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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1887
Page
4
Readable items warn of approaching winter and renewed rheumatic suffering in older residents while advertising Hood's Sarsaparilla and other remedies. The text notes surgical cautions, tonics, liniments, and tonics from Harrim Root Medicine Co and others, with various local sales and medical claims.
The 1885 edition of Monttwlier Almanac, issued by Ateexts Mortelior & Co, is advertised as the largest general work in any country, with sections on physiology, nursing, and various remedies. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is promoted for blood purification, while Ignatius Donnelly’s Shakespeare theory is challenged by an English critic remarking on tradition and moon cheese.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve billed as the best salve in the world for cats, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns and all skin eruptions and claimed to cure piles with a money back guarantee. Sold at City Drug Store for 25 cents per box.
Tax records for Washington County Tennessee list multiple town lots in Johnson City and surrounding districts with year 1886 1889 assessments. Listings name owners Dalton Lusk Hyder Sallie Kilby Allie Harris and others, with taxes and recorder and clerks fees noted. Also includes a notice of consumption remedy claim by T A Slocum and a brief literary quote by James Whitcomb Riley.
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