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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1902
Page
4
A miscellany of medical endorsements and light anecdotes from Panama to Viola, Iowa. Ads for Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, Kodol, DeWitt’s Witch Hazel, and Electric Bitters mingle with jokes about public displays and a woodsy dog portrait tale. Includes brief notes on iron discovery and a schoolroom pun.
In a classroom anecdote Prof H W Prentis jokes about George Washington being a great solver at the boy’s age. The bright student retorts that Washington was president by Prentis’s age, ending the exchange. The text then shifts to an advertisement for Boschee's German Syrup claiming it cures severe throat and lung troubles and aids sleep, urging readers to buy.
Pervasive ads promote Botanic Blood Balm for ulcers eczema and skin diseases, Hood s Sarsaparilla for vigor, and Chamberlain s remedies. Also notices include rail fare deals to California and Tennessee meetings with route and date details across vast retail and travel promotions.
Tickets sold at one fare for round trips on October 5 and 6 with final return limits October 1 1902. Washington National Reunion rates October 3 4 6 with final return October 15 1902. Extension options via joint agents on deposit. Birmingham excursion rates September 14 16 17 with final return September 27 1902. Colorado Utah excursion via Queen & Crescent Route with October 1902 limit. Contact any Southern Railway ticket agent.
Texas the Land of Many Crops shows the Tron Mountain Route adding elegant dining cars on fast daily trains to St. Louis Memphis and Texas. Cars feature Haviland china Libby glassware electric lighting fans and Pullman sleeping cars with up to date appliances. Service covers St. Louis to Texas and Memphis to Texas with routes extending throughArkansas Oklahoma Indian Territory Arizona New Mexico and California.
The ad explains BannER Lye dissolves in cold water and grease is melted with 54 pounds of lye water stirred and set. Banner Lye is pulverized and sold for home use with full directions on each package. It claims cleaning and disinfecting properties. The Penn Chemical Works Philadelphia.
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