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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1897
Page
4
A troubled report cites Salvation Army forces organizing a scare at Triistil amid unrest from petty thefts in Morristown and ongoing high waters near Cumberland Gap. Cumberland Gap drownings rise as Natl issues loom.
Readers are told Hulls Catarrh Cure is the only proven constitutional remedy with a $100 reward for any failure to cure. The notice claims testimonials and internal action to end the disease. An adjacent sale advertises cheap East Park lots on Afton and Claiborn streets with corner Grover and Chestnut, asking for prices and terms from H W Liven.
Foremost temperance advocate Great Francis Murphy touts Paine's celery compound as a remedy for nerves and bodily ailments. He praises its founder Edward B Phelps and urges widespread use while denouncing inferior remedies and urging adherence to the pill. Thousands in Boston have signed his temperance pledge, and Murphy stresses the need for a sound mind in a sound body.
A garbled notice touts a remedy claiming four differences between ailments and promises immediate proof. It asserts Stease derived results and Miles cut phlegm as a cure for coughs and colds. The ad lists McParlid Holton as seller.
Empire Drill Co v Leonard and Henson to be sold at public auction April 9 1807 at the courthouse in Washington County Tennessee by virtue of a writ of vendition exponas issued by the Circuit Court clerk. The 45 acre tract in the 8th Civil District bounded by Lyle Lusk Millovany Lyle Santana will be sold to satisfy a debt of 4770 plus costs and interest. sheriff’s name appears as I Parrengre.
Trustees W G Mathes and W W Faw announce a public auction of real estate in Johnson City Tennessee on Saturday April 17 1807 between 1040 am and 4 pm at the front door of July's Opera House. The property includes a described lot with multiple boundary lines and measurements in the vicinity of Watata Ave and an alley, bounded north by a street and adjacent parcels, as recorded in the Johnson City real estate records. The sale is under a trust deed dated March 19 1896 in favor of W P Gingor and F M Cooper and recorded in the county records.
railroad timetable edition lists Pullman sleepers and coaches on trains connecting Knoxville Nashville Chattanooga and Washington with daily service. includes routes via Knoxville Cincinnati Asheville Bristol and New York with notes on car types and departure windows.
By virtue of a fi fa issued by the Merk and Master of the Chancery Court at Blountville Tennessee on December 18 1801 and levy of sale will be made at the front door of the Opera House in Johnson City Tennessee to the highest bidder for cash all the right title and interest of B. Kirkpatrick in a tract of land in the 10th civil district of Washington County Tennessee containing 88 acres adjoining the lands of Rebecca Cash Hurlbut and David Swadley deeded to F L V and B C Kirkpatrick by J 8 McQuiven et al Garland March 8 1802 and registered in deed book 66 page 40 reference for fuller description This sale is to satisfy a judgment recovered against B Kirkpatrick and others in the Chancery Court dated June 12 1800 for 150 dollars and costs of suit debt and costs to be paid at the time of sale or sooner This March 12 1897
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