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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1898
Page
4
A Richmond Virginia advertisement promises boys or men a $3.00 lot of Vegetable and Flower Seeds with a nickel or stem wind and set watch after seed sales. No money in advance, thirty day settlement, and cash rewards for joining. Claims World's Fair medals and diplomas for brand introduction and offers suits of clothes bicycles buggies guns and more.
The Southern Railway with NY&StJ and Penn RR runs daily through sleeping cars from Nashville to New York via Chattanooga Knoxville and Asheville. Daily schedule includes 10 10 p m departure from Nashville and sunrise arrivals in New York with daylight travel through East Tennessee and Western North Carolina. A second daily train leaves Nashville at 3 30 p m. it travels via Chattanooga Knoxville Hot Springs and Salisbury to New York with a through sleeping car.
Wanted by old established house high grade man or woman of good church standing to act as manager at their home. Business writeup and established here, salary likely. Enclose well addressed stamped envelope for A P Elder general manager 1 Michigan avenue Chicago.
Advert claims intense itching and smarting from various skin ailments are cured by Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment. It allegedly treats eczema eczema itching piles sore nipples chapped hands chilblains frost bites and chronic sore eyes. Price 25 cents per box.
The Board of Trade offers 25 in prizes to the road overseer making the greatest improvement this summer within five miles of Johnson City. Applicants must file by April 16. Judging considers drainage surface and appearance. Overseers to be inspected April and October with prizes awarded afterward.
A quirky collection of aphorisms on manners, deception, finances, and social quirks. It notes marriage symbols, lent temptations, friendships tested by illness, and fashion foibles while poking gentle fun at women and society with wry observations.
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