Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Comet in Johnson City, Tennessee

Page 1

We have 573,531 pages in Tennessee

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Comet

Location

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1906

Page

1

How's Your Liver

An advertisement extols liver health urging readers to care for their liver to prevent sickness and malaise. It promises benefits from a liver medicine claimed to purify blood and aid digestion, asserting a sole reliable remedy.

Thedford's Black-Draught Liver Remedy Ad

The 60 year old vegetable remedy Thedford's Black-Draught is praised as a world favorite liver medicine. It is said to act gently on the liver and bowels, cure constipation and cleanse the system of waste, priced 25 cents and sold by H. O. Mitler and City Drug Company.

H. O. Mitler and City Drug Company

Twenty Minutes Time Enough

Fragmented text hints at medical or procedural discussion with puns and names like Shoop and Cy Method. Context unclear. appears to reference rushed conditions and physiological symptoms with garbled wording and missing details. This item resembles an OCR fragment without a clear event or person outcome.

Democratic Party Nominee Franks Avent for Railroad Commissioner

The Nashville press argues the Democratic State Committee properly named Frank Avent as the unexpired term nominee for railroad commissioner, noting his familiarity with the work and asserting McClure cannot claim the nomination. It criticizes rival factions and urges loyalty to the party ticket and Patterson.

Democratic State Committee Genmittes Frank Avent Railroad Commission Railroad Commission, and Is Familliar Bryan Messrs Carmack Cox Frazier Taylor McMillin Tennessee Brandot Patternon Evans Republican Committee New Before the People Nashville Banner Democratic Party Representative McClure McClure Conrap McKenzie Avent Koswion Conray Arvent Arvent Ia McGlure Des Detmonisth M. B. Patterson Republican Party Plate Nashville American W. P. McClure State Railroad Commission Knox County Patterson Evang Me. McClare Wm. RB Knoxsville

Possibilities of the South in Coal and Iron Wealth

The Manufacturers' Record of Baltimore highlights the South as possessing vast coal and iron ore resources. It asserts the region has nearly three times as much coal as Britain Germany and Pennsylvania combined and claims the South holds about half of all known iron ore in the country.

Baltimore Great Britain Germany Pennsylvania South

Open Letter Attacks Roosevelt on Fort Brown Abandonment

A long open letter from Fort Worth editor Clarence Ousley criticizes President Roosevelt over plans to abandon Fort Brown, arguing against racial integration and warning of social chaos. The letter frames the issue as a defense of white supremacy and union with southern racial politics.

Forth Worth Tex Clarence Ousley Fort Worth South Roosevelt Fort Brown Africa

A Poor Voi s Version Satirical Ballad

A satirical paraphrase mocks a political figure’s promises during a campaign. The verses imitate a biblical psalm to critique corruption and broken pledges while highlighting voter disillusionment with unfulfilled favors and personal gain.

Marriage and sermons and deafness cures in old notices

A fragment from a bygone issue shows a couple marrying at a justice of the peace for two dollars and a clergyman delivering an improvised sermon to college students. An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for an incurable deafness claim and promotes Hall's Family Pills as the best.

Garmenta J. L. Harbour Village Improvement Society Charlea N. Hood A. B. Fox Bertha Hasbrook Mggante Marty Kilsyth Hamor van Tassel Sutphen Grace Aline Luther Jace Princess Drcas Amy Mooran Gonio Parva Justice of the Peace Septemer Lippincott’s Hall Orkney & CO Toledo Draggiata

Wome Coming Reception for Bryan in New York City

The Pomers Railway offers round trip tickets to New York City for August 26 and 20 at 2.35 each, return by September 4, 1906. Tickets include sleeping car options and full details from Southern Railway agents J L Meek and D P A Knosville.

Juliet M. Lee Wm. J. Bryan New York City Pomers Railway New York Southern Railway J. L. Meek D. P.A. Knosville Teor. Ang

Why Adulterated Paint is Dear

A maker of adulterated white lead sneered that paint need not be pure claiming no one eats it. The text explains adulteration with barytes sublimed lead sum Whiting and other imitators makes the pigment inferior and sold as white lead deceives consumers into paying white lead prices for worthless substitutes.

North Dakota

Anchor Pure White Lead advertisement claim

Premium lead paint advertisement asserts pure white lead contains no adulteration and blends with linseed oil to produce durable paint. It urges dealers to supply or direct buyers to National Lead Company in Cincinnati Ohio for first class products.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Thedford Rsress Luxtactio Intelbuin Rube P Nore Heaa- Rav Eny The Blood Ulna Caus Yemtian Voeuvelon Trinity Park School Soventy Washington Monroe Trenton van Buren Madison United States Jefferson Garfield Gorman Cleveland Fillmore W. Hi Harrison Ward Abraham Lincoln Tefferson Davis Kentucky Lincoln Davis Daxvin Voluntwers Polk Henry Clay Congress Dayman Confederate States Failor Port Worth WeCime New York State John E. Nelms Morristown Jnc BE. Helms Sever O Teventy Mest Knoxville Morristown Gazette John E. Helma Masonic Wave Ife John B. Helwr Mra C. A. Hinty Lucy Gilchrist Romaina Knotville Old Gray Cemetery Ang Paul Morton Equitable Life Assurance Society Livania Liverpool Morton London American Society Mr. Morton Louisville Warronme W. J. Beyas Europe American Federation of Labor Samuel Gompers Workingmoen Ao Norimally Trade and Labor Council Rock City United Organized Labor Long Church Street Mersey Tommy Atkins Bunker Hill Lippincotts Voi National Lead Company Freeman Firat Clave East Market Street Williams & Co., Propritors Trinity College Acionos Ad, Wo Newsom, Registerham, N Cargille’s Art Gallery Kodaks Kodak
Search Courier

Search the Comet Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Comet?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication