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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1886
Page
4
The column notes a Y M C A room open each evening from 6 and devotional services on Sundays. It extols the Y M C A's 1886 work, praising thousands attending weekly religious meetings and reading rooms, and urges young men to self-apply the gospel, using associations and real estate as proof of progress while stressing personal effort in leading peers to Christ.
A community notice appeals for books, papers, periodicals, and pictures for a local library and youth ministry. It urges liberal donations, notes devotional talks by J W Crumley, and quotes Sam Jones on religion versus sense. It reports Congressmen Beach's death after Brights disease.
A dated gender focused guide, cautioning women about hair, gloves, stockings, colors, silhouettes, perfumes, and accessories for hot weather. It warns against ill fitting corsets, long bustles, loose collars, and unsuitable fabrics, urging tasteful, simple dress and awareness of appearance to avoid unbecoming looks. It also condemns apathy toward fashion and social engagement as unbecoming.
The acting Secretary Fairchild issued the one hundred and fortieth call for the redemption of bonds, announcing $10,000,000 of the three per cent loan of 1882 will be paid at the Treasury on September 16, with interest ceasing on that date. The report also includes assorted stray notes and anecdotes throughout the column.
An account from April recounts a patient facing worsening blood discharge and cancerlike symptoms. Multiple physicians offered no relief before a pivotal, uncertain treatment changed the course, with references to blood pollution and a later reflection on courtesy and propriety in friendship.
A worn advertisement seeks live energetic agents across United States and Canada to sell a patent article with high profits. It promises exclusive county rights, refunds unsold goods, and potential earnings up to 750 above costs. Respondents are asked to mail three one cent stamps for circulars and provide addresses of prospective agents. Kanunn Mantruming Coy, Staithfield St, Pittsburgh.
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