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Feb. 2, 1888: Readers of The Comet learned of upcoming plans at a local church. “The 1st quarterly meeting for the Johnson City charge will be held at the M.E. ....
Reporters and spectators from around the globe will be descending at Gobblerâs Knob in Pennsylvania this morning to learn if Punxsutawney Phil, perhaps the worldâs most famous groundhog weather forecaster, sees his shadow. Theyâll be doing the same in Raleigh, N.C., where Sir Walter Wally will be asked to make a prediction. Roan Mountain State Park is partnering with the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences today to host a virtual Groundhog Day celebration at the Tennessee park. Groundhog Day has its roots in a Scottish poem that says: âIf Candlemas be fair and bright, winter has another flight. If Candlemas brings clouds and rain, winter will not come again.â ....
Jan. 24, 1889: The Comet reported, âJumbo Hider (sic) is looking for the person who stole the borcelain (sic) eggs out of his henâs nest last week. He offers a liberal reward for his arrest as he wants him to make hash for his bull dog (sic). A full description of the thief can be had by calling on Mr. Hyder.â Jan. 24, 1892: Readers of The Comet learned about the new president of Citizens Bank. âThe Comet is more than pleased to join our people in welcomcoming (sic) to Johnson City Mr. D.S. McIntyre, the newly elected president of the Citizens Bank. He comes among us not in the roll (sic) of a stranger, his competency and capabilities elsewhere as a financier, and his pleasant associations with our people, having justified the impression that he is entitled to a hearty welcome.â ....
‘The Mauritanian’: Film Review David Rooney The Mauritanian, based on the best-selling memoir Guantánamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who spent 14 years incarcerated at the U.S. Naval Base in Cuba without ever being charged with a crime. Macdonald is an exceptional documentary maker ( Touching the Void) with a more uneven track record in narrative features ( The Last King of Scotland is probably strongest among them), and this legal procedural remains strangely flat, despite its star power and a gripping central performance from Tahar Rahim as Slahi. An unimpeachably well-intentioned treatment of a dark chapter in American justice, it’s methodical and serious-minded to a fault. ....