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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1907
Page
2
Governor Patterson names Geo F Campbell to the reception committee to welcome Tennessee guests during Home Coming week in There City. The brief notice highlights the new appointment and weeklong events.
The article recounts Governor Patterson's Nashville homecoming address praised by multiple newspapers for its eloquence and patriotic tone. It notes favorable editorials from Chattanooga Times and contrasts coverage with Knoxville Sentinel and Johnson City Comet.
Johnnson City has let a contract worth 192960 dollars for street paying. The note references regional papers and remarks on politics, journalism, and public life, including comments about Governor Patterson and Senator Carmack, with local humor and reflections on press conduct.
First Sunday mass and catechism held at Mission House Science Ti at 10:30 a.m. Mass attended by Rev. Fr. Callahan. Missioy Priest listed.
An approaching marriage to be of interest in east Tennessee and southwest Virginia was announced. On October 6 Miss Love Thomas of Holston Valley will wed Baxter Taylor of Oklahoma in a small home ceremony officiated by Dr. J. Albert Wallace. Both families are prominent in east Tennessee with ties to Senator Robert L. Taylor and Alfred A. Taylor. Taylor, now in Oklahoma, edits the Atoka Democrat and is establishing roots in the new state.
Miss Exwie Simpson and Carl M. Overhuler wed last evening at the Simpson home attended by twin sister Miss Hossie Lewis Simpson as maid of honor. The couple, honeymooning in San Francisco, were joined by relatives including Misa Bessie Simpson. Local friends note the ceremony in a festive pink and white setting and the family’s joy expands with the newlyweds’ future plans.
In Washington County Chancery Court Chief Justice Beard presides over Kirkpatrick vs Pricilla L Johnston et al. A bill in equity seeks possession of land in Johnson City. Lyle bought at an omnibus 1892 tax sale, later selling to the Johnstons. Kirkpatrick had knowledge but no notice to Johnston. Court dismisses the bill, estopping Kirkpatrick from any interest.
Plans were reported to build a branch of the South and Western from eastern Kentucky through southwest Virginia Tennessee and western North Carolina to the South Atlantic coast with a terminus near Augusta. George L. Carter Thomas F. Ryan and others were seen near Augusta aboard Carter’s private car seeking the terminus. The line would be about two hundred miles long and offer another coal field route to the south. A quiet wedding in State Street Methodist church Bristol linked Mina Phoneta Smith of Bristol to O. O. Rigby of Fredericktown Ohio. Dr J O Orr performed the ceremony in the presence of the bride’s friends. The bride had recently come from Paris Tennessee and worked with Dosser Bros store. The newlyweds left for the groom’s home in the afternoon.
Hon. 8. W. Matthews, Commissioner Labor Statistics, Angueta Maine, endorses Dono's Ointment claiming it permanently cured long lasting venereal eczema. He states the cure was permanent and emphasizes relief and satisfaction with the product.
Crisfield residents rushed from churches to aid in lynching James Reed a half breed accused of murdering James H Daugherty four police. Reed attempted to flee by boat and across the bay as officers pursued. mob violence culminated with Reed bound to a post then dragged and lynched at the foot of a gang plank. Coroner's jury cites unknown perpetrators. In Pa Painesville Carnegie faced a boat in his cellar too big to remove through doors or windows prompting talk of tearing down the house to free it.
A Pittsburg paper reports a morbid fad among upper circle women who seek appendix removal to gain social equity. Doctors warn the procedure is unnecessary, yet some individuals pursue surgeries despite medical advice and insurance concerns. A local surgeon notes a mania for operations and cites a New York case of a woman seeking multiple procedures, reportedly linked to her husband’s notoriety.
A clipped ad from Knoxville Tennessee advertises Southern Railway ticket sales with a limited window from October 15 to 16 and October 11 date. It promises very low fares and directs readers to agents for tickets and full information.
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