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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1898
Page
1
The O R and C Railroad was sold at Marion at public auction for 98010 dollars. A committee representing a new company bought it and assumes the road’s bonded indebtedness. The purchasers plan to extend the line at least to Johnson City Tennessee in the spring.
New York August report from Washington says Secretary Day plans to resign as secretary of state once peace is restored between Spain and the United States. He will then resume law practice in Canton after serving on the peace commission.
An old sailor recalls Commodore Schley’s swift action when a wave tilted a ship in Montevideo. The gig rose and a bulkhead gan crouched above his head. Schley dropped to the gig floor just in time, avoiding a fatal blow and saving his life. Also included is an anecdote about a child’s recovery using Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and a local sales notice.
A republic-era reminiscence cites Lincoln’s cabinet vote moment over Philippines policy. The piece parodies future congress with caricature dialogue on Hawaii pensions, mugwumps, and island canaries, portraying parliamentary puns and humorous assignations of duty.
A promotional note claims looks depend on healthy organs and promotes Electric Bitters as a tonic. It states the product acts on the stomach liver and kidneys, purifies blood, and cures pimples blotches and boils. Guarantee offered with each bottle sold by druggists. Fifty cents per bottle.
In a light back-and-forth, a couple sharpens how terms of address like dear and my dear signify formality or endearment under varying circumstances. They explore how tone, relation, and context shift the weight of these honorifics in conversation and letters.
The special Bureau of Statistics publication details Hawaii’s people, economy, imports and exports, wages, prices, and revenue as of 1896 to 1898. It notes US dominance in trade, potential tariff effects on island imports, and transportation and banking structures. It also reports wages across plantations, Honolulu rates, and the overall island economy, with Consul Haywood describing travel and shipping between San Francisco and Honolulu.
Muddled OCR note outlines relief products such as Coke Keuralgin and Toothache remedies with brief mentions of gums health and gumache complaints. Mentions a price point around 25 cents and references government home remedies. Details are fragmented and unclear but point to a wartime era consumer effort.
A collage of miscellaneous items cites naval strength in Britain, vaccination trials in Philadelphia, Spain shipping medicines to Cuba, jail escapes from Ceuta, land and food yields, cavalry horse demand, Chinese religious timing, London’s Irish and Bohemian residents, Redlands mowing machine, Napoleon’s sword, Paris siege letters by balloons, European life expectancy, Marquis of Lorne’s passions, and a patent medicine advert.
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