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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1915
Page
2
The Comet sl reports Jackson C Lyle as city editor. Published every Thursday. Entered at Jobaron City Teng post office as second class muster.
The document lists ownership and management for The Comet weekly at Johnson City Tennessee. City Editor is Jackson Lyle. Owner is Cy H. Lyle. Notary J. R. Gardner swears the declaration on October 6. Commission expires October 6, 191?
A historical commentary recalls Grant’s peace cry and the postwar era strife in Tennessee. It argues for unity within the Democratic Party, urges McKellar’s nomination to restore harmony, and notes editorials on Lea and Worley while previewing the Jonesboro event with Kenneth D. McKellar.
A Veterans Column memory piece recounts Civil War imagery around the swords of Grant and Lee, the Mountain Branch Soldiers Home, and debates over a Brownlow Monument. It describes public ceremonies, sermons, and a flagged unveiling, and includes a long narrative about a printer’s devil who moved from New Orleans to join Union forces and later returned south.
The text urges a fair chance at improved health through normal digestion liver activity and regular bowel movements. It implies disturbances in these functions warrant immediate trial of a remedy or regimen. The passage emphasizes vitality and bodily balance as key to well being.
The excerpt notes that everyone who enlisted from the Commercial returned to their former place. It highlights Sergeant Jim Sample at the National Soldiers' Home in Tennessee as a notable character, described as a lively, daring "devil" upon return.
An advertisement claims Sloan's Liniment stops infection and pain with a single application, kills germs, neutralizes infection, and aids healing by promoting normal blood flow. It positions the product as an emergency doctor to be kept on hand, with sizes priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
For sale a new four room house with electric lights and water on a 50 by 150 foot lot at 505 West Main Street. Apply to Jos A Frick in the Treasurer's Office Soldiers Home Tennessee Termate suit purchaser. P M Leonard Passed Away Sunday Night.
John Leonard of Bama appears in Johnson City notices alongside Mrs. W. H. Henson and Miss Corne la Leonard, listing local residents and relations in an itemized community record.
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