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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1900
Page
1
An advertisement from German Kali Works urges farmers to use well balanced fertilizers for vegetables. It claims only fertilizers containing at least 8 potash yield quality and quantity and offers free books with full information.
Mrs. O W Olmsted of Kickapoo Oklahoma credits Miles Nervine with curing nervous prostration and general debility after doctors failed. She used Nervine with Dr Miles Heart Cure, reports restoration of health, and notes guarantees or money back with all outlets.
Charley Mathews describes a January 22 engagement with insurgents near Balleneoggen in Luzon. He notes thirteen enemy dead, eleven captured, seven wounded, one horse killed, and captures including twenty-one rifles, plus medic details and aftermath. He adds morale notes on Ladrones, health, and a march back to Alaminos. He mentions Lt Wing’s death from smallpox and general Bally’s forces moving north.
In a Democracy report from Nashville, Gov. Harris and Gov. Porter face double candidacy rumors for governor and U S Senate, with Porter denouncing the charge and vowing to complete his term. The piece recalls 1857 Hatton and Johnson era turmoil, noting Harris’s popularity among Democrats and Tennessee’s political maneuvering.
Fragmentary report describes a proposed slate of two electors, denials by Gov. Harris, and later vindication after elections. It notes miners’ strikes and fuel shortages in Kentucky with coal transport disruptions to Owensboro and Evansville. Mentions President Mitchell and a Central City miners conference set for April 17. Also advises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for colds and pneumonia, with local ads and a marriage notice from Oklahoma.
A jumble of 1890s promotional copy and local notices discusses Pettingill's Axioms for business success, urging advertising as essential and promising prosperity through bold campaigns. It blends ad prose with medical cures, a clergyman anecdote, and various public notices, including political shifts and bank and legal items, all reflective of a bustling, town-wide adrift of commerce.
Low glib rates advertised for The Comet, a veteran paper edited by A Cunninhamy in Nashville Tennessee. Monthly totals show 472 copies with 1817 10 TSU 100 180M 20 400 figures. subscription offered at 1.00 year and 9 0 to veteran friends. A Dowiaion governor contract for a plant using horse power from Ningara Malls is noted.
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