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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1886
Page
4
The fragment presents a President Daniel dialogue on rheumatism and political attack, then a Detroit Free Prose vignette with Uncle Billy Latham forecasting winter, a note on ladies entering carriages, a Chicago clergyman query about faith and work, a Kentucky girl’s rope-jumping win, and culinary quips about terrapin.
The Atlanta Constitution notes the shift from whiskey to domestic wine has slowed responsible drinking. A moderate drinker says the wine arrives vague and uncertain, delaying consequences. One anecdote describes a man dining with his mother in law after a Saturday load, then nearly toppling on Sunday.
A fair widow once buried three husbands visits graves with a young companion. She laments that the companion might be among the deceased if fate had offered more courage. The piece also notes a candy and school book package to a condemned man, and hints at a series of local society curiosities and a mystery involving Philip L Moen and a large sum seen by a boy named N Werte.
A letter from Tikhabee Alabama dated May 1 1886 extols Blood Balm as a wondrous blood purifier. It details a wife plagued by long illness and consumption, claims swift relief after three bottles, notes other family deaths, and urges readers to seek the remedy by mail. Sheriff J. Holcombe of Haralson County Georgia also endorses the product.
Fragmentary ad text promises cures with Radatven for various conditions. Mentions a 28 year old deaf case, three month timelines, and contact at a New York address on West Slat Street. Details are incomplete and promotional in tone.
A garbled clipping mentions Oscar Wilde, Crown Prince Rudolph, printers and binding, Richard W. Townsend, a Morrison successor, tariff reform, Fred Douglas in Paris letters, Col James Forney marriage in Lexington, a Burlington toboggan course, and Blaine not being invited to a slide event.
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