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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1903
Page
2
A collage of odd anecdotes and local color from Johnson City and nearby towns. Story snippets cover a drinking-habits controversy, a tiger legend, election tallies, and editorials on public figures, with notes on Hood’s Sarsaparilla and municipal actions. Names include Glady, Crumley, Teaves, and Roosevelt era figures amid fragmented notices.
A scrambled market note mentions DeWitt's Salve for piles burns and sores with repeated phrases. It also cites girls in gaudy uniforms selling butter and cheese in Berlin for a new company and Hugh Webb leading a sausage claim. The Seven Stars Inn in Manchester boasts a 550 year license.
The article notes a demand for speakers on pressing issues and reports that Mr. Debs has agreed to take a few engagements on the platform this season. It describes his manner as pleasant and his arguments as logical, noting how supporters leave loving him.
An old advertisement claims soft and crooked bones in growing children stem from poor feeding and promotes Scott's Emulsion as the correct daily food. It promises straighter bow legs, stronger joints, and firmer heads with regular small doses and even offers a free sample from Scott and Bowne in New York.
Miss Julia Filbridge of West Cornwall Connecticut says Burdock Blood Bitters cured a severe body breakout and she is very grateful, describing it as almost a miracle.
Steam was turned on Friday afternoon to tear the pipes and leaks found as Black & Boyd of New York install electric fixtures for immediate lighting. Miss Jennings and Miss Maloney, Washington D. C., arrive as superintendent of female nurses and chief cook. Officers display new uniforms, Governor Smith wearing colonel shoulder-straps. The hospital group opened on the fifth and a fire began in the range. Brownlow aided in the kitchen during the blaze. A luncheon was served in the dining room with city and Jonesboro guests. Fire destroyed the crank shop at the Kansas national home, ten years old and funded by the post fund, a poor loss for old soldiers who tinkered there. No. 2 progress delayed. cement base, damp-proof floor, and infill work planned. Southern Railway tickets to Texas, Oklahoma, California, Oregon, Washington and west points available at low rates from Knoxville agents. J. L. Meex listed as district passenger agent.
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