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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1912
Page
3
Only two counties fail to report Giles and Madison. With these missing, November 5 results show Hooper 120,078 and McMillin 111,973, giving Hooper a 5,105 vote majority.
The new Baptist church at Elizabethton will be dedicated Sunday November 1. Dr J W Gillon of Nashville will preach the dedicatory sermon. Miss Rhea Hunter of Johnson City will sing at the service. Previously held days at the National Soldiers Home have led to arrests for public drunkenness, but the latest payday reduced offenses. Since George F B Campbell has been police chief, law-breaking has declined citywide.
Johnson City residents approve a fifty thousand dollar school bond to erect a new high school on Science Hill. Construction will begin soon while classes continue at the old Lusk building on Watauga Avenue and Loan Street.
A mammoth corn crop is described in Washington County with yields from forty to one hundred bushels per acre. Nelson Ford of Knob Creek cites seventy bushels per acre while D Hinle of Boone's Creek notes eighty bushels.
The Appalachian Maule Quartette of Johnson City performed a lively program at Bay Hat Church Saturday night. Mex. Sarah aren Hye joined with strong applause. audience encores reflected widespread approval. Porto Rico reports praise for Dr King’s New Discovery as a remedy for colds and chest troubles, with trials offered.
Itching fiery eczema is described as diminished by Zemo, a clean liquid wash that sinks in and soothes. The ad claims quick relief from pain and distress and offers a full refund if the first bottle fails to satisfy. EB W Rose Medicine Co. prepares Zemo and City Drug Store stocks it.
J J Campion vice president and traffic manager of the C C C & C railway announces that effective Navy 15 112 Mr Chas T Mandel is appointed assistant general passenger agent Mandel has been traveling passenger agent in charge of the department and is regarded as a capable and efficient official with the road His reappointment will meet with strong local support.
H A Orrell of Springfield Tennessee named in charge as manager of Western Union and Cumberland Telephone company in Johnson City. O C Walker has led here for months but health faded, and Orrell will move his family to the city within a few weeks.
Informal announcement notes the wedding of Judge John J Shields chief justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court to Mrs Jeannette Cowan. The ceremony is set for Saturday December 7 at St Bartholoews chapel New York City with William Shields as best man.
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