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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
4
The Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio Railway announces a daily through train between Danville, Virginia, and Spartanburg, DC, with connections to all regions. Train times may vary without notice. Patrons should contact local agents or Charles Mandel and J. J. Campion for details.
In Elking W Va June 26 a serious racial conflict between Americans and Italians unfolds at Weaver south of town leaving four dead and many injured. Sheriff and deputies head to the scene as authorities seek to contain the violence and restore order. Local notices and ads intermix with the urgent report of the confrontation.
Washington June 26 In line with Taft message Representative Byte of Alabama introduced a bill to amend the food and drug act. It prohibits selling any medical preparation that threatens health and life by creating a false expectation of cure.
Mrs. Brian Epperton of Tecumseh Oklahoma credits Cardul with saving her life after suffering headaches shoulders back and body pains. She says Cardul helped more than anything and left her in better health than in four years. The ad emphasizes Cardul as the best tonic for women.
A London Chronicle item recalls Jonah and the whale jests amid a Salvation Army scene where a heckler is silenced by a nursely retort. An ad notes Bucklen's Arnica Salve claimed to heal wounds burns boils and eczema with age, offered by H C Miller.
Rockwood Tenn June announcement that R C Bulle editor of the Rockwood Times reports the appointment of Sulte as postmaster at Rockwood. The move is regarded as an Austin winning despite past treatment of Congressman Hale and the Sanders faction during the last campaign. General approval noted.
An old advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for blood and skin ailments including eczema scrofula and ulcers. It claims to purify blood, relieve pains, and heal sores, with a price of one dollar per large bottle and a free sample by mail from the Blood Balm Co. in Atlanta. It lists local druggists Ward Friberg and Miller’s as sellers.
Your summer plans may gain publicity at small expense through a Comet want ad. Picture a cottage by water or mountains, a suburban residence, or a city-out location within easy business access. Wants cost little and influence far.
A promotional blurb asserts that health is essential for charm in women. It claims complaints like constipation and kidney poisons cause pimples and a bad complexion, and praises Electric Bitters as a remedy to regulate organs, purify blood, and improve appearance and health. Sold for three quarters at H C Millers.
In Washington County Tenn before Justice Miner a non resident defendant J C Reedy is indebted to Summers-Harrett Hardware Co. An original attachment was levied. Publication ordered for four weeks in The Comet Johnson City to appear July 11 1911 to defend or face ex parte proceeding.
Mrs M A McClain in Pardge Hanks Co va is declared indebted by affidavit in Tennessee. Publication ordered for four weeks in Johnson City Comet to appear July 20 1911 before P Q Miller Justice of the Peace to defend attachment suit or proceed ex parte. Court notice also for non resident defendant to appear August 1 1911 in Johnson City courthouse. cause set for hearing.
In this cause affidavits show defendants Mrs. M A McClain and Fred C Bly are non residents of Tennessee and indebted to the plaintiff. An original attachment has been issued and levied on 6 kegs of cider and a lot of candy boxes. Publication is ordered in The Comet Johnson City for four weeks to compel appearance on July 11 to answer or risk proceeding ex parte. July 4, 1911. W C Pierce Justice of the Peace.
By affidavit defendant W. C. Casita a non resident of Tennessee is sued in Washington Go for attachment. An original attachment was levied on his property and a notice runs in The Comet of Johnson City for four weeks requiring Casita to appear before Justice PQ Miller on the specified date to defend or face ex parte proceedings.
The firm Galyon and Andrews dissolves by consent with Galyon retiring and Andrews taking over all property accounts and liabilities. W E Clontz is named in an attachment case and must appear July 10, 1911, at Johnson City to defend the claim as a non-resident. Justice W Q Miller notes the proceeding and ex parte process if defense is not filed.
Affidavit shows defendant J B Lee is a nonresident of Tinnessed state. An original attachment was levied on his property. Publication is ordered in The Comet of Johnson City for four weeks to compel appearance before a Justice of the Peace on July 10 to defend the suit, or proceed ex parte. I A Miller, Clerk of the Pence Trusty.
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