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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1892
Page
3
Local notes recount needlework by a Clarksville student in 1819 and praise for Dr Hart’s remedies for common pains. The issue also notes Mrs. E. M. Gilmer as a writer for Frank Leslie's Easter number and mentions a rich iron ore chunk near Clarksville along the Mineral Road.
An aggregation of old ads and notices includes Dr Hale's Household Cough Care extolling a vegetable remedy for coughs and lung ailments, prices 25 and 50 cents at McFarland & Co. drugstore. Cumberland County Agricultural and Live Stock Association forms a permanent Crossville group. local hunting use of wild garkeya noted. A letter offers two bottles of a female tonic from Drac Marchisi of Utica, NY. Help wanted for farm labor and exchange offers a horse and cow in Johnson City. Tipton County reports scholastic population 9,276 with racial split. Jackson contracts with Tennessee Midland R. R. for gravel. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription promoted with assurance of a money-back guarantee. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy touted as reliable and symptom-free. Knights of Pything plans a Shelbyville lodge in near future.
Johnson City boasts a rich climate at 1650 feet with abundant water power and rail links. Fortunes are urged via iron and mineral fields, Carnegie and Watauga developments, and a bustling cooperative town program aiming to attract capital, industry, and settlers.
A wave of incendiary arson swept across Texas reaching Henrietta and Lo'elock. A quiet night fire destroyed a house near a square, flames unchecked until they consumed the south side and structures of stone and brick. No further details are clear due to damaged text.
Frank J. Cheney swears as senior partner of Ed Corney and Co that their firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice includes a sworn statement dated December 6 1886 and mentions Dr. Gardner a notary. Also notes Hall's Catarrh Cure claims and distributors. Bradley County prepares for a new courthouse. Machinery operations and belting in stock from Leaven and Syaaiere.
Advertisement solicitation for sales agents to market Deep River Nurseries in Jonestown North Carolina. Call or address J Dameron Milligan Tennessee and White and Dameron proprietors.
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