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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1885
Page
3
A local newspaper page itemizes daily notices and market ads. It lists new goods and prices from W. G. Mathes & Bro, Christian & Crockett, and Nelson & Co. and reports on visits, travels, and social events among residents, including church matters, excursions, and post office changes in Johnson City and nearby towns.
An ad claims Electric Bitters cure kidney and liver complaints and other ailments with guaranteed results. Separately, Mrs Thomas Combe died at home three miles below Greeneville while preparing knives, leaving two young sons. The funeral was at Rector's graveyard. heart disease suspected though no prior signs. Greeneville Bulletin.
Erieksen's Amion Salve advertises a money back guarantee and 25 cent price for various skin ailments. A Transylvania county flood swept bridges away and damaged houses with a twelve foot high wall of water, destroying crops. A separate Delaware tornado destroyed property over miles, killing stock but with no reported deaths.
A fragment prose piece urges early use of Hostet ter's Stomach Bitters to prevent severe disease. It links neglect of mild illness to higher risk of malaria, rheumatism, constipation, and liver disorders, urging care and timely remedy to avoid lasting harm.
A Bristol Tennessee recipient requests six dozen bottles of Eye Water from Dan J. A. Dickey in Bristol. The note praises the product as the greatest thing heard of and asks for immediate shipment from Reynolds, Georgia, dated August 13, 1934.
Advertises high cash for spring chickens and promotes sales of Dr King's New Discovery for consumption with a free trial bottle offer. Includes a testimonial about Blood Poison treatment by B B B and a sale of a farm near Carter's Depot Tennessee. Also notes debt collection warnings and Shiloh's Cure for croup and bronchial issues with free nasal injector.
Merchant sale announcement promises closing out stock of clothing dry goods and groceries while unrelated medical ad claims Shiloh’s products cure ailments. A separate court sale notice mentions land in Jonesboro with property described and levy by the county treasurer dated 1895.
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