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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1915
Page
4
Contentious issue over the chosen site for the city court house in Chichester has delayed action until Thursday night. The Carter lot offered free by George L. Carter is favored by many, while the city owned site also remains under consideration. Petitions circulate and straw votes test preference as a mass meeting could be called to decide.
A prisoner in the guard room jokes with an officer about the sergeant and sentries. In Tennessee, Edith Kilby vs. W A Kilby, non resident defendant must answer by publication in The Comet Johnson City four weeks, with ex parte default if he fails. A quip about Mary had a little lamb closes the fragment.
An old advertisement extols Dr Kings New Discovery as the best cough remedy for colds. It touts effectiveness after exposure to sneezing and notes prices of 50 cents and 1 dollar.
An old advertisement touts Mall's Catarrh Cure and Ball's Catarrh Cure as internally and externally effective for catarrh. It alleges the remedies reach the blood and mucous surfaces, credits doctors, and offers free testimonials. Includes a pitch for Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio and a note on Hires Pills for constipation.
Oscar M. Pair and Be N. Moore announce legal practice in all courts from Unaka National Bank Building Johnson City Tennessee. Offices Rooms 4 and 5.
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