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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1910
Page
2
Washington May 11 Thos T Price has been appointed postmaster at Milligan college in Carter county replacing T S Smalling who resigned.
Republicans consider Hall and Haynes seeking renomination and reelection to the First Chancery Division of Tennessee based on Chancellor Hall's record, with party action pending.
The Chattanooga Times seeks ideas to harmonize the Democratic party as independent judicial candidates clash with committee offers. It notes primary fields, withdrawn railroad commissioner candidates in West Tennessee, and bids by Horace M. Carr for the court of civil appeals. Patterson’s 1900s era approach is praised against hostile committees.
Two young men from Pumpkin Center entered the Johnson City Steam Laundry seeking prompt collar washing and a shirt ironing before an outgoing train. The request was politely declined, prompting speculation the shop may add a waiting tub. A.B Hartwell, trustee candidate, was in the city en route to Washington College commencement.
A Boston woman sues a baker for damages after attempting to eat stones she mistook for bread, fracturing a tooth and a set of false teeth. The defense cites contributory negligence, arguing the stone was larger than a bread bite, highlighting local chatter on staying clear of large fragments while pondering How tonian habits.
A severe earthquake shock was felt in San Domingo at 3 o'clock this morning. No loss of life or property damage reported in the city, but interior reports are awaited. The piece includes disjointed OCR text and a note on wild honey from National Geographic Magazine.
Forest fires leveled the south half of Mosinee in Marathon county Wisconsin ten residences four general stores a drug store two saloons post office and a saw mill destroyed before communications cut. Fire reported under control. In Minnesota Duluth and Grand Marais faces fire threat with wireless attempts to reach Duluth Station ongoing.
In Bridgetown Barbatos a dispute between two black youths escalates until one mockingly says that the other is “black enuf to go naked to a funeral.” The remark appears in Sunday Magazine Los Angeles Herald as a pointed example of prejudice.
A girl who just made a brilliant match after two successful seasons says she is cleverer than most men but hides it well. Her attitude has her surrounded by a crowd of devoted youths who admire her clever sayings. The note advises girls entering society to imitate tactful discretion.
A thin leaf of gold is immeasurably thin yet weighed with precision by cales. One leaf weighs one fifth of a grain, so light a breath can blow it away. Held to light, the leaf appears translucent and greenish, revealing its delicate nature.
A battalion chief questions a maid who tried to mail a letter in a fire alarm box. The confused maid blubbers about doing it for a lad in Bogine 16 as the incident circulates through the department.
London May 11 reports from Dover speak of a serious explosion on the flagship London, flagship of the British Atlantic fleet in Norwegian waters. Rear Admiral Sir Colin Richard Keppel commands the fleet. The London, a 15000 ton twin screw battleship, carries 4 12 inch and 12 6 inch guns, plus smaller armament. Her captain is Alfred E M Chatfield. Built at Portsmouth, launched 1899 and completed 1902, cost over 5 million dollars and carries 757 officers and men.
The New York Press notes a habit of Burmese women using a hookah like device called hubble bubble to deliver nicotine water. They smoke for pleasure and to supply men, a form of tobacco chewing involving holding a beverage in the mouth and preserving teeth.
London clubwomen adopt a new fad with a dainty Japanese kinseru pipe featuring a gold and silver paw and mouthpiece. A pinch of tobacco yields about seven whiffs, glorifying pipe smoking as a fashionable pastime.
Lord Granard visits tenants and notes the livestock in fine condition. A farmer replies that if all were as ready to die as the animals, they would do well.
State board of education announces exams at Jackson Nashville and Knoxville on June 7 8 and 9 1910 for teachers to obtain five year renewable certificates to teach in high schools. Subjects include English spelling grammar rhetoric literature history mathematics Latin science agriculture biology physics chemistry with department specific certifications and two year county certificates for exam passage.
An itinerant bank established by a London firm travels from Brightom at nine each morning visiting ten towns daily to help farmers deposit money locally. The item also touts Chamberlain Liniment and flower oil scented writing practices, with advice on perfumed letters and scented invitations.
An explosion of a gas oven at a Jamestown New York plant sent a window cast from a fourth story into the river. The casing later recovered showed a hanging watch still attached and keeping good time, a curious relic of the blast noted by Popular Mechanics.
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