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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1917
Page
2
The speaker argues for rational economy as war clouds gather. He urges stopping hoarding and price boosters, boosting domestic food production, conserving resources, and prosecuting theft. He warns against exporting essential supplies, criticizes government waste, and calls for leaner county government and energy independence amid wartime pressures.
A discussion on freedom of conscience and draft exemptions contrasts religious beliefs including Quakers with other faiths. The piece questions selective protections, calls for proper application of exemption rules, notes wartime drafting pressures on doctors, undertakers, and a broad moral critique of food conservation efforts.
An period ad-like block extols Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood acting cure for catarrh and claims widespread use over five years. It promotes Dr King's New Discovery for coughs and colds, praising its soothing laxative and healing effects. The piece ends with a quip about youth and experience.
A Johnson City man, C. W. Sharitz, retired hotel proprietor, credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with easing twenty years of kidney trouble. He reports relief from backache, weak kidneys, frequent kidney secretions, dizziness, and blurred vision after using the product from Gregory Drug Co. Also promotes Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs and colds, touting its long use and availability at local druggists.
The War Department will issue clothing to American soldiers only as needed for individual requirements. The old system of regular allowances is abandoned to ensure proper equipment while promoting economy in clothing issues. The change aims to prevent wastage and support better budgeting across supply.
Eupheos nin Whegert worked 18 years for Brooklyn widow Mrs. Josephine Prentice, receiving no wages. She claimed $3,208, a jury awarded $2,066. Wiegert testified she earned 10s to 18s weekly. later raised to 22. Prentice and mother died soon after. Rose said she was promised remuneration upon estate settlement.
A columnist recalls a self nagging memory of a forgotten package and homeward trips mixed with an old time orator’s flourish. The piece pivots to a vivid, dramatic comparison and ends with an advertisement for Dr King’s New Life Pills promising relief from constipation and a brighter morning.
In the Chancery Court at Johnson City Tennessee non residents Pansy Waist Co Kramer Sau ber Jacobus Bros Doroty Waist Co Marcus Shirt Co Prakin Leboesky George Jacobson M Harris N Rosenblum and Son are required to appear by the first Monday of August before the Clerk and Master to defend or the petition will be confessed. Notice published for four weeks in the Johnson City Comet. June 18 1917. J W Cass Clerk and Master M Pair sol.
Neglected colds worsen. Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey relieves stuffed head and tight chest. Honey and glycerine soothe irritated membranes, tar loosens phlegm, aiding breathing. Pleasant for children and adults. ask your druggist for 25 cents.
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