The Comet Adopts a Stance on Local Merchants and Soldiers
The Comet urges support for its paper as a community asset in Washington county and criticizes perceived opportunistic pricing by merchants. It argues that soldiers and citizens rely on honest advertising and fair prices, noting substantial spending by Soldiers Home employees and pensioners and condemning exploitative practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Insethu- Hou
Mountain Branch Soldiers' Home
Soldiers Home
Food supply problems and rising prices spark call for reform
Washington reports show record storage of butter eggs cheese and meats with near full lockers for perishable foods. Poultry beef and other staples are higher while supplies expand and crops may top previous outputs. Critics say food control by investors harms consumers and urge decisive action by government to restore supply and lower prices. They warn of undernourishment as living costs soar and demand bold remedies this winter.
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Washington
Charity Begins at Home in Johnson City Plea
A Johnson City editorial urges prioritizing local relief before aiding foreigners stating charity begins at home and noting daily contributions by Soldiers Home veterans and other local givers while stressing the poor here deserve first aid.
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Johnson City
Tukey
Draft Call for 9,600,000 Men to Enter Examiner Phase
The War Department announced that the draft will continue to fill an army of 2,000,000, with 1,250,000 in the field by September 1 and 600,000 recruits in camps. After the initial 600,000, another draft of 100,000 aviators and supplemental troops will be raised to reach the target force, possibly calling all registrants before the army is full.
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War Department
Contiie
ARTO
Cruelty of German Prison Camps Decried in War Letters
Chaplains who served on the Western front report brutal cruelty in German camps. They describe mass imprisonment, inoculated diseases, and threats of mutilation of prisoners, especially English. Tuberculosis is allegedly injected into prisoners. The piece condemns Germany as barbaric and calls for retribution.
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Sveneh Front
Enue
Germany
Form Purple Cross aids repatriation of fallen soldiers
The text outlines a plan to return bodies of soldiers and marines killed abroad to the United States for interment. It describes embalming near the front, transfer after the war, and long term recognizability. It notes the formation of the American Purple Cross Association under DC laws and mentions Catholic War Relief tagging to identify fallen Catholic soldiers.
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France
American Purple Cross Association
District of Columbia
Doctors Needed to Fill Army Medical Corps Roles Despite Draft
The Surgeon General appeals to doctors to join the Medical Reserve Corps to meet the need for 26,000 physicians. After 45 men muster in, physicians will care for health and sanitation in camps and during service. Commissions range from First Lieutenant to Major with pay from 2000 to 3000 dollars yearly.
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Medical Reserve Corps
Prohibition Amendment Stalls in House Session
National prohibition by constitutional amendment stalled in the House as leaders blocked action. The Senate yesterday passed the resolution to submit the proposal to the states but it was dropped for the current session and will not be considered again until the regular session in December.
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Senate
Preparedness and the constitutional convention defeat
The piece argues national preparedness starts with simple citizen duties and soldierly conduct while noting cigarettes and minor ailments as unpatriotic. It reports the constitutional convention defeated by a large margin across regions, with very light turnout and no elections in many precincts, attributing the defeat partially to thousands of young men being drafted.
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Cardui
Johnson City Man's Lucky Find Doan's Kidney Pills
C W Sharitz a retired hotel proprietor of 104 Walnut street in Johnson City reports twenty years of kidney trouble including back pain and dizziness. After taking Doan's Kidney Pills from Gregory Drug Co he says they did him a lot of good. Price 60 cents at all dealers.
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Johnson City
C. W. Sharitz
Walnut Street
Doan
Gregory Drug Co
Mr. Sharitz
Foster-Milburn Co
Propa
Buffalo
N.Y
Quack Remedies and Humorous Adage From An Era
An assortment of old medical pitch and cheeky life observations. Claims about Hall’s Catarrh Medicine and Dr King’s New Discovery are presented with market pitch language and exaggerated outcomes. The text blends product touts with light moral reflection on youthful pretensions and experience.
War Department ends regular clothing allowances
The War Department adopts a new system to supply uniforms based on individual needs for American soldiers. Regular allowances are abandoned, ending opportunities for savings by enlisted men. Under the new plan officers will coordinate proper equipment for each service member while maintaining discipline in clothing issuance.
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War Department
Inlet Coumaniers Wilh
Fragmented lines hint at a political note in Jay eiald
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a session tie and a belt term with unclear reference to a republic and public engagement. The readable bits point to a political or legislative context but lack concrete entities or dates.
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Eiald Teleh Republic
Dr King's New Discovery for coughs and grippe
An old advertisement touts Dr King s New Discovery as a pleasant balsam remedy. It claims antiseptic laxative and fast relief for tickling coughs grippe croup and other throat infections. A bottle is offered for sale by druggists at 50 cents.
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Dr. King
Nonresident defendants must appear in Johnson City Chancery
In the Chancery Court at Johnson City Tennessee, Pansy Waist Co Kramer Sau ber Jacobus Bros Doroty Waist Co Marcus Shirt Co Prakin Leboesky George Jacobson M Hartis N Rosenblum et al are non residents and must appear by the first Monday of August before the Clerk and Master to defend the petition of C H Lyle. failure to appear will admit the allegations. Notice to be published four weeks in the Johnson City Comet. June 18 1917. 3 M Fair sol
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JF. Cramley Con
Chancery Court
Johnson City
Tennessee
Pansy Waist Co
Kramer & Sauber
Jacobus Bros. & Co
Doroty Waist Co
Marcus Shirt Co
Prakin & Leboesky
George Jacobson
M. Hartis & Co
N. Rosenblum & Son
Joonson City
C. H. Lyle
Jung
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Toledo
Ohio
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Jolson City
Penn
Oscar M
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Guy
Chase
Lian
Jobe Building
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Sulie
Claives
Burrow Building
Ry Py
Maison
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Pi J. We Cox
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Main Street
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Central
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Houssen
T. A. Cox
Ruaims - and, Murrow Bldg
A. BR. Johnson
Attorney At Law
Brown
WM. Silver
W. €. Pierce
Justice of the Peace
West Market Street
Raths
W. J. Allen
Lee F. Mller
Elizabethton
Unaka National Bank
Miller & Sefler
H. M. Cass, M
Roan Street
Crouch’s Book Store
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Helle- 104
Eureka Mfg. Co
Tole
Chichester
Biamond Ae
Fom
Fuep
Cardu
N. E. Varner
Hor Tenn
Cardus
Tess
Sam Lena Uay
Ry Cardus
M. Fair
Bristol
Fee
Foster Duluch
San Summersdohn
Farmers’ Line Department
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company
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General Hatte
Vareen Vare Varnish Co
Lena Trail Besse- Parrott
Colon City
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Sparger Mills Co
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