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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1894
Page
6
Mrs Morgan of Chicago details severe heart disease and swollen limbs improving after using Dr Miles New Heart Cure. She reports rapid circulation improvement and regained ability to move ankles after one bottle, with six others also taking remedy. The ad promotes Miles Heart Cure with price and guarantee.
Clarence Riegert, foreman at the Murfreesboro News office, fatally stabbed W. H. Smith, a prominent local merchant, after a confrontation over alleged speaking ill of Riegert. Smith died shortly after in front of his store. Riegert jailed following a coroner’s inquest. Smith leaves a wife and several children.
The wife of James Campbell, manager of several shows, died on Friday in New York. At the wake at 221 West Eighth Avenue, Campbell's brother Charles, grieving, drank and danced a jig with his bulldog Pete. He battered a butcher named Rathman in the hallway, the pair fought, and Rathman threw Charles over the banisters. The dog bit Rathman as mourners separated them. Both were taken to Jefferson Market police court. Charles was held, the dog released.
An advertisement touts Dr Hale's Household Tea as a pleasant herb drink that claims to cure dyspepsia liver complaint and all kidney diseases. It promises results from a single nightly dose and lists 25 and 50 cent packages sold by McFarland & Co's drug store.
By virtue of a trust deed power vested in me by 8. W. Wilson and wife Kata Wilson executed December 1892 and registered in deed book No.7 page 477 in the register's office at Jonesboro I will offer for sale on the date to be announced.
In Johnson City Tennessee on May 5 1894 at the courthouse door town lots in blocks 3 4 7 8 11 12 15 and Carnegie Addition are to be sold to discharge a note of 1461 45 with interest since October 5 1892 to R S Boyd assigned to J E Crandall and F B St John. Cash in hand and free from redemption equity. Trustee J W Oxumiey signs. Printer's fee 10 dollars.
A grievance committee from East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia railway divisions, meeting with Receiver Fink and General Manager Hudson, returned home amid intent to contest the April 1 salary reduction. Attorneys Williams and Marchbanks will review company books before a decisive action.
A Darlington disturbance erupts after an altercation at the depot between Floyd and Rogers. Constables McLendon and Pepper are shot. Norment and Redmond die, others are wounded as mounted patrols search the woods. Gov Tillman vows to uphold the law as the governor mobilizes state forces.
A Columbia dispatch reports three state troops units disbanded to avoid obeying the governor and head to Darlington, stirring feverish excitement in the capital. A Florence dispatch notes anti Tillmanites planning to blow up the state dispensary, with the city in a high state of tension. A Washington dispatch describes a mob entering the Florence dispensary at 2:05 a m and destroying all liquor stock.
Mrs Jennie Wilken was attacked by a large dog inside Arnold Bros boat supply store. She suffered severe facial and chest injuries including the loss of an ear after leaping from a third story window to escape the animal. Arnold accuses her of harassment while the bookkeeper denies provocation.
Bank condition report shows deposits and capital figures with entries for cash, loans, and profits. The document includes signatures, a notary stamp, and date noted as February 2nd in a 19th or early 20th century style.
On Monday April 16 1894 in front of Jobe's opera house a house and lot in Johnson City Tennessee is to be sold for 9040 plus interest and costs. The property includes lots 10 11 and 12 in block 74 of the Carnegie Land Company's Addition fronting twenty five feet on Seventh avenue and back to an alley. Sale on credit six or twelve months with notes and security and a lien to secure payment. This March 14 1894 W F Young D and M by C W Honag D C and M 507-4 printers fee 12 Ripans Tabules cure scrofula.
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