Long May It Wave and War Time Prices Rise
Analysis argues factories will stay busy while consumer prices swing with war impact. Coal prices are set by the White House, with hopes of lower consumer costs this fall and winter. Debates over peace terms and national taxation inflation follow, alongside a Tennessee Democratic meeting at Maxwell House to nominate judges. A cabbage crop drives a government call to make home sauerkraut.
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United States
Steal Trust
Wilson
Ten
State Democratic, Executive Committee
Maxwell House
Nashville
Supreme Court
Court of Civil Appeals
L. D. Hill
Judicial elections in Tennessee must avoid political influence
The Nashville Banner argues for separation of judiciary elections from partisan politics. It recalls constitutional shifts to eight year terms elected by the people, notes August primaries for governors and senators, and urges safeguards against political entanglement in choosing supreme court and appellate judges. It calls for a plan by party leaders to keep judicial contests insulated from political heat.
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Tennessee
Supreme Court
Court of Civil Appeals
Democratic Party
Govrnor
United States
Congress
Varios
Nashville
War Tax Provisions Target Auto Owners and Wine Levy
The senate agreed to shift the war tax on automobiles from manufacturers to owners with a yearly $5 base for autos under 500, rising with value and usage. The wine tax is raised to 21 million, while most war tax provisions move toward final action on income and profits taxes. Drunkenness persists despite harsher rules, with logic suggesting a national effort to curb excess.
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Senate
Congress Should Treat Its Traitors Without Gloves
A Los Angeles Times item describes Mrs. Smith hiring a Chinese servant and teaching him to receive calling cards. She left, and the next day two ladies arrived. The servant compared the cards and remarked you can't come in, exposing a possible deception and social snub.
Sloan's Liniment and Saint King's Pills Adverts
Cramped muscles or soreness after a cold are eased by Sloan's Liniment which claims quick penetration without staining skin. Saint King's New Life Pills are advertised as a gentle non griping laxative, promising brighter mornings after a nightly dose, both available from druggists.
Doan's Kidney Pills End Long Kidney Trouble, Says Local Man
Johnson City resident C W Sharitz, a retired hotel proprietor, credits Doan's Kidney Pills with easing a twenty year struggle with weak kidneys back pain and frequent kidney secretions. He bought from Gregory Drug Co and finds the remedy beneficial. Also promotes Dr King’s Discovery for coughs and throat relief, available at local druggists.
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C. W. Sharitz
Walnut Street
Doan
Gregory Drug Co
Half Century Catarrh Cure Ad Claims and Royal Arch Notice
One hundred dollars reward for catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Follows a 35 year claim of efficacy with references to blood healing and mucous surfaces. Includes a testimonial request and endorsement by J. Chenhy Co Toledo Ohio. Also notes Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs and winter colds with a call to keep two bottles on hand.
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Hall
Figil
Trek
Chenhy
Toledo
Ohio
Pru
Pine Tar Honey Cure Advertised for Cough and Croup
An old health ad touts Liv Bell's Pine Tar Honey Nature's remedy to ease throat irritation and coughing. It claims antiseptic action to kill germs and aid healing, with a note on suitability for croup and bronchial affections, urging readers to buy a bottle. A separate brief items notes five coal cars derailed near Johnson City, hindering traffic on the Southern railway.
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Liv
Bell
Johnson City
Afton
Southern Railway
Non-Resident Defendants Ordered to Appear in Tennessee Chancery
In Johnson City Tennessee J F Cramley Con et al sue Pansy Waist Co Kramer Sau ver Jacobus Bros Doroty Waist Co Marcus Shirt Co een Leboesky George Jacobson M Harris Co N Rosenblum Son non residents must appear by the last Monday of August before the Clerk and Master to defend or petition will be confessed This notice is published for four consecutive weeks in the Johnson City Comet June 18 1917 J W Cass Clerk and Master O M Fair sol.
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Dior
Hat Pansy Waist Co
Kramer & Sauver
Jacobus Bros. & Co
Doroty Waist Co
Marcus Shirt Co
Een & Leboesky
George Jacobson
M. Harris & Co
N. Rosenblum & Son
Joohnson City
C. H. Lyle
Johnson City
J. W. Cass
O. M. Fair
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey Cold Remedy Ad
An old advertisement promotes Dr Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey as a natural remedy for neglected colds. It claims honey and glycerine soothe irritated membranes loosen phlegm and ease breathing, with a pleasant wake and gentle relief for children, urging readers to ask their druggist in Wauups Alabama.
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Ted
Didell
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