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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1917
Page
4
News and commentary from the Mountain Branch for veterans. Notes on furloughs, transfers, hospital stays, social life, pension counts, and upcoming encampments. Mentions Jas H. Johnson, John McPike, Chas Aiking, Mrs Flynn, W H Scrivner, and others amid routine camp chatter and local lore.
Miss Belle Lyle returns from Louisville visits. Mrs C J Green stays in Memphis with Mrs J O Radice. Miss Minnie Laminge engaged as nurse. Major Kerwin and family vacationed in Marshall. Mrs E G Lyle visits Bristol. Chaplain McIntyre officiates with a sprained ankle. Nurses return to service. several family trips to Bristol, Harriman, Clinch River. War discussion notes Soldiers Home plans and draft exemptions. critique of current generation. Anthony’s bill on Soldier Homes reviewed. local editor voice urges plain truth. John Johnson taken to hospital.
A tabloid style diary from a member of E Company South Tennessee Union Regiment recounts ambushes in 1864 and allied rebels, plus a Heidelberg scene with Mrs Blount, a Confederate sympathizer, and a Northern private soldier forming a tentative friendship. Later scenes cover Ohio and a letter to a brother in law, with family tragedy and service ties to the Philippines. Three reels.
A fragmented editorial voice argues over conscripting foreigners for military service while defending American youths’ duty to fight. The piece cites patriotism, forefathers, and liberty, contrasting neutrality with calls for compulsory service amid wartime strain. The Comet for Job Work.
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