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Newspaper

Comet

Location

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Feb 09, 1911

Page

4

Died at 70 Captain Somerville of Milinoia Soldiers Home

Captain William Somerville super intendent of the Milinoia State Soldiers Home at Quincy died of heart failure at 70. Michael D Webb carpenter at the Leavenworth Branch 66 died after collapsing in K barracks. A bill for a John Paul Jones crypt at Annapolis with 185000 for the crypt was favorably reported by the naval affairs committee. Two veterans at the Home died rushing to sign pension papers. Isaac S Clark 70 served Co K 63d Inf and Patrick Regan 69 served Co I 10th Ohio Infantry. Frank Addison Spanish American veteran arrested for stealing government clothing at Marion Home and prisoners Bert the bartender jailed. An invoice is being prepared to determine stolen goods amount. Addison admitted stealing and selling to Bert for whiskey.

William Somerville Milinoia State Soldiers' Home Quincy Michael D. Webb H Company Leavenworth Branch K Barracks Webb US. Cav John Paul Jones Annapolis Senate Committee On Naval Affairs House Isaac Clark Co. K Patrick Regan Tenth Ohio Infantry Danville Press Frank Addison Hartford City Quartermaster’s Department Marion Soldiers’ Home Fort Wayne Frank Berr Quartermaster's Department Soldiers’ Home Addison Marion Jack Bixler Secret Service Clamme Bert Berr

Cardul hailed as relief for women’s troubles in Adel

A reader from Adel describes relief from female troubles after three years of suffering and using Cardul. The notice extols Cardul’s effects on backache, headaches, nervousness, and weakness, urging readers to try it. The piece also critiques the Tennessean’s humor about elections and questions the selection of an untried candidate over seasoned statesmen.

Cardus Taylor Folk Tpaper Lake Lea

Advance in Jail Board Bill Faces Governor Veto

Chattanooga reports sheriffs anxiously await Governor Hooper's action on a legislature passed bill raising jail board pay to fifty cents per prisoner per day from forty. The measure, backed by a powerful county official lobby, was a compromise from sixty cents. Opponents cite state finance concerns and prior vetoes.

Chattanooga Hooper Board of Nashville

Deafness Cure Claim Under Hall's Cure Framed

Claimants allege deafness stems from inflamed mucous membrane of the auditory tube and cannot be cured by local applications. They offer $1000 for any case of cure by Hall’s Catarrh Cure, urging readers to send for circulars and purchase pills.

Catareh Hall BJ. Cheney & CO Toledo Drua Uriaty, the Ake Hall

Train wreck near Tulsa leaves one dead and many hurt

A passenger train on the St. Louis and San Francisco line wrecked seven miles south of Tulsa, Oklahoma, early today. One person reported killed and several injured in the mishap.

Tulsa Oklahoma St. Louis San Francisco

Hud Robbed Post Office Child Wrote Angle

Benjamin Dewey Miller an eleven year old held in county jail at Denver Colo awaits trial for robbing Gar diner post office He wrote to President Taft calling himself Uncle Ram and confessing the theft claiming $14 and several stamp packages were taken He cites poverty and Jesse James stories as motive urging mercy and promising not to offend again

Denver Benjamin Dewey Miller Gardiner Colo Taft Uncle Ram Dons Jesse James

Macon Favorable to 1912 Confederate Reunion

Gen. W. E. Mickle of New Orleans and Gen. Clement Evans of Atlanta support Macon as the 1912 reunion site. Local leaders plan a campaign with a special Macon 1912 Special train, extensive ads, and thousands of invitation letters to Confederate veterans and officers.

Macon W.E. Mickle New Orleans Clement A. Evans Atlanta United Confederate Veterans Mickle Clement Evans Central Georgia Little Rock

Prer mes-it accident prep near Cri inimenit article

Fragmentary text mentions preparations for injuries and bruises, with unclear location names and wording. It remains a sparse notice about injury response or safety but lacks coherent facts, names, or dates to confirm a clear event or stake.

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