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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1909
Page
2
Old letters and jokes from a compilation piece reveal a vanished Pinkley two years gone with no sign of return. The text presses a rural Southern scene, noting ailments, remedies, and brief social quips tied to period newspapers and ads.
Governor Malcolm R. Patterson secures an option on a residence on the Nashville turnpike just outside Clarksville with 35 acres and plans improvements and a landscape makeover. He may buy the Neal property next, increasing frontage and creating one of the state’s most attractive estates. Occupancy is not planned until early spring after changes are completed.
The best foods for workers are affordable and digestible. Quaker Scotch Oats provides nourishment and vigor with low cost, helping laborers, factory and farm hands work harder with less fatigue. Professor Fisher of Yale University conducted the supporting study in 1908.
An old advertisement for an antiseptic barber shop run by W B Reynolds features jet and cold baths and location at Phillips Buildings on Buffalo Street. The clipped text includes a boast about a son who will write for magazines and mentions subscription in advance.
A Knoxville letter from March 23 1908 endorses Rheumathos by Kelly Brady Co as effective for neuralgia rheumatism and general pain relief. The contractor notes rapid relief at Grant Tunnel Kenton county and reports workers returning to duty within a day. The sender certifies personal use and keeps the remedy on hand.
A short childhood note from Walter Hammer to Santa requests a wagon a small gun a pony a horn candy apples oranges and grapes plus a story book. He mentions being on the honor roll and hoping his family has a good Christmas and that Dan in the second grade will pass after Christmas.
The piece presents testimonials on kidney pills from Joseph Archer of Johnson City Tennessee and mentions Doan’s Kidney Pills with a 50 cent price and Buffalo agent. It also includes teething syrup ads, a street remark about borrowing a newspaper, and a stock certificate renewal notice for the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Company with lost certificate claim by W B C Smith.
A second grade student writes to Miss Nugent asking for a big doll, a desk, a pencil box, candy, nuts, an apple, oranges, a story book, and a box to hold pencils. She expresses affection and says she loves school and will write again.
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