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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1915
Page
2
The Johnson City Tenn weekly carries likely humorous and political commentary. Harvey Hannah tours Tennessee and a political exchange with McKellar Lea and Patterson is discussed. The piece notes Carranza recognition, Lea’s Democratic status questioned, and local reactions in East Tennessee around November 20 elections.
MALCOLD R PATTERSON drew a huge Johnson City crowd Tuesday night as the Majestic Theatre overflowed. He praised changed views on prohibition amid hearty applause while Gov Patterson praised relatives and the Suffrage Club sent yellow chrysanthemums, symbolizing support for ballot rights.
A veteran observer envisions a ghostly Grand Review of the Civil War armies at a national capital site. The reflection blends memories from Lookout Mountain to Vicksburg with notes on Northern and Southern forces, wartime hopes, and the fall of the Confederacy. It contrasts Germany's strategy in World War I with Union endurance, urging respect for the flag and questioning civic school flag practices in Johnson City, Tennessee.
The essay compares wartime causes in Europe and America, noting that the Gulf states did not seek secession until later, while German expansionism was driven by ideology and economic ambitions. Slavery’s doom is cited, and the piece argues there was no territorial exclusion for Germany yet it pursued a global growth agenda. It reflects on leadership, ideology, and economic power as key factors shaping conflict.
A Washington gathering on patriotism highlighted flag absence amid pennants. A New York police directive now requires all 10 000 officers to salute the United States flag as they pass.
More than 100 G A R reunion members arrived in Petersburg on October 3 and were greeted by A P Hill Camp Confederate Veterans. The visitors visited the Crater battlefield with a Massachusetts monument, then Fort Mahon on the Davis farm with a Pennsylvania monument, and shared a luncheon at the Y M C A hosted by A P Hill Camp.
Wm. A. Wheaton of Ottumwa Iowa, now 76, met Mrs. Sarah Bowser of Hagerstown Maryland, 88, who hid him and five Union cavalrymen in her cellar during the Civil War to save them from Confederate capture. Wheaton, at the G A R reunion in Washington, recalled how the group was hidden for a week as Confederate riders searched the home.
A discussion of soldiers dreams from wartime weeklies notes that while home scenes recur in popular depictions, real soldiers often dream of war and alarms. The article cites images of mothers, fathers, sweethearts, and the sudden call to arms as common motifs in wartime dream narratives.
A veteran's nightmare of losing his gun becomes a vivid, haunting symbol of war's harrowing anxieties. The piece notes that even the bravest soldiers suffer such dreams, sometimes verging into somnambulism as they search for their regiments.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in memory of Mrs. Judith Evans Blackwell who died at her aunt's home Tuesday morning. Rev. W. A. Jonnard and Dr. John M. Crowe led the rites at St. John's Episcopal and Munsey Memorial churches. The funeral honored her life and character as many friends and relatives attended, with floral designs noted. The remains were sent to Shelbyville Tennessee for interment Thursday. Present from Atlanta was J. E. Miller.
An odd classified style notice discusses a promised delivery of uniformly cut dry wood. The text urges contact via phone for prompt service, mentioning a name C. 1 and Bolton 18-41, with preacher metaphor and a sales pitch tone.
For sale a new four room house with electric lights and water on a 50 by 150 foot lot at 605 West Main. Apply to Jos A Frick Treasurer's office Soldiers Home Town termat sult purchaser.
Careful people note coughs are stopped with Dr King’s New Discovery a remedy of merit on the market for four years Youth and old age testify its soothing breathing aid Pneumonia and lung troubles stem from delayed treatment It stops hacking coughs relieves grippe tendencies Money back if it fails Prices shown as one dollar
An old advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as an emergency remedy that kills germs and neutralizes infection. It claims rapid relief by clearing congestion and aiding normal blood flow, urging constant availability and noting price and bottle sizes.
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