Local residents visit kin and return home across states
Fall visits and returns fill Columbia as Mr and Mrs Jno Deal host relatives at White Bluff. Brownie Owen returns to Chattanooga after a visit to Miss Marie Hunter. Mrs James T Moore and Miss Ellie Ewing stay with Dr J C Ewing in Lewisburg. Numerous locals travel to Louisville Liberty Knoxville Nashville and Fayetteville for family, teaching, business and wedding events.
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Mra
Jno
Deal
White Blut
Frank Palmer
Tuscumbia
Ala
Brownie Owen
Chattanooga
Marie Hunter
James T. Moore
Ellie Ewing
Lewisburg
J. C. Ewing
Sen Shelton
Covington
Cocunbla
A. B Cummins
Louisville
Maury Dry Gooda Co
Distinct Honors for Avent Looney in Army Camp
Avent Looney of Columbia, son of Judge and Mrs E D Looney, joined Jackson Mississippi company and was elected to travel to Camp Punstone Leon Springs Texas where he now serves in the Federal Reserve Soldiers Training Camp. A standout at Columbia Military Academy he was praised as one of the academy’s best athletes and his friends celebrate the honor.
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Avent Looney
E. D. Looney
Columbia
Jackson
Miss
Campunston
Leon Springs
Texas
Federal Reserve Soldiers' Training Camp
Looney
Columbia Military Academy
Mield
Figuers Realty closes deal on Williamson county 112 acre farm
Figuers Realty Co. closed a Wednesday trade selling the 112 acre D. B. Graham farm five miles from Franklin on the Lewisburg pike to Ed L. Wiltshire for 7500 dollars. Wiltshire, who has prior Maury county holdings, plans to move his family there after renovating buildings. Despite a rough season locals note the dirt remains good and Figuers keeps active in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Figuers Realty Co
Williamson County
Ft. E. Haynes
D. B. Graham
Franklin
Lewisburg Pike
Ed L. Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Maury County
Mt. Pleasant
Figuers
Millington Youth Becomes New Agricultural Teacher
R. W. Pinklin of Millington is named agricultural teacher at Columbia High School succeeding D. M. Galloway who moved to government service as county farm demonstration agent. He is highly recommended and Superintendent Harris expresses gratification at securing a teacher for the department.
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R. 8. Pinklin
Millington
Columbia High School
D. M. Galloway
Government Agricultural Service
Hecomes
Harris
Royally Entertained Letters From Ithaca North Trip
Society notes report Mrs. Mary Padgett Grant writing from Ithaca New York praising her trip and noting invitations from friends in several states. The piece also covers a Columbia Maury County wedding of Ruby Wilkes Webb and Thomas Edward Gordon at Motoy Mission, with details of attire, ceremony, and gifts. Further items include a Woman’s Missionary Society meeting, a Winter Garden serenade for the newlyweds, a dinner for Earl Johnson, and the fiftieth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Lipscomb. An editor’s quip about Germany’s wartime stance closes the column.
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Mary Padgett Grant
the Herald
Ithaca
N.Y
Claude Reeves Sweety
Mendelssohn
Gordon
Ninth Street
Columbia
Columbia Insurance Agency
Winter Garden
Fla
B. H. Roper
Charlotte Smiser
Cullooka
Tenn
T. E. Lipscomb Guiarly
South Main Street
Capt
Mrs. Lipscomb
City Fathers Plan Fray Night Regular Session
City leaders meet Friday night in regular session to discuss the Columbia Water and Light Co contract. Key topics include immediate installation of uplinking hydrants and monthly flushing, with the Water and Light Committee to enforce terms and locate hydrants at once. Citizens and business leaders plan to attend the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Water and Light Co
Herald
Water and Light Co
Water and Light Committee
Columbia Water & Light Co
Figuers Memorial Bar Members Called For Service
Columbia and Maury county bar members were summoned by Judge J. McKnight to gather at 10 o clock Saturday in the circuit court room for a memorial service honoring the late Hon. H. P. Figuers a prominent local attorney. All bar members urged to attend promptly as memorial resolutions will be adopted.
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Woman's Missionary Society
The
First Methodist Church
Columbia
Columbia and Maury County
J. McKnight
Circuit Court Room
H. P. Figuers
Government Controls Wheat as USDA Sets New Price
The United States Food Administration fixed a $2.15 standard for wheat quotations, marking a first government step toward controlling the nation's food supply. Hogs dropped 30 cents, cattle fell 25 cents, and local flour, seed produce, eggs, and chickens showed no changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Food Control Administration
Cattle and hog markets slip as produce holds steady in Louisville
Special to The Herald from Louisville reports mixed livestock and grain activity. Cattle receipts 400 head, market a quarter lower. hog receipts 900 head, prices down about 20 cents per hundred with tops at 18 dollars. Sheep steady. eggs and poultry firm with modest shifts. flour and grain quotes show wheat at 3.15 and various mill prices. Red clover seed 12.75 per bushel and blue grass seed 2.25 per bushel.
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Bourbon Stock Journal
The
Herald
Louisville
Grain Prices From Local Market Auction
Burt oats sold for 60 to 70 cents per bushel. Alf Ita offered at 12 dollars per bushel, Alsyke at 12.75, Crimson Clover at 12 dollars, Timothy at 3.25, Seed Rye 2.25 to 2.50, and Seed Wheat at 2.70 per bushel.
Ice Cream Festival Boosts Red Cross Fund At Hampshire
The Hampshire ice cream festival benefiting the Red Cross raised 44.20 dollars net. The event was a great success and the organizing ladies expressed great satisfaction with the results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies OF Hampshire
Hampshire
Red Cross
Sells Floto Circus Arrives in Columbia for Eleven Acre Tent City
The Sells Floto troupe plans a large Columbia debut on Monday Sept 17 with eleven acres of tents. Circus trains unload in sequence, complex parades and a two o’clock afternoon show followed by an evening performance, then a quick move to the next city.
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Columbia
Sells-Floto Artis
City of Canvas
Dageant
Pris
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