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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1918
Page
4
A local notice highlights votes for T. E. Matson as District Magistrate, praising his capability to build roads and bridges. The piece mentions community figures, visitors, and soldiers, with routes to nearby towns and colleges, and notes plans for a Red Cross supported canteen at the C. C station for troops en route to Camp Wadsworth.
In Chattanooga on July 26 a Pythian patriotic rally at First Baptist Church drew members of six lodges and families. Organizers seek to raise 5000 to liquidate the $8,000 debt on the Ovoca Pythian orphanage in Tennessee. Orphans from Ovoca visited Chicamauga Park with Mr. and Mrs. Stratton. Grand Chancellor Aaron Bergeda and Grand Keeper A H Hampton attended.
Soldiers Home notes list Mrs H T Shanks and daughters visiting Mrs Mary Noll at the Peat Pond Hotel and Mrs John B Beasley in Washington staying at the Post Fund Hotel to see her ill husband. A Red Cross chapter reports knitting sessions 8 to 10 hours daily, producing garments for inspection. Other items note Amanda Vine leaving for Hampton as a waitress, three girls remaining in town, Col Siskvon on leave at Green Mountain, and Adam Broyles with wife plus Mrs J H Cross leaving Aug 1 for Dayton where Broyles will enter the Central Branch Home and the women will work there. The Post Fund Hotel has been freshly painted. Attendance figures for ADIUTA report show 26 members present, with various duty, sick, and leave statuses listed.
James L. Slayden, long serving representative for Texas Fourteenth District, withdraws from renomination after President Wilson's telegram stating he did not support the administration. A. P. Barrett and Carlos Bee remain in the contest as Slayden cites wartime prosecution efforts and opposition to those charged.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood based cure for catarrh. It asserts the remedy heals diseased mucous surfaces by expelling poison from blood and promises general health improvement after short use. Testimonials are urged and the product is carried by druggists.
London reports a strike start in Birmingham as intimation workers walk off at six pm joining about 65 000 members across twelve engineering union societies including 5000 women. Lincoln faces embargo ripple alerts while Cosening workshops idle amid munitions plant disruptions and advisory committees prepare for further talks.
A citizen announces candidacy for Magistrate in the 1st Civil District of Washington County. The notice, dated May 14, 2018, pledges support for Thomas B. Matson and references W. C. Pierch’s record including a $25,000 appropriation for East Tennessee State Normal School and votes on progressive measures.
P Q Miller announces candidacy for Justice of the Peace in Washington County in the August 1 1918 election. He emphasizes long service to Johnson City matters before the County Court and seeks continued support for the position.
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