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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1892
Page
4
A local retailer touts first class goods cheaper than town and offers 5 cent coupons for every dollar spent. Twenty coupons redeem for one dollar cash or one dollar in goods, with a 25 percent saving on purchases and further coupon benefits.
A local ad announces a cash only trade offer with no rent to pass savings to customers. The seller promises top market rates for wool dried apples dried peaches dried blackberries feathers bees wax ginseng and similar items, inviting calls to visit.
Government tests name Roya Baxine Powder superior in leavening, with Canadian results showing highest strength. In practical use it bakess purer foods, contains no alum or phosphates, and is advertised as the purest and most reliable baking powder. Endorsements from Henry A Morz and others appear in promotional text.
General information for passengers on electric cars issued in 1940 outlines schedules every 20 minutes from 7 01 a m with last car at midnight from Valon Yopot and special runs from Opera House. Rules restrict smoking on closed cars but allow it on rear seats of open cars and require conductors to manage seating with five per open car and eleven per side in closed cars.
David Rows of Bay is in town as well as numerous visitors including C L Stratton from Chattanooga and H B Crumley from Jonesboro. The city buzzes with social calls, train delays, hotel movings, and locals visiting Bristol Knoxville Cleveland and Morristown with many named people dropping in or passing through.
W A Hancher and wife travel via Piney Plate to Marita. Detective Ed Lore from Morristown searched for Robert Cox and left without success. Reunion of the Fourth Tennessee Infantry planned at Jonesboro September 7. Baseball Johnson City vs Bristol club postponed. Numerous hotel arrivals listed. City Hand Laundry touts improved service. Ice prices set by Granan Ion Mfg Co Johnson City.
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