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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
1
Leh returns to duty as circuit judge in Johnson City after health improvements and declines re election. Judge and Mrs Alonzo D Byler and children detoured to Christol Saturday from Auburn Neb where they had been guests of Dr Tyler a prominent physician of that town and a brother of
The nuptial service was performed at Immanuel Episcopal Church in a ceremony attended by a limited circle of the couple’s close friends and relatives. Charles P. Toneray of Elizabeth town, formerly Whit city, now connected with OC and C railway at Johnson City, was involved in the event. The couple, Mr. and Mrs. Toneray, depart on the afternoon train for Asheville for a two week visit before settling in Johnson City.
Judge Jastion W. J. Hewitt announces plans to seek reelection for the supreme court post. Judge Beard and Mrs. Beard travel through the city from Nashville toward Three Springs amid curiosity about Hewitt’s candidacy and party nomination.
Judge Tyler returns from Nebraska with stronger health and plans no campaign this year for the three southern district judgeship. He will resume duties in Johnson City this month with Judge Coleman as his interim, while Judge Beard faces renewed pressure from Knox county and statewide bar petitions to enter the race.
The marriage of Miss Gertrude Clark and George C Toncray was solemnized at the Clark home on Windsor Avenue with brief rites conducted by Rev Russell. The match links a local bride to a Johnson City groom amid weathered notes and rural life imagery.
Memphis Commercial Appeal notes Dr. Eliot former Harvard president advocates a natural religion without creed or supernatural elements. It mocks the plan as vague and urges him to learn the hymn The Old Time Religion and live by it. The piece contrasts Eliot with Spencer and Tyndall and questions the viability of a religion based solely on natural law.
Gov Patterson proclaims September 25 1909 a Tennessee state holiday. He orders state offices closed and business suspended so all can attend the Tennessee State Fair and display the state’s resources. The proclamation dated July 24 in Nashville seals the measure.
A Maynardeville Tennessee sworn testimonial from November 24 1908 praises Rheumathol for curing inflammatory rheumatism after four years of swelling in both feet. The signer Mrs Freno Bathey wife of Sheriff Sworn statement by A J Moont clerk chronic court notes the medicine stops the pain and swelling. It is sold by druggists in Johnson City Donesboro and Elade Jons.
A Camp Sevier report notes Johnson City’s second largest company with fifteen marksmen. Sergeant George Scott earned the medal for the top score of 119. Lieutenant Hendrix and Sergeant Gray followed with 116 and 114 respectively, as medical ad copy and other unrelated items appear in the text.
A reader comments on Senator Robert L. Taylor of Tennessee and his famed eloquence likening sectional jealousy to patriotism. The piece entertains his aeronautic metaphors and argues his imagery holds attention without losing substance, praising his nautical cadence and enduring appeal.
A New York Herald writer with typhoid fever in January and slow recovery travels from St Louis to New Orleans to stay with an uncle, amid talk of Booth and related wartime plots. The garbled account mentions officers, a debate, and unclear details of the investigation into insanity.
A fragmented reminiscence recounts a voyage from St Louis aboard the Hiawatha. John Wilkes Booth assists a boy during a stop and a tobacco mishap injures his eye. The passage notes Booth's fawning popularity and political tension in Bristol tied to liquor licensing debates.
A fragmented notice covers remarks on John Wilkes Booth and a boy’s memory, then shifts to malaria cures with Electric Bitters praised by R. M. James of Louisville. It reports Henry Roberts, Bristol lawyer and Y M C A president, tied to a liquor license notice and the association’s discord over his expected resignation amid a local option vote.
Ki Jones sister hinder and Attorney Thad A Cox joined forces to form The First National Bank in Elizabethton after traveling to Johnson City and Whitabethton. The bank will absorb The Carter County Bank and start taking deposits from the date of charter approval.
In Bristol Tennessee July reports claim Henry Raberta’s signatory role on a Holston club notice to seek a house sale. Roberts’ whiskey stance was known weeks earlier. Dike crossed mandetany to back the wet ticket and, per Wirestors of the MCA, would vote wet in a local option.
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