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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1909
Page
4
A house tour with Mrs Bradley prompts jokes about floors and kitchens. The clipping blends a sales pitch for Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin with various ads and anecdotes, touting cures for indigestion liver and bowel troubles alongside light humor and shopping notes.
An OCR garble of a 19th century advertisement extols King's New Life Pills as a vitality booster for every organ and body. It references Miller's Perey Pickle and various playful misreads, with stray lines about kisses and social chatter. The passage is fragmentary and filled with irrelevant interjections.
Maynardaville Tennessee November 24 1908 a sworn testimonial describes relief from four years of rheumatic swelling in both feet after using Riou Mother. The signer reports complete swelling reduction and pain relief and endorses the medicine to friends. Sold by druggists including Clay SHERCHS Eliandethton.
An insurance man questions a character about a medical excuse while the akepile jokes about whether the surgery was medical necessity or curiosity. The exchange hints at domestic tension and a hurried return home as a mother and father are referenced in a briefly chaotic street scene.
An advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a remedy for digestive issues in children, promising improved learning and health. It offers a free sample by mail and notes it is sold by druggists at low prices. The page also mentions Dr King's New Discovery for throat and lung problems with testimonials and a local distributor.
Nashville police report that Balch, chief lieutenant and de facto manager of D. Johns' mayoral campaign, was arrested on a streetcar for being drunk and disorderly after a scuffle with a conductor. A revolver and small whiskey bottle were found on him.
Continued remarks criticize a proposed law requiring delegates to conventions to be elected by the people. The governor calls party boards illegitimate, arguing the plan imposes high costs on candidates and risks political disruption by denying voters the right to elect primary boards with substantial powers.
Appalling kidney death rate tied to neglect of minor kidney troubles. Backache dizziness or irregular urine signal kidney issues. Doan's Kidney Pills touted as effective with over 100000 endorsements. Case from O N Brown, real estate dealer, Johnson City Tennessee, praising results after family use. Available from local dealers, Foster Milburn Co. as sole U S agents.
Nashville Banner notes hope that the normal agony ends soon as towns bidding for the state normal plan to send delegations to observe the process. The board will meet in executive session to secure hearings, while each locality expects to hear news on the outcome.
The Knoxville Journal and Tribune reports elections for officers of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows had no contest except for grand warden. Nine candidates began, narrowing to a spirited race between A Y Keen and D A Vine of Johnson City with Vine finishing a close second.
Knoxville Tenn October 24 A sensational report on brotherhoods read by Rev Jere A Moore of the Tennessee synod Presbyterian church charged ministerial members with indifference to the laymen movement and recommended dismissal of the committee on brotherhoods. The synod ordered the report printed in the minutes with a clause not to concur in the committee recommendation. It endorsed the Cookeville academy movement but declined to aid erection. Strong resolutions urged ministers to act to uphold Sabbath observance.
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