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Newspaper

Comet

Location

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1915

Page

1

Music Makers Quartet to Feature Barhubaphone at Chautauqua Week

Chautauqua week attraction HP Music Makers Male Quartet will perform using a unique barhubaphone with marimbaphone resonators and felt hammers. Audience crowds gather to hear how the instrument works. members include Charles Bryan Hart, Wark Tone and Reader, Lloyd Fo Garrett, first tenor, Mark Syingles, basso, and WW.

Chautauqua Xalde Music Makers Charles Bryan Hart Wark Tone Lloyd Fo Garrett Mark Syingles

Repeal of the four mile law debated by Tennessee lawyers

Nashville May 24 law opinion swirls over the supposed repeal of the four mile law amid chatter that prosecutions will fall. Lawyers cite the draggist sales bill and recent statutes as pillars of the shift while Senator John L. Parham warns against letting liquor be sold through shops. The piece also includes an ad segment on Dr King’s New Life Pills and a crude racial aside.

Nashvile Nashville John L. Parham Shelby Tennessee Supreme Court of Tennessco

Dunkards Ban Automobiles At National Conference

Dayton May 25 at the meeting of the National Conference of Dunkards United States and Canada today the denominational leaders voted that members should not own automobiles The decision follows years of debate and reflects the Dunkards strong presence in Washington County and East Tennessee with 4000 attendees observing strict footwashing They also decided not to sell leftovers but to give food to the poor Advertisement for Fahrney's Teething Syrup appears at the end

Dayton Ohio National Conference of Dunkards German Baptists United States Canada Beln

America Must Arm With Hope And Fortify With Idealism

A call for national resolve urging armed hope and fortified realism. The piece argues for a vibrant culture of education and entertainment to uplift the public, insisting on preparedness whether or not military action is taken and stressing the role of faith, religion, and idealism in sustaining national morale. It praises the Lyceum and Chautauqua movement as essential to moral renewal amid crisis.

Shakespente Lycenta

Trains Barred From Carrying Liquor At Bristol

Bristol Tenn May 25 Railroads ban passengers from carrying baskets suitcases or other containers with liquor on trains at Bristol union station two officers will search baggage before boarding. Protests from local package houses seek amendment to allow liquor not exposed to view. Also an ad for Pine Tar Honey claiming cold relief for families.

Bristol Tenn Union Station

Mission Church Built In One Day In Morristown

Morristown May 26 a mission church was erected in a single day by young men from the Centenary Baptist M B South and Presbyterian congregations. Mr Lynn Sheeley offered to donate an organ if the chapel were completed by 10 PM that evening. Prominent local business men joined the effort starting at 4 30 Tuesday morning to make the feat possible.

Moristown Bridgers Chapel Baptist M. B. South Lynn Sheeley

Fragmented OCR notice on local applications failure

A garbled OCR fragment describes local application processing issues with references to covariant terms. The readable bits mention delays or errors affecting the handling of documents and ties to a department or entity, but clear details are not present.

Phern Double Tracking in North Carolina

Greensboro reports ongoing double tracking by the Southern Railway. A 36 mile stretch from Greensboro to Pelham, built for the Confederacy, remains a landmark. The entire Greensboro to Danville line, once connected by Richmond and Danville, carries war era strategic value and still shows the original route largely unchanged. Tennessee Curve name ties to grading by a Tennessee regiment.

Greensboro Southern Railway Greenesboro Pelham Virginia Richmond Southern Danville Richmond and N.C R. C North Carolina United States Confederacy Tennessee Curve Tennessee

Man Wakes His Own Medicine 18 An Optimist

An optimistic ad touts Dr King s New Discovery as a cure for colds and throat ailments. It claims the remedy kills germs and aids nature, urging readers to trust its healing power and obtain a bottle.

Dr. King Get & Ottie Dr. Rigg

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