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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1908
Page
4
In a clipped exchange, Gladys and Algernon discuss poetry and a football player lover. The dialogue shifts to jokes about tricks and a father's lawn mower wastefully suggested as a prank.
Round trip winter tour tickets at low rates may be purchased daily until April 20 1908 to winter resorts in Florida Cubs Georgia North and South Carolina Alabama Mississippi and Texas Also four all car tour tickets on sale daily to Los Angeles San Francisco Portland Seattle Spokane Mexico Hot Springs Ark and other northern routes Call on Southern Railway agents for tickets and complete information J L MEEK D P A Southern Ry Permits for 1908 begin January 1 1908 cler gy permits to travel south of the Ohio and Potomac east of the Mississippi known as Southeastern Clergy Permit available via Joseph Richardson chairman Southeastern Clergy Bureau Atlanta Ga ministers may obtain blanks from Southern Railway agents
Builders and owners may contact a supplier advertising ready timber for quick orders. Inventory includes 200 feet yellow locust and cedar, 500,000 feet framing timber in red, white, oak and yellow pine up to 2 feet long, plus mooring, ceiling, siding and finishing lumber from Couneivos Dexum Soniertep.
The notice warns that kidney trouble grows unseen and undermines health with backache headaches nervousness and urinary issues. It touts Down's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo as a safe remedy and cites a Johnson City resident praising them after suffering kidney pain and a stiff back. It urges purchase through Patton Drug Co and dealers.
A Chicago Tribune piece cautions that neglected colds threaten child life and advises proper care, ventilation, and warm clothing. It praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the safe, effective treatment and includes a testimonial about Dr King’s New Discoveries aiding coughs and colds with trial bottles offered.
A Harbor Maine resident Mrs E D Chartor praises Electric Bitters as a neighborhood favorite for quick relief in dyspepsia liver and kidney issues and general debility. Other testimonials claim blood purification and strong health benefits. A sales pitch appears amid varied local mentions and a market scene at Rouen City Journal.
A Washington Georgia article argues the town Wilkes county chose the name Washington in 1779 and the assembly confirmed it in January 1780. It cites Watkin’s Digest for the 1780 act creating Washington and notes commissioner Dooley’s 1779 death before Kettle Creek. The original 100 acre plot is held at Mary Willis Library.
During Yale geology field trip to Stony Creek quarries, Ponson Carlos Chu from Shanghai, a member of China’s royal family, rode in a freight car across marshes. He slipped after a guide stepped into a hidden hole, ending with his face turned dark and his body partly buried in mud before rescue.
J T Robert W Bells of Washington bought Geronimo Selle War Bonnet, the buckskin and feathers he wore in his last battle with Gen Miles, paying $100. He plans to donate the bonnet to a State institution.
Lieutenant Cronan averted a catastrophe during target practice off Cape Cod by sacrificing his right index finger to stop a live powder charge from igniting. The near-miss endangered the crew of the Connecticut and the Breech mechanism stalled, with a board of Inquiry later detailing the actions.
Fire Chief Croker leads a plan approved by the building code revision commission to halt wooden house building in the suburbs and extend fire limits citywide. The proposal, pending aldermen approval, could force builders and landowners to relocate as sparsely settled districts become dense.
Powers Gouroud known as Chapple, an Englishman, is granted divorce from Gertrude Crocker-Gouroud in Sioux Falls on desertion grounds. She appeared via attorney in New York hospital. Rumors say $500,000 payoff or a $1,000,000 trust for Chapple’s lifetime, tied to Crocker family settlement.
A postmaster general report shows the United Kingdom postal service earned about 25 million dollars in the last year while the telegraph department lost around 98 million. More than 20 million parcels were not delivered due to faulty addresses, with about 4.5 million of value lost in undelivered items.
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