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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1914
Page
3
Tennessee farmers urged next legislature to enact a law for maintaining public roads and to support a state highway department. Leaders warn that without ongoing upkeep land values will stall or decline, and that bonding, taxation, and proper maintenance are essential to long term road quality and finance.
A rural fable in verse portrays the Gobbler dreaming of feast and wealth while a human-aimed slaughter forewarns a grim fate. Turkeys wake to danger as the dream ends in death, then the poem shifts to reflections on gratitude and social inequality.
A Tennessee advocacy urges establishing a statewide highway system with a state highway commission to coordinate and fund road improvements. It argues progress over five years proves good roads boost wealth, farms, and commerce, calling for county and state campaigns, engineering supervision, and maintenance under a unified plan.
The text notes that road quality improves after reforming road supervision. It mentions some states appointing a county highway engineer with authority to supervise county road overseers, signaling a shift from less centralized oversight to localized management.
William H. Hodges of 108 Be Millard St Johnson City Tenn cites lasting relief from kidney pain after using Doan’s Kidney Pills from Whitehouse Drug Co. He endorses the remedy as permanently curative and urges others to ask for Doan’s Pills at 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY claims.
Tickets on sale daily through April 30 1915 with return by May 81 1915 except Texas points which return by May 1 1915 Stopover privileges available. Inquiries via ticket agent or J L Meek chairman packing his grip lines show city list from Fort Myers to New Orleans and Texas cities including Houston San Antonio El Paso Galveston and Tampa.
Rooms 7 and Oscar M. Fair Attorney and Counsellor at Law advertises in the National Bank Building Johnson City Tennessee. Barber ads urge patronage of local barbers, with Congress Shaving Parlor and W J Allen proprietor offering modern services, children's hair cutting, shaves and baths.
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