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Newspaper

Comet

Location

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1912

Page

3

Bee Hive Commerce and Visitors Wall City Notes

Local Bee Hive ads promote hardware drugs and millinery with frequent visits from Bristol Jonesboro and Boones Creek residents. Several shoppers and travelers from Milligan Henanoke and Tennessee towns are noted, including Lee Piper Omer Lee Lily Groveton and John D. Cox. Eye care and a stamp book offer are also advertised alongside routine city visits and baseball events.

Lee Piper Bristol D. Hale Boones Creek Town RW. Dulaney Jonesboro Misa Lucy Gray Milligan Paris Green Bee Hive Omer Lee Joussboro John D. Cox Johnson City

Early Appalachian League opener ends in tight loss for Asheville

In front of about 2400 spectators including veterans, Asheville and Johnson City opened the 1912 Appalachian League season with a close game. Bremerhoff sparked Asheville with three base hits and a key hit as the team tied the score in the fourth. Asheville led briefly but Johnson City pulled away late, while Mayor Dickinan and others watched from the mound as Waymock and Bremerhoff shone on offense and defense. The match showcased Shaw and Hremerhoff, with hopes for a strong season as the team faces Clevelandites next.

Ashevillle Frank Heownlow Nake Wormer Ed. Garner Dickinaan Mremerhot Tye Asheville Shaw Hremerhoff J. Plevins

Urban beauty and overseas fleets in contemporary view

The Contemporary Review argues cities in America should plan wealthily to beautify like European capitals and notes Germany’s benevolent despotism over property use. It contrasts American progress with European foresight and questions naval strategy amid a distant Italian war context.

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Observation School Opens for Limited Summer Term

The Observation School of the State Normal will operate a six week summer term with first grade admission limited to twenty pupils. Classes run 8 to 10 a.m. with no tuition. apply to 8 W. Sherrill. Do not lose your temper. Anger clouds judgment and diminishes reasoning.

State Normal W. Sherrill

Escaped an Awful Fate with New Discovery

Mrs. J. E. Cox of Joliet Illinois credits a remedy called New Discovery with saving her from typhoid pneumonia and dreadful coughs. She states doctors and other medicines failed, but the new remedy eased her cough and improved her health. Trial bottle available at H C Millers.

J. E. Cox Joliet H.C. Miller

Hic Words Mixed In Harsh Winter Grocery Delivery

In frigid weather a grocer wrapped a customer order in a gunny sack to prevent freezing. Five year old George and his mother watched the delivery, and he asked what had been done with the bag, a moment that highlighted the improvised care amid the chill.

Gorth Aide George Little George Gaines

Fresh Fish and Groceries Sold at Low Prices

A local shop promotes cheap daily fresh fish including large roe shad, gray trout, dressed carp and sea rosin, plus sale prices on beans greens onions tomatoes lettuce and standard staples. They boast wholesale flour sugar at six cents and promise cash payments, buybacks, and no delivery costs to pass savings to customers.

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