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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1903
Page
1
The mammoth floral clock near the Agriculture building in St. Louis is described as the largest timepiece ever built. A 100 foot diameter dial sits above a concealed mechanism with a 90 foot minute hand, 50 foot tower, and a 5000 pound crystal hour glass, powered to reveal its workings to visitors.
Johnson City resident T L Hilbert testifies to the Dean's Kidney Pills curing back and kidney pain after using the product sold by Patton Deng Co Patton Drug Co in Buffalo New York. He urges readers to remember the Dean's name and buy from authorized agents only.
A humorous Dooley and Hennessy exchange on marriage airs in a Pittsburgh Dispatch item. Dooley defends matrimony as a grand, heavenly fate while Hennessy calls it war and a nightmare, each quipping with Irish brogue and sly digs.
A pasted excerpt mocks lettuce as a preventative for smallpox and promotes DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, with dubious health claims and modern advertising style. It weaves fashion notes with medical quackery and a testimonial about digestion, amid mentions of fabrics, trims, and May Delineator features.
A fashion note describes a gown with a dep rich hue flecked with scarlet white. It details a blouse jacket with white cloth vest and gold buttons, caracal framed shoulder wraps, puffed sleeves, and box-plait shirt with lapped bands. Evening wraps mix silk broadcloth with Irish lace and blue velvet. Red coronation color is emphasized with luxury linings and collar options.
John Oliver of Philadelphia recounts severe illness with yellow skin and pain. After three doctors gave up, he used Electric Bitters and improved after one bottle, continuing for three weeks to become well. The ad claims they “robbed the grave” of a victim and sells at 60 cents at H. Miller's drug store.
Chattanooga Tenn, Southern Railway reports delivery of fifty seven new locomotives and twenty five passenger coaches to boost freight and passenger service. The increase aims to relieve demand and improve facilities while previous orders contend with backlogs and rapid production. Also notes ongoing engine purchases under a fast contract and eventual commission of new units. Bucklen Arnica Salve advertised by H L Miller druggist.
An advertisement extols cheap land in Tere and Arkunene on the Cotton Belt Route with a slogan of $2 to $5 per acre for cutover timber and grazing land suited to corn wheat oats and cotton. It highlights a long growing season, mild winters, and markets in the north. It promotes literature on the Southwest and discounted rail tickets from St. Louis and nearby cities, plus contact details for B. W. LaBeacon in St. Louis.
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