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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1903
Page
2
A Maine reader Mina Iga Brown, from Rumford Walls, reports curing salt rheum with Hood's Sarsaparilla. She claims the medicine drove out the disease and kept it gone with continued use. The item cites local praise and a mention of a Knoxville vote and Chattanooga news.
Boston dispatch reports a planned sweeping probe into the militia department across many states. An investigation by regular army officers will seek evidence of misappropriated government supplies amid reports of graft in several states including Georgia Missouri Kentucky South Carolina and western regions. The effort aims to reveal the depth of private gains tied to state militia supply divisions.
The column blends medical ads with sharp notes on national politics. It touts Scott’s Emulsion as a flesh builder while lampooning Congressman Brownlow’s influence and Captain Milburn’s shift to Brownlow’s side amid Tennessee politics. It also surveys Roosevelt, Knox, and class disputes with satirical quips.
A collection of satirical lines targeting President Roosevelt and figures like Mary McLane and Bob Burdette. It imagines confrontations, scandals, and social observations about club women, graft, and political life with a humorous tone.
A political note argues investigation into coal trust methods by the Interstate Commerce Commission led by William Randolph Hearst must uncover papers and contracts or face court action. The piece predicts renewed Democratic reform pressure modeled on 1874 and notes public anger could unsettle the Republican Party. Also stories a Loveville rescue attributed to Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption with patient praise.
New York May 24 John E Rockefeller Standard Oil magnate entertained friends at his residence with song and humor. He planned the gathering but forgot the guests and returned late, then surprised attendees by singing Annie Laurie. An ad for Dean's Ointment follows.
The report notes the quartermaster store house ready for first floor joists with brass held pieces for decoration. It describes hall dimensions, two story kitchen buildings, and steel girders for a Guv Smith headquarters site. Hospital ward corridors are torn out and rebuilt after faulty construction while morgue foundations and a tunnel are prepared. Also mentions a skin remedy advertisement and Nashville deputy insurance commissioner appointment in Marshal county.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease for corns bunions ingrown nails and swollen feet. It urges readers in Missouri to ask today at the druggists for relief.
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