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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1886
Page
3
A miscellany of weather codes, subscriptions, and local notices. Names include J. W. Hunter & Bro, Kirkpatrick & Co., W. G. Mathes & Bro, H. H. Carn, and Rev. Mr. Rucker. Items cover meetings, sales, railroad notes, court actions, and a snow event with temperatures and temperatures.
The Johnson City Tennessee post office lists remaining letters dated April 1 1886 Adams J P Hopkins A A Mie Hills Ht H Sommpter Alexander Henderson Gillie A Von Clentina Hubbard Samuel H Wright Tras If unclaimed within 20 days they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office in Washington DC B Raga P M
Reports from the country note higher sickness due to impure blood from bile excess. Fevers of bilious character occur, some fatal. Advertisement promotes Hart's Blood and Liver Pills as vegetable remedy to keep liver healthy and blood rich and pure.
A travelogue recounts a long train journey from New Orleans to Atlanta via Mobile and Montgomery, detailing delays due to rising rivers and flooded tracks. The writer notes meals, wartime comfort, and misadventures with fare and hotel life, ending with a claim of learning new printing techniques and a plug for Edward Shepherd’s services.
The ad claims Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds cures many throat and lung ailments including bronchitis asthma and hoarseness. A trial bottle is offered free at B Hash’s Drug Store to prove its curative powers.
Explanation of weather signals shows forecast probabilities rather than certainties and warns predictions may fail locally. Also includes ads for Brain Specific Medicine claims and a Grand Union Hotel pitch contrasting city lodging costs with other options.
An advertisement style exhortation promotes Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a renovating tonic for workers exposed to harsh weather or mental strain. It notes energy renewal and mood support. A local anecdote about a young man at a party mentions candy given to girls with a pun on "track" and "trac."
Bucklen's Arnica Salve praised as the best for cuts bruises sores ulcers boils fevers bites and skin eruptions. It promises guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded with a 25 cent box price sold by J. B Hash.
For sale three machines including a Perkins shingle machine a planer and a pony planer all in good running order. The shingle machine can cut 30 to 18000 a day and is offered with other planers to make room for heavier equipment. Will sell cheap for cash or trade for lumber Guast Sox 4 Johnson City Tenn.
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