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Newspaper

Comet

Location

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1917

Page

4

East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Rail No 7 Timetable

Time Table No 7 in effect 2 45 a m Sunday May 27 1917 Central Standard Time for East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad and Luisnville River Railway Company. Flag stations Nos 1 2 3 4 daily Nos 7 and daily except Sunday Nos 1 and 4 carry parlor car. Connection at Shulis Mills with Automobile Line to Blowing N C seven miles. GEO W HARDIN vice president and superintendent.

East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad Coluinville River Railway Company Central Standard Shulis Mills GEO Hardin

Soldiers Home transfer list to Government Hospital for the Insane

The Mountain Branch notes these named veterans adjudged insane and sent to the Government Hospital for the Insane in Washington, D C, under board authority. Several attendants are detailed to accompany them. other patients remain in Ward 3.

Board of Mana- Sets Government Hospital For the Washington Anderson James M Hlinals Infantry Baker Joseph M Ohio Infantry Heatwright Thomas John Boatwright 1St Tenn Bradley John U. 8 Navy Bush Earnest D. K Inman Charles Moltz William H Battery Art. Murray John C M. Costat Vi Cay Pharis John M Tenn, Cay Smith Cecil

Barrack Tales from the Union Veteran Legion Camp

The 33d annual encampment in Columbus Ohio is noted with officers and veterans returning from Cincinnati and Philadelphia. Reports mention recruiting Home Defense Corps, members transferring between companies, and a parade of personal updates from the Barracks including hospital stays and travel to Knoxville Milwaukee and New York. The Comet subscription drive, letters uncalled for, and social notes intermingle with light humor about life at camp and a flying comet visible in the heavens.

Union Veteran Legion Columbus Ohio

Pension Increases Granted to List of Members

The week saw pension increases for Eugene H. Marsh from 25 to 30 dollars Albert Neider from 21.60 to 27 dollars and Rhodes Stanley from 15.50 to 19 dollars in modest annual adjustments affecting retirees across the board.

Eugene H. Marsh Albert Neider Rhodes Stanley

Colored troops in wars and veterans note in parade

The passage honors colored soldiers in American wars from the Revolution to Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Philippines. It cites Crispus Attucks, Civil War regiments, San Juan Hill, Carrizal, and notes Black units in the National Army and Regular Establishment. It also mentions the 18th National Encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in New York City August 27–30 and a social gathering at Coney Island. The piece ends with a parlor-style poker anecdote and a query about Hampton Branch management transfers.

United States Crispus Attucks North Lincoln Co. Th San Juan Hill Captain Boyd Carrizal National Army Veterans of Foreign Wars New York City McAlpin Broadway 4Th Street Coney Island

Camel emblem faults spark playful barracks chatter among veterans

From talks with old-time eirous men comes a jocular critique of the Prohibitionist camel emblem. They joke camels are prone to peevish sprees and booze storage, likening hangovers to a hard war veteran, while noting other army life items. Army officers and staff moves are briefly listed amid light banter.

Nies Boone Ringlings Hampton

Local Military Deaths Reported In Brief Item

William R. Roderick of the Fifty Second Regiment Maryland Infantry died Tuesday. John Russell of the Thirteenth Battalion was reported deceased this morning.

William R. Roderick F. Co John Russell

Nonresident Henderson Must Answer Chancery Bill in Johnson City

In Johnson City Tennessee Thomas Henderson a nonresident must appear before the Clerk and Master on or before the first Monday of September to defend against Nancy Henderson's bill or the bill will be confessed The notice is published for four consecutive weeks in The Comet dated July 31 1917 by Clerk and Master J W Cass and attorneys Vinos and Price.

Thomas Menderson Chancery Court Johnson City Tennessee Thomas Henderson Nancy Henderson J. W. Cass Price

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