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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1893
Page
7
A new pension agent named Major Cer Lan will be appointed and confirmed by the Senate within a day or two. The move signals a forthcoming staffing change in Knoxville.
The notice claims Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. It offers $100 for any case it fails to cure and provides an address for order information. The second item notes Lehigh Valley coal collieries to resume full operations tomorrow, restoring thousands of miners to work after prior idle periods.
Partial OCR text describes an offer involving ten clubs and fixed share numbers. It mentions receiving from a source a quantity of ten clubs and half a share of a number of shares, with unclear details about Kes Sub and a 5 000 amount. The fragment presents a business or investment offer with undefined parties and quantities.
An 1893 to 1894 period notice outlines a commission plan offering $1000 monthly for five months, totaling $5000, with 40 percent guaranteed gross profit. It allows clubs of five up to ten members to join at once to share the offer, and promises free copies by mail.
The board extended the period for redemption by 60 days after a property was sold for taxes two years prior. If the due amount is not paid within the extension, the property will be sold for cash. Recorder C. W. Carr notes the action dated December 12, 1893.
A rambling sequence of provocative questions examines conscience and vice in everyday life. It challenges readers with queries about honesty, hypocrisy, vanity, parental behavior, temperance, and social conduct across men, women, and children.
Dr Helen Household Cough Gore is praised as a reliable plant based remedy for coughs, colds, hoarseness, whooping cough, bronchitis, and lung soreness. It claims effectiveness from a sample cold to incipient consumption with sale at McFarland and Co's drug store in 25c and 50c bottles.
A dated advertisement urges travelers to arrange routes fully before leaving home. It promotes Wisconsin Central trains from Chicago to St. Paul Minneapolis Ashland West Superior Duluth and other Wisconsin points with connections to California and Pacific Coast lines. Tickets should read via the Wisconsin Central Lines and inquiries directed to the local ticket agent.
A November receipt shows Cosmopolitan ordered 200000 copies for December, highlighting a revolution in publishing. The piece notes famous authors and illustrators, large-scale production, and a move toward widespread access, with commentary on the era’s growing reading public and distribution reach.
A local notice touts the Farm Journal of Philadelphia as a cream-not skim milk publication. It targets every farmer and villager and promises a brisk, informative year with manly tone and common sense farm coverage. Subscription is 50 cents a year with a free full-year offer for prompt payers. Sample copies available upon request.
Dr Hale prescribes a herbal tea for a wide range of ailments praising its effects. One dose at bedtime is claimed to purge disease, offered in 25 and 60 cent packages. Available at McFarland drug store.
The Comic Barber Shop invites patrons seeking deluxe grooming. The shop announces improved service quality and readiness to provide excellent barbering in a polished, professional setting.
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