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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1885
Page
4
A stained fragment outlines a dramatic religious will proclaiming doom for the author and a life of shame for relatives while condemning the author as a sinful father and warning against a wicked legacy and the fate of eternal damnation.
A sprawling reminiscence describes Benjamin Franklin from childhood in Boston to his rise as a printer and publisher. It notes his early apprenticeship, editorial roles with James Franklin, and antics in Philadelphia and New York, plus experiments with lightning, postmaster duties, and stints in Paris and England, ending with a dramatic stage-like scene and a coastal beach fantasia.
The Indiana temperance meeting recounts former minister and Kentucky congressman A J Talbot who fell from high station into drink. He describes how alcohol wrecked family, work, and faith, leaving him spiritually and socially ruined. Separate court scene in Texas has attorney John W Duncan challenge petitions as value and exposes signatories including Howard's kin.
Women in New York gather at Riverside Park to observe the artilleryman at Grant's Tomb with parasols and lunches while male attendance remains sparse. Guards, sentries, and park police protect the site amid worn paths and defacement concerns. A suggested antitear strategy and a stray courtroom anecdote appear among the notes.
An advertisement cites Prof F Bwectzar of the Maida teuleal School Brunswick Mo praising Cherry Pectorat as a universal throat remedy. It echoes support from Drsknd Addisony of Cheng Ti and claims rapid relief for throat diseases and general cures, noting unspecified miraculous effects and a sensational verdict.
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral is described as a longstanding, proven medicine trusted to save lives. The text asserts it treats chronic bronchitis, acute bronchitis, croup, and whooping cough, claiming universal household use and verifiable results through proper trials.
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