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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1910
Page
3
The Comet invites white children to enter a pony contest with prizes including a 60 bicycle for the second prize. Entries close December 23 with votes and subscriptions boosting totals. new and past due accounts alter voting rights. Children may nominate themselves or be nominated by friends using the coupon.
Community appeal urges mothers to help by donating shoes and clothing for children in need. A school teacher warned of imposters as volunteers in uniform collect items. contact numbers 334 or 364 for arrangements and information. Greeneville visitors noted to editor W. R. Lyon.
Governor Taylor answers a Sentinel question about qualifying for the governor’s office. He says he will serve the full term if elected. The article notes a campaign scene in Nashville with local political maneuvering and a stray line about votes and work incentives.
In dense fog near Summit Indiana a Grand Rapids and Indiana freight train collided with a work train. Six men were killed and many injured, all said to be foreigners and members of a railroad construction gang. Victims were taken to Portland for aid.
C D Friberg departs this afternoon for Rochester Minnesota to enter the Mayo Institute for treatment with Dr Walter J Miller. Friberg has long suffered from a side ailment unrelieved by local care and hopes to regain health with the specialists guidance. Johnson citizens wish him a return to good health. Dr Smith of Roan Mountain is registered at the Purdue. J F E Toney of Erwin transacted business in the city yesterday. Babies don’t fall away in Dr Fahrney Teething Syrup. It makes sap blood so you are a live child you can win by constant work. Come in children and learn how to start systematic work.
Paris reports a powerful bomb found at the foot of a tree on Avenue Klober near the American embassy. Police suspect anarchists aiming to worsen an ailing railroad strike. The fragment mentions Dr King’s New Life Pills and a business visitor, but details are incomplete.
Theodore Roosevelt opened his campaign for the Republican state ticket in Dunkirk accusing Wall Street and Tammany Hall of a crooked alliance. He derided John A. Dix and warned against a master-controlled government, while denouncing the Democratic convention and its leaders as puppets guided by outside interests.
Bishop G. M. Matthews opened the East Tennessee Conference of the Church of United Brethren in Christ with a sermon on The Centrality of Christ from Luke 24. The meeting approved minutes, heard reports on conference relations, candidates for ministry, and home and foreign missions, and elected A. J. Neuf Kent as presiding elder.
Ringling's Bros Circus performed yesterday afternoon and evening to eager crowds. Report says the show was the greatest and most satisfactory visiting the city, with about 12 000 attendees at the afternoon performance. Albert Sweets Concert Band featured the night program, praised for its well rendered selections.
New York reports Frank J. Gardner of Brooklyn, a former state senator, arrested in Scranton for attempting to bribe Congressman Otto G. Foelkes to vote against anti race track bills in Albany in 108. Indictment by the New York county grand jury follows, charging attempted bribery of a public official.
Bishop L B Wilson urged young ministers to uphold morality and citizenship, stressing lay support for uplift of the colored community. Rev J H Gardner preached, and Rev W W Lucas spoke on Negro church work and foreign missions with Dr Ward Pratt and Dr Lucasio contributing to the evening program.
A Nashville newspaper critique targets Hooper for voting against Confederate veterans and shifting views over fifteen years. It argues Hooper cannot govern Tennessee and contrasts Confederate and Union loyalties while condemning his past stance.
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