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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1896
Page
2
Tried friends best. For thirty years Tutt's Pills have proven a blessing to be invalid. Are truly the sick man's friend, A Known Fact Forbilious headache, dyspepsia sour stomach, malaria, constipation and all kindred diseases. TUTT'S Liver PILLS AN ABSOLUTE CURE.
The Comet notes A P A support for McKinley though internal party maneuvering suggests tensions. It covers Republican plans, Tillman on silver, and a push by Democrats to press Dupont and Alabama election investigations before adjournment.
Fragmentary claims mix humorous wordplay with ad like notices and scattered names. The text references a May issue, Lincoln anecdotes, a wedding garter custom, medical testimonials, and an 1860s style product pitch for De Hates Household Tea and New Discovery cough medicine, all drawn from a tangled OCR fragment.
The Criterion of Bristol Tenn offers a scholarship worth 23 to the student sending the most subscribers to the paper by May 16 and a second prize of free tuition worth 40 if 200 subscribers are reached. Details include contact for C B Cook and D S Houron with notices about Sullins College and related literary notices in current magazines.
Pursuant to a Johnson City chancery decree the May 27 1896 sale will offerLots 1 23 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 18 14 15 22 28 24 25 26 to satisfy a 278331 purchase money judgment plus interest and costs. Cash paid in full at front of courtroom, with no redemption. Printed April 27 1896 by W F Young clerk and O W Hodge deputy clerk.
OCR text fragment mentions Elizabethton and Valley Forge with unclear numbers and locations. No coherent event or person details are readable to form a complete news item.
Eighth District reports corn planting underway and general field conditions. Rev James Cox preaches Antioch third Sunday with next Sunday scheduled services. mentions political rumors about whiskey and money circulation in the district. Magnetic Building and Loan Association promotes savings with two cents a day for a $100 share, Tate Paynest secretary and Worh Mathes GM in Johnson City Tennessee.
Announcement from the Southern Railway advertising discounted round tickets to Richmond Virginia for the 6th Annual United Confederate Veterans Reunion June 30 to July 2. Tickets from Georgia and Tennessee depart June 26 to 28 with limited return by July, via the Piedmont Air Line and other routes, with several agents listed for information.
The Democrats of Washington county call a delegate convention at the courthouse in Jonesboro on Saturday May 2 at 1 o clock p.m. to nominate county officers and elect a county chairman for two years, with primaries in each district the Friday before. T. E. Matson is chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee.
An advertisement promises a free sample box of Dr King s New Gite Pill to readers sending their address to H BE Buckton & Go Chicago. The pills are claimed to cure constipation sick headache malaria and liver troubles with no harmful substances and improve appetite and energy. Sold by McFarland & Cote drug store at one dollar per box.
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