The Comet Offers Quick Cure and Local Bargains
Lyle & Barton advertise fresh fish Saturdays and the finest Gold Dust flour. Mrs Emma J Hyde visits Bristol Tuesday for shopping. J W Cramley, Col W P Washborn, and John L Summers travel for legal business. Jones lecture Thursday on a subject. Watauga avenue church ladies host dinner Thursday Dec 16 offering chicken pie. Dolls and Christmas gifts for sale. One dry cow and secondhand stoves offered by H O G Aver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma J. Hyde
Bristol
Ins. A. Maher
Roan Mountain
Watauga Avenue Presbyterian Church
S. H. Ponder
Is Your Life Worth Fifty Cents
James Jones of Jones & Co touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a cure for kidney and bladder diseases and other ailments. He claims a Cowden patient with piles and grippe improved after one dose, with a 98 percent success rate cited and a money back guarantee if cures fail. Local druggists offer the remedy alongside iron coughs and colds and flour suggests quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Jones
Jones & We
Ben
Cowden
Dr. King
Smith
Cowden and
Pana
Leon
Ladies Aid Society Dinners At Reeves Building
The Ladies Aid Society of the M. E church plans a dinner and supper in the Reeves building beside the post office tomorrow with service from 11 to 2 for dinner and at the usual hour for supper. Funds go to the church. C H Cambridge returns from Fitzgerald Ga to spend winter in Johnson City and touts cotton and a large sweet potato. Dr W J Miller travels to Nashville to help Tennessee clear the state quarantine line on Texas cattle with 20 counties already under quarantine. Rev O Jones to present Sweetheart and Wife at Opera House next Thursday night December 16 under Epworth Church auspices. Bristol Courier and Louisville Quarter Journal praise the lecture for wit and sound sense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
M.E Church
Reeves
Harger Norton
M. Taylor
United County
Knoxville
United States
Marshall W. M. Moore
C. H. Cambridge
Fitzgerald
Johnson City
George Crouse
Georgia
W. J. Miller
Nashville
Tennessee
Texas
O. ©. Jones
Opera House
Epworth
M. E. Church
South
Bristol Courier
Louisville Quarter-Journal
Ree
Kidney Cure Claim and Cows for Sale in Local Notices
An advertisement touts Smith's Sure Kidney Cure as a universal treatment for inflammation and related ailments with immediate relief and permanent cure. Separate notices offer two cows for sale or reward and announce the first quarterly M E Church meeting on Dec 11 and 12 conducted by Dr John H. Keith with services and communion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
M. E. Chureb
South
John H. Keith
Pain Has No Show with Dr Miles Pain Prils
A medical advertorial promotes Dr Miles Pain Prils asserting powerful relief for sufferers of chronic pain. The copy claims quick action and long lasting effects, urging readers to try the product despite no visible clinical proof presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Furniture Factory Renovation Delays February Reopening
Uptogroya and Brothers begin cleanup at the old furniture factory on Monday. Machinery will be moved to make space for new equipment expected in a few weeks, with engine work and a new boiler planned. Office remodeling and extensive repairs underway. business anticipated to resume no earlier than February. The Southern will build a side track to the site and start work this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs, Uptogroya & Bro
Southern
Lectures by Dr Price At Opera House This December
Dr W R Price to lecture on Psycology hypnotism magnetism and occultism at the Opera House on December 20 21 and 22 for the poor. Tickets 50c single season 1. Lectures mix instruction with humor and praise the doctor as a valued citizen. Also notices on a daily Johnson City Embreville train schedule and local ads for goods and a Queen Esther production with Prof C W Clary praising its staging and urging attendance tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price
W. R. Price
Opera
Esther
Ahasuerus
Mordecai
Haman
Iee
Baggar
C. W. Clary
Queen Esther
Israel
Zion
Hart and Smith Novelty Dress Pattern Sale
Special reductions on all Novelty Dress Patterns for the Christmas trade. The richest novelties in this market at prices within the reach of all.
Rich Table Linens Gift for Every House
Elegant table linens offered as a thoughtful gift with up to date stock and economical prices. The ad highlights appealing selections for homes and wives, emphasizing usefulness and value for budget minded shoppers.
Handkerchiefs shine in festive gift lineup
Christmas handkerchief season spotlighted with Silk Linen and Cotton options. The ad touts broad selection and reputation for quality, claiming value and styles surpass previous years and inviting shoppers to choose from a range of prices.
Mountain City Rider Dies After Attempted Escape on Train
A report details Harry Smith RB P Butler, grandson of Judge R. R. Butler, escaping a moving train near Morristown with Mr. Grayson pursuing. Butler, described as insane but not incurable, was taken to Knoxville. Also notes Capt. Sanford Bell’s death in Atlanta, Shaker Digestive Cordial ads, John V. Brown’s Chattanooga prison appointment, and a Gift Show critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RB. P. Butler
R. R. Butler
Mountain City
Grayson
Lyon
Morristown
Butler
Knoxville
Sanford Bell
Simpson Street
Western
Atlantic Road
Forsyth Street Bridge
Atlanta Constitution
Bell
Georgia Robertson
Johnson City
John V. Brown
Chattanooga
Gov
Taylor
John
Bob Taylor
John Brown
Feeling to See If They Were Getting Cof Fee
Berry and Harry Williams describe a curious event as coats are stripped while you wait. The first night drew a crowd and the second night also attracted many. The show is described as so suggestive that it might drive patrons to Mike Dyer's for drinks if continued long. Wood, wood for cooking and heating stoves, furnished promptly on short notes and delivered anywhere in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Lebanon
Hillyer
John Hunter
Thad Cox
Henry Wolfe
Harry Williams
Geo, Berry
Chas, Carr
Frank St. John
Lyle
Indy
Fee. Berry
Moike Dyer
Notice to creditors in Whitlow & Co. insolvency case
Obeying the Chancery Court order of Johnson City Tennessee from December term 1897 creditors of Whitlow & Co. must join by petition and file claims within 60 days or be barred. Dec 6, 1897. W. F. Youn and W. Hopce signers. 701-41.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chancery Court of
Johnson City
Whitlow & Co
W. F. Youn
W. Hopce
Also Mentioned on This Page
ROYAL
J. Absolutely
Lyle & Barton's
J. W. Cramley
Col. W._P. Washborn
John L. Summers
Washin
Relativeve & Barton
Jones
H. OG
Averm
Depand
SB South Tid Street
St. Louis
L. A. Simons
Milligan, Tenn
Coureh
Pris
Algia
Triumph Sausage Mills
Mpion
Summers, Barton & Parrott
Embreville
Dan Dalton
Klondike
H.W. Panove
China
Harry Smith
Capt
Johns Brown
D. Gump
Main Street
Carlisle Hotel
J. A. Landon
Talso
J. W. Cass
W.A. Hunter
Assignee
Goodson Co
Et. al
Coal and Wood Business
Santa Claus
New York
Smumras
Washington County
R. L. & B. Bruner, Proprietors
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