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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
4
A social witticism from Loninville Courier Journal quotes Gladys-Pather and Algernon in playful banter about poetry and romance. The dialogue touches on a football player lover and humorous mockery, including a joke about fanny tricks and a father's lawn mower down a well.
Round trip winter tourist tickets at low rate may be purchased daily until April 20, 1908, to Florida Cuba Georgia North and South Carolina Alabama Mississippi and Toron with limited May until 1904. Tickets available from Los Angeles San Francisco Portland Seattle Spokane Weston Hot Springs Ark and other year reports. Call Southern Railway agents for tickets and full information.
Southern Ry permits for 1908 commence January 1. The Southern Railway and other lines south of the Ohio and Potomac and east of the Mississippi will issue the Southern Clergy Permit on application to Joseph Richardson, chairman of the Bonthalstern Clergy Bureau in Atlanta. Ministers may obtain blanks from Southern Railway agents with full details on how permits are obtained. J L Meek, D P A Knoxville, Tenn.
D Hill plans to save money by correspondence. They have 2,500 feet of beat yellow locust and cedar paste timber and 600,000 feet of framing lumber including red, white and benonut oak and yellow pine up to 20 feet. Also ale flooring ceiling siding and finishing lumber.
Letters and testimonials praise Dean's Kidney Pills for curing kidney disorders. A July 99 1007 date and February 1908 reference accompany a statement by Joseph Archer of 127 King St Johnson City Tenn who suffered severe back and loin pains, dark urine, and sediment. He reports complete relief after use and endorses the product through Poster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole United States agents while cautioning against fake remedies.
A Chicago Tribune warning stresses the danger of neglected colds in children and adults. It urges proper food, ventilation, and dry clothing, plus Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a reliable treatment, noting that neglect can lead to severe illness and even diphtheria. The piece cites remedies and brand names and references various quotes from contemporary sources and advertisements.
An analysis questions a sensational tale about Upton Sinclair serving as a house servant at Mrs. Vanderbilt’s Breakers Newport. It notes employment agents vet staff to deter criminals while outlining a social role where wealthy hosts rely on fashionable young men who coordinate caterers, decorations, and commissions for large private dinners and cotillions.
A rancher near Craig Colorado after digging potatoes following a heavy rain found gold particles in the potato dirt. An old placer miner at a hotel noticed the specks then cooperation with officials revealed rich placer ground. Several hundred acres were staked as seeking claims grow.
E. F. Cram, after twenty years of litigation, has won rights to Tennessee land once tied to the late Robert Cram. The Evans heirs, many scattered across the U S and Alaska, refused active involvement. the property now rests with them, while about twenty families of squatters occupy parts of the tract and will receive clear title under conditions.
Denison Texas ranger Joseph Anse and Choctaw bride Annie Buntz wed in midstream at Red river then a rifle shot wounded Anse. A minister, hidden at the river junction, witnessed the ambush. The party fled to a nearby village for medical aid with Anse receiving first aid.
In Elwood Texas a surprise wedding followed a Teddy bear joke when Clinton Sidwell, son of a jeweler, married Miss Maggie Harnett after she mused about wanting a Teddy bear. Sidwell offered to be her bear leading to the ceremony.
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