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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1911
Page
4
Cartoonish gossip and quips from The Daily Comet featuring oddities on health fads, divorce travel, fashion, fools of the era, curious crimes, and social mores. Notes on a Boston woman learning words, a Reno divorce quip, a New York judge’s rebuke of Cornelia Vanderbilt, and a flood of witty, imperfect observations on manners, cars, and crime.
A chaotic scene unfolds as a crowd of rail passengers fills a New York station. An Ohio boy, sixteen, testifies in court about fleeing the trains to seek food and shelter, expressing a preference for New York over Chicago despite hardship.
A long reflection on New York as a siren city, tracing how a rural boy rises to run an electric subway train, faces hardship, returns home, and reveals the city's powerful pull. It contrasts dream with stark city life and notes widespread migration from across the United States and abroad seeking opportunity in the great metropolis.
The United States government requires cloth meeting strict specifications for military uniforms. Tests include weight per yard, wear resistance, tensile strength, dye fastness, and perspiration and boiling tests. After passing, fabric is approved and produced under contract with quality-inspection overseen by New York laboratories.
A Idaho article details prize winning potato yields and strong profits from irrigated lands. It highlights Twin Falls county and Canyon county champions, with prize money of 500 and 250 dollars, and notes 646 bushels from one acre at 42 cents per bushel. It emphasizes irrigation, climate, and experienced growers driving Idaho’s potato profitability.
A terse call notes a plan to deploy a reliable bloodhound ahead of Edwin Jones for roughly eight miles to gauge his performance or suitability. The intent is practical testing, with emphasis on speed and tracking ability in the field.
The manager Gus Hartz snatched an addressed sealed envelope from a panhandler in the lobby and threw it through the box office window. He told Treasurer Fred Doan to stamp and mail it. The panhandler fled with his partner.
A fragment promoting cleanliness and spiritual well being urges readers to keep their house and life clean. It quotes a historical philosopher praising sun and air as healers and advises living to eat and avoiding waste, linking hygiene with moral order.
Barbara Carpenter of Ogden B C reports Resinal ointment cured a persistent skin breakout when nothing else worked. She notes it is for sale at all drug stores and credits its effectiveness over prior remedies including Erzend.
A teacher prompts Johnny to write a short story and he hands in a slate that reads Now, Johnny said the teacher you may try your hand at writing a short story As boya wll loves our teacher. Harper's Basar.
A fragmentary exchange features a proposal plan and witty banter about marriage and prospects. Characters debate old fashioned expectations and future possibilities, with cryptic lines about Jim and a lighthearted disagreement over probability.
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