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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1914
Page
4
The pageant designed for the Panama Pacific International Exposition features a Court of Joyness with a grand staircase and encircling walls. A central tower houses a grande pipe organ while echo organs reside in swallow towers. Central basin displays statuary with dancing figures and fauna as electric fountains illuminate at night.
C A Willson of the Tennessee Experiment Station urges rotating pastures and staged drying before lambing to maximize breeding success. He recommends dry periods on poor pasture before weaning, shifting from wheat stubble to oats to permanent pasture, and limited grain if ewes are in weak condition. The ram should be kept separate and attended to for peak breeding.
A Tennessee garden guide outlines continuous planting and harvesting from spring through fall. It recommends staggered sowings of lettuce radishes spinach mustard peas and beans plus multiple plantings of tomatoes sweet corn and okra, with greens shifted to June and a July-August sowing for winter roots. A. Keffer University of Tennessee.
Agricultural note from C. A. Keffer of the University suggests rotating strawberry beds yearly. For home plots, avoid long continuous use, turn and thin rows after harvest, add manure or fertilizer, and cultivate to keep a fresh bed for the next season.
Planning guidance warns against planting trees too close together on lawns to avoid future pruning needs and excessive shade. It stresses considering long term growth and the impact on lawn health and maintenance.
The report covers county election results and voter irregularities, local officials like C Carson elected to the school board, and remarks on gubernatorial prospects. It notes a quiet election, remarks on Roosevelt and the Panama Canal, Baptist attendance at Holston Association, and Bristol Merchants Week with plans for receptions, banquets, and tours.
Bristol Board of Trade and Bristol workers arrange a three day Merchants Week with free entertainment for all merchants in the Bristol trade territory. Thirty five hundred invitations mailed with coupons for meals and other activities.
Mrs Julia Carver Mathes widow of John H Mathes died at 510 pm on August 11 at her Jonesboro home after a complication of diseases. Funeral services conducted by Rev J N Crawford were held at the Second Presbyterian Church where she was a member. Burial followed in Maple Grove cemetery.
Farmers are offered 95 cents delivered to the mill for good wheat this week by Model Mill Company. The text also relays fragmented humor about anger and a list of quirky German nicknames such as Angry Louise and Four Hundred-Weight Man, plus a suburban landlord labeling a cemetery area as the Last Tear.
The Cherokee district saw lively campaigning for several offices with Major J W Weeks and Mr Dun B Fine winning trustee and tax assessor respectively. Republicans hold a majority by 77 votes with Weeks carrying by 183, and Watrei’s candidacy for circuit court clerk narrowing Hulberts margin. Local social notes mention visits, church events, and a large Union Sunday School attendance of 233.
Washington Aug 10 A district congressman in Tennessee is expected to announce re election plans this week amid speculation over campaign dates and speeches across the district. The traditional bet story suggests timing aligns with the upcoming primary in the First District as pundits await formal remarks.
Fragmentary historical reflection argues against children choosing easy paths avoiding obstacles. It suggests failure to pursue real work and honest effort leads to undesirable character, noting dangers of selfish self preservation and underhanded methods.
The brief notes a payment of five cents this week by Model Mi Company. No further context or details are provided in the fragment.
The Chancery Court in Johnson City Tennessee hears a suit by the city to collect delinquent 1912 municipal taxes from numerous nonresident defendants. The bill seeks a decree for taxes penalties interest and costs and to enforce a lien on described Carnegie and Wilder additions properties with sale of the properties to satisfy the claim. Defendants are ordered to appear by the first Monday in September or the bill will be confessed.
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