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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1917
Page
7
W. J. Furry of Salem Missouri writes that four to five years of bladder trouble caused great pain. After trying various medicines with no relief he found Foley Kidney Pills provided relief, as advertised by Smiler Drug Co.
A real estate agent contemplates how universal contentment with one's lot could affect business, while a dialogue reveals skepticism about widespread satisfaction and its impact on the market.
The Senior French Class of Central High School staged a play for the Junior and Senior classes on Monday. The entire performance was in French and enjoyed by all though most could not understand the dialogue.
Wife voices concern that one team can suffice to ease her anxiety about baseball. She finds the topic rough but emphasizes limiting debate to a single team to avoid stress.
A bill filed in County Court asks whether inheritance tax applies to the total value of life bequests or only the life estates. Arch W. Lipscomb sues Columbia Bank & Trust as executor of Jos M. Rainey estate, seeking appraisal of each $5,000 life bequest and tax payment. The bank petitions as executor and trustee to value life estates and limit tax assessment to life interest.
Mrs. Love Loftin received a letter from her son Lieut. Frank Loftin saying his ship the destroyer Cummings would leave in three days for England to join the British and French fleets.
J H Harris jailed in Nashville on bigamy charge after a second marriage in Nash ville to Rosa May Lockhart and a move to Paducah Kentucky. He later pleaded guilty in Davidson County and was bound over to the grand jury. Detectives traced his marriages and the Blythewood prompt followed.
A large flag will be raised at the Court House west entrance on Monday May fourteenth Mothers Day. The event features music by the C M A and Columbia bands with patriotic airs. Governor five and Senator Luke Lea are invited to speak before a crowd in Columbia. A parade and speeches will follow the flag ceremony with local pastors invited to join. The Maury Dry Goods Co flag display marks the celebration as the community unites in patriotic observance.
Readers are urged to raise about $20.00 to fund the project. The total must be collected before the flag goes up, and the flag is scheduled to rise on the fourteenth.
Paul Logue, a Maury County figure and UT alumnus, survived a major Kingsport dye plant explosion after rapid ascent from Jay laborday to plant foreman. He is a grandson of Mrs. S. A. Worley of Hampshire and is expected to recover from serious injuries.
Special to The Herald Nashville May 9 The Tennessee frat regiment waits for mustering into federal service and for 175 men to be discharged under the dependents clause to be acted upon by the War Department. Col Harry S Berry says no movement occurs until action on all 175 names is completed and reports are sent to General Bell in the Eastern department for muster roll approval.
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