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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1910
Page
3
The Comet offers a handsome purse this week to the young lady who pays in the largest subscription amount by 9 PM Saturday. Exhibited at Kemble-Cochran Co’s, the prize attracts much attention. No need for many votes, enter this week and win by submitting the largest cash subscription.
Spokane August 23 Three hundred fire fighters of six hundred on the White Pine forest blaze in southern Idaho are unaccounted for today Government forest Supervisor W R Weigel of Wallace declares nearly all have perished He says only 300 have reported safe while others were near the fiercest flames along the headwaters of the Couer D Alene and the St Joe The appalling conclusion is that most of these men have lost their lives
Furniture stored at the T. B. Hurst warehouse on Southern Railway involves a Lone order with J. W. Pields City Transfer Co Brewely Morninure Co and Arnhurst Smith Parkes Co. Also mentions T. J. Hurst Real Estate Office. FOR RENT 8 Turnsholome to gentlemen only Apply to Mrs UH 1 Crumley Hilrels Avenue.
The advertisement touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as essential for maintaining strength and health. It claims benefits for digestion, bowel regularity, liver and kidney activity, and relief from cramps diarrhea indigestion and malaria.
A political profile piece argues Hooper, a Republican candidate favored for lacking a strong record, opposed Confederate pensions and Confederate Home funding, and faced scrutiny over brief legislative acts including a 1895 tax proposal taxing preachers to officials, with citations noting votes and positions.
A Bristol bound service expansion introduces extra cars on Train No. 42 daily, attached to Train No. 41 for the return trip. The new schedule, tied to the Appalachian Exposition, should start around September 10. It urges travelers to bring remedies for travel ailments and notes pre-boarding restrictions on onboard sales.
Florence resident Robert and family seek missing link exhibit now on display at Grover Street home of T Cailien. Visit Wit Silver & Co to view.
A scanned page lists numerous entrants and prizes for a contest in Comet, naming dozens of individuals and towns across Tennessee and North Carolina. The lengthy roster includes Grace TS Milthorn, Lola Melaughlin, Kate Tilson, Jeanetts Brading, Exhel May Lawrence, Mary Gatland, Lyda Must, Pansy Puiitter, Nell Gate, Octavia Wofford, Winote M Weller, Margaret Singleton, Lucile Denney, Adeline Hensley, Mary Calke, Thealine Cody, Josephina Kane, Mary Calke, May Wilson, May Rove, Edith Barton, Alma Ford, and many others from cities such as Bristol, Elizabethton, Johnson City, Erwin, Gate City, Blountville, and Telford. The reward amounts range from small cash prizes to larger sums, reflecting a broad regional participation in the event.
Fires in Montana are being brought under control with flames observed along the Couer d Alene area and surrounding regions. crews report progress as weather holds. The article notes active suppression efforts and potential impacts on nearby communities and resources.
Weather shifts ease the North Pacific fire zone near Missoula and the D Alpene branch. Crews fight the blaze with renewed effort as winds die down, allowing better progress against the flames.
The Republican congressional committee met this morning at Greeneville to decide the line of action for nominating the successor to Col. Brownlow, outlining procedures and next steps in the nomination process.
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