Farmers convention to be hosted in Columbia July
The headline notes Columbia will host the Middle Tennessee Farmers convention for the first time, likely July 23 to 25, with about 1000 to 1500 farmers from 41 counties expected. Sessions will be at the Columbia Military Academy near the Middle Tennessee Experiment Station, and a deed delivery to the station is planned. Governor Rye, University leaders, and local officials are listed among expected attendees.
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Columbia
Middle Tennessee
Farmers Institutes
East Tennessee
Knoxville
Columbia Military Academy
Middle Tennessee Experiment Station
Tom C. Rye
Brown Ayres
The
Universalty of Tennessee
H. A. Morgan
College of Agriculture
University
Hie
Minliry
Bryson
California Syrup of Figs Adverts Safe Child Remedy
A vintage ad promotes California Syrup of Figs as a harmless laxative for children and adults. It warns against counterfeits and urges buyers to ensure the bottle is made by the California Fig Syrup Company. The copy emphasizes quick relief from sour waste in the bowels and a well, playful child after dosing.
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California
Hanny
California Fig Syrup Company
Columbia Boy Honored by Class Mates at Branham & Hughes
Gordon Adkisson, a student at Branham and Hughes School in Spring Hill, was chosen by his classmates to represent the school at the Southern Students Conference of the Young Men's Christian Association in Blue Ridge, North Carolina. Mr and Mrs C D Adkisson attend the school's commencement. Gordon will return home with them.
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Gordon Adkisson
Branham & Hughes School
Spring Hill
Young Men's Christian Association
Blue Ridge
N.C
Jnne
C.D. Adkisson
Gordon
Wool Clip Sale Shows Rapid Wool Movement
Maury County reports a wool sale Saturday as Lovie Barker buys 208 fleeces from Wendell Church for 1119.40 dollars. The market notes the wool move is picking up, indicating rising activity in the clip.
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Lovie Barker
Joe Wool
Maury County to Discontinue Flour Sales During War Effort
Maury County plans to join counties stopping flour sales until after the harvest. Columbia merchants already halted use of flour and require substitutes. John P. Graham will convene retailers and millers to urge a statewide agreement. Nearby counties Hickman Williamson Marshall Giles rapid adoption noted.
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Maury County
Columbia
John P. Graham
Maury
Hickman County
Williamson County
Marshall
Giles
Merchants of Columbia
Women Suffer From Corns From High Heels Advised Freezone Use
A Cincinnati authority notes that high heels cause painful corns and calls attention to freezone as an easy solution. Apply a few drops to the corn or callus. the medicine dries quickly, shrivels the corn, and relieves soreness without irritating surrounding skin.
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Cincinnati
Memorial Exercises By Columbia Lodge 31.0 First Sunday
Columbia Lodge No 31.0 delegates memorial exercises on first Sunday at 3 40 p m. Members and brothers are asked to meet in the lodge room and march to Rose Hill Cemetery for the services.
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Columbia Lodge No
C. F
Rose Hill Cemetery
Maury County Republican Primary Board Appointments
At a Thursday state board meeting in Nashville the Maury county Republican primary election board was appointed. Names listed include HV Poster Cutleoka Jedmana Hughes Mt Pleasant R8 Hopkins Columbia H Taylor Carters Crank Dr Chriswell Mateh.
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State Board of Primary
Nashville
Maury County
HV. Poster
Cutleoka
Jedmana Hughes
Mt Pleasant
R. 8
Hopkins
Columbia
H. Taylor
Carter
Crank
Chriswell
Mateh
Modern Woodmen of America Vote on War Fund Drive
The Modern Woodmen of America voted a contribution of ten dollars to the Red Cross war fund drive at its meeting. A later note mentions a fifty dollar liberty fund and relates to local community ads and stamps.
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Modern Woodmen of America
Tula
Democratic Primary Board Is Confirmed
Special to The Herald reports Nashville on May 25 that all recommendations by county Democratic executive committees of county primary election commissions were confirmed at a meeting of the state primary board. A few East Tennessee counties with small Democratic votes did not make recommendations. Mulky County’s board includes P. Hatcher, Ruch T. Shellen, Ben Maltens, Hardy Pickard, and W. J. Maxwell.
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The
Herald
Nashville
State
East Tesnnessee
Mulky County
P. Hatcher
Ruch T. Shellen
Ben Maltens
Hardy Pickard
W. J. Maxwell
Registrars Named for June 5 Draft in Maury County
Registrations on June 6 for all men aged 21 since June 5 1917 will be held in Columbia and Mt Pleasant for Maury county men. The local board says Columbia’s site is the courthouse third floor and Mt Pleasant at F. S. Wheeler's office on the public square. Registrars are W P Ridley chief with W A Howard Emmett Duger and W P Morgan in Columbia and J J Gray chief with F S Wheeler and J S In ram in Mt Pleasant. Registration hours are 7 a m to 9 p m on Wednesday June 5.
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Columbia
Mt, Pleasant
Maury County
Mt. Pleasant
Wheeler
W. P. Ridley
W. A. Howard
Emmett Dugger
W. P. Morgan
Mr. Pleasant
J. J. Gray
Doctor Dressler to Speak at Culleoka School Meeting
Dr F B Dressler of Peabody College will address a community mass meeting at the Culleoka schoolhouse next Saturday night. He specializes in school hygiene and architecture and has overseen Peabody college building projects and the Hadley’s Bend plant school. The talk aims to aid fundraising for a proposed new school building. Public invited.
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F. B. Dressler
Peabody College
Culleoka School
Dressler
Hadley's Bend
War in Charleston Echoes Loudly in Public Says Roowrelt
Fragments from a Charleston News and Courier item report Colonel Roowrelt calling for louder national efforts as the war prompts loud public expressions and renewed resolve amid uncertain times.
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Charleston News and Courier
Col
Roowrelt
Jan Ee
Maury County Selectmen Transferred In Increment
The increment lists 56 Maury county men including Jesse B Rail Jobin Eugene Shannon and others with 56 Maury countians and one transfer from Lattrinburg. Four Maury selectmen were moved to Philadelphia California Union City and Detroit. The group includes various trades and professions common to the region.
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Jesse B. Rail
Jobin
Eugene Shannon
Freckle Lotion From Lemon Juice and Orchard White
A vintage ad explains squeezing two lemons into three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint of freckle and tan lotion. It claims daily application on face neck arms and hands will fade freckles and blemishes, leaving clear white skin at low cost.
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Telemons
Soldier Held For Further Information In Ada Pay
A soldier from the 145th Infantry, Wilbur Yeazell, was removed from passenger train No. 2 by Sheriff J. W. Griffin and jailed after straying from a military camp. He said his regiment had moved to Camp Lee, Virginia, while he was on furlough. An investigation is pending.
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Banis
J. W. Griffin
Wilbur Yeazell
145Th Infantry
Camp
Sheridan
Trenpuseet
Yearell
Camp Lee
Justice of the Peace
Hugh Lee Webster
Judge Turner Presses Grand Jury on Sunday Closing Law
Judge Turner delivers a strong charge to the grand jury focusing on the Sunday closing law. He cites two Supreme Court cases about blacksmiths and moving picture houses operating on Sunday, stressing that open businesses for profit on Sunday violate the law. He urges thorough inquiries into sedition, conspiracies, bootlegging, and other offenses, and notes powers to investigate such matters.
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Turner
Supreme Court
Zinc workers wield hoe in war garden at Colgate plant
Em ployes of the Electrolytic Zinc Co. plant waste land around the factory as they cultivate war gardens. Manuals of the national war garden commission have been distributed by the company.
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United Preégn
Colgate, Md
Electrolytic Zinc Co
War Gardens
National War Garden Commission
8 Company
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