06 Dec 1888
Page 4
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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1888
Page
4
A damaged OCR reads like a personal letter from Danancen Georgia mentioning years of trouble and battles in Tallaly, with fragmented phrases about weather, love, and a belief in an Adel plotter. Names are unclear, and the text is largely incomprehensible.
An 1880s miscellany mixes an almanac advance for Hostetter’s Almanac 1582 with a obituary notice for Mary Ann Johnson of Brush Creek Campground. It includes advertisements for Mary Ann Johnson’s churchgoing character and the famed salve Cure-All by Rev. J W Maxs and a political note on Republican patronage alongside a Philadelphia Times quote.
The December American History Magazine opens with Rembrandt Peale portraits of George and Martha Washington and notes unpublished material on Washington, the 1789 inauguration, and other Washingtoniana. It reviews papers on holidays of French Canadians, Anglo Americans, and Confederate navy letters, with subscription details and New York address.
The piece notes fruit syrup as a healthy remedy from M A McFarland druggist and advertises Shilohs Plaster. It mocks a chain charity scheme by a Boston woman seeking husbands for old maids. It touts Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with free trial bottles from McFarland’s Drug Store.
Hon Perry Belmont now in Washington to receive final instructions from the State Department before departing for Spain as minister. Rumors say Blaine may oppose Belmont’s Senate confirmation to settle old scores over the Shepherd investigation of South American affairs. Several Republican senators reportedly dislike Blaine and would prefer to thwart him rather than help Belmont.
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