piano, highlighting the humorous social banter of the piece.
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Myrtle
Herald
John Cothran Succumbs to Bullet Wound in Mt Joy
John Cothran, shot Thursday afternoon by John Bumpas in the Mt Joy community, died Sunday at 9:45 PM at The King's Daughters hospital. The funeral was held Monday at Abiington cemetery. the deceased, 34, left a wife and five children and was a respected local operator and businessman.
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John Cothran
John Bumpas
Mt’ Joy
King's Daughters’ Hospital
Pleasant
Abiington Cemetery
Vaneilo
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Sheriff's Office
Bumpas Waa
Cothran
Mt. Pleasant
Gardens Cover 35 Percent of Columbia Homes
Horace Rainey Sr chairman of the central garden committee reports that 95 percent of Columbia homes have gardens and most are in good condition. He says proper cultivation through the season will prevent vegetable shortages and promote home food self sufficiency with a clearly beneficial effect on the area.
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Columbia
Horace Rainey
Central Garden Committee
Rainey
Lumbia
Atheron
Sure He's a Soldier
A terse vignette on a young American amid wartime Washington shows a soldierly youth and an officer exchanging a brief, formal salute as a street scene hints at home front mobilization and the pending school garden army pins.
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United Presa
Washington
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