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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1901
Page
3
Fragmentary local notice lists jobs and items for sale. Mentions cook required with pay and hours and a five cent peuk reward, plus references to a gas station and miscellaneous names and locations. The readable text is garbled with multiple stray phrases and appears to be an untidy classified ad snippet.
Fresh vegetables daily at Jacksons and Gold Dust flour featured. Miss Ethel Smith visited Jonesboro, and many locals attended sales at City Drug Store. Mrs. John Webb, Miss Lena Barton, and Mrs. Stanley noted in town. prices listed for produce. community notices include school openings, births, and local visits.
Miller of Limestone Cove encounters a 400 pound bear while gathering hackleberries. He shoots three to four times with a shotgey as his dog keeps the bear at bay. Also reports indicate dislocated shoulder from a timber accident and local business notes about a Johnson City music house and a Greeneville piano store. Rev Gov Haines obituary note from August 28 1001.
Picnickers enjoyed a city day as the M B Binday children and others attended a First Baptist Sunday school excursion to United City. In Chackey City robbers blew open the postoffice door with dynamite, stealing about 1 000 dollars and three registered packages, with the safe and stamps amid the takings.
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a one day cold cure. It promises a refund from druggists if the remedy fails and features a signature from FB. W. Green on each box.
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