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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1914
Page
6
A local retailer advertises a large selection of ladies coats and suits for this season. Many suits priced from twelve fifty to twenty five dollars, highlighting the substantial savings and new arrivals for customers seeking stylish wardrobe updates.
Ror Women and Home notes trimming matters dominate this season with bone buttons and various braid details. Coats and gowns show surplice waists, yokes, and wide skirts hinting crinoline influences. fur trims, artificial flowers, and velvet sailor hats complete the ensemble.
Excerpt outlines winter hats with velvet plums and berries echoing 1840 period. Describes high crowned toques and velvet streamers, plus blue ribbon trims on tan sailor hats. Includes design ideas for bridal place cards with canoes, life rings, yachts, and wedding bells.
A Watauga chronicle notes a pleasant evening at Mr and Mrs George Persinger s home with a crowd of young people. Many locals and visitors are listed visiting relatives, conducting business, or passing through, including AngUs McCullum from Memphis and W G Collins from Knoxville. The piece also mentions river flooding affecting a pier, Christmas plans by the Sunday School, and several residents returning from recent trips or visits.
Mrs Angle Dinkle of G Main Street Johnson City Tenn shares her experience with backache and kidney troubles. She says Dow is Kidney Pills from White House Drug Co relieved the pain in days, with permanent improvement, urging others to buy the same remedy.
Congressman Sam R. Sells of the first district announces Grant Jarvis as private secretary and Ben Taylor as stenographer for the coming session. Elizabeth Cook is appointed to the industrial commission, and Tennessee members are active in Washington. Local notes report weather, holidays, travel, and growing plans for electricity plants and infrastructure improvements.
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