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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1886
Page
1
Cecil Norton, Washington society belle and wife-to-be of Frank Clement, deserts a life of fashion and ambition for power. Her eagerness to rise leads to a broken heart and, finally, her death from heart disease amid public glare and personal conflict.
A reflective discourse on wititles and auto sensibilities describing how generous impulses arise from a sensitive spirit. The piece extols the duty to consider others and oneself, urging a balanced approach to pleasure and pain in human interactions.
A Brooklyn or New York City ad promotes Dr. Foote of 120 Lexington Avenue as a specialist in chronic illnesses. It touts thirty years of study, a published book, and the idea that sending a case by mail can yield expert opinions at the cost of paper and postage.
The most dressy Senators include Ingalls Manderson Ransom Butler and Gorman. Ingalls favors a closely buttoned Prince Albert, yet sometimes wears a seersucker suit. Most keep black frock coats with sober vests. Frye shows in a sack coat while Logan McMillan wear skeleton alpaca coats. Willson Conger Allison Miller Coke Call wear white or lighter suits. Sawyer eschews a vest. Conger sticks to a claw-hammer coat.
A grisly report from Tatnall county claims a woman who was to cook for a colored picnic murdered a child in her care, cooked part of the remains for diners, and salted the rest in a barrel. Neighbors burned her at Water Hill for the alleged atrocity.
An aggressive ad seeks energized agents across the United States offering exclusive county sales rights, over 190 percent profit, and a thirty day trial with a $100 minimum, plus a ninety day test with $759 profit. It promises refunds for unsold goods and hints at a large, nationwide opportunity tied to a mysterious invention and requires three one cent stamps for postage. The contact address is 316 Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh.
The public knows little of Mrs. W. C. Brownlow’s vivacious likeness to her late husband. She treasures memories of Mr. Brownlow and tends to her granddaughters, with her widowed daughter and grandson at her side. Ly Whig volumes fill the house as she upholds the ex-governor’s and ex-senator’s views. She is of medium size, proud, and says she is sixty six, with black hair only lightly gray.
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