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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1891
Page
2
A disjointed, old style dialogue sketches a boarding house scene with a clerk, a boastful felon, and talk of hundreds of lodgers. The speaker hints at misdeeds and a long history of housing people from many places, revealing distrust and a boastful claim of numbers and reach.
John Petty discusses speed and behavior of wild fowl in the Weet, praising the canvasback as the fastest and describing ducks like mallards and redheads with vivid, period observations. He notes distances, flight pace, and leader dynamics among duck packs in a rustic, conversational tone.
A large fragment from a historic issue surveys curios inventions and early devices, noting the attylograph pen and various protective measures. It mentions community figures, religious services, and local progress, with scattered references to ongoing debates and improvements in technology and society.
A collage of distant reports notes France losing birds, Germany’s empress turning to Kodak, Tasmanian silver riches surpassing Australian mines, and many European shifts. It cites Africa’s colonization setbacks, South African gold output, a Styrian poet declining a U.S. reading, and London’s new lord mayor.
A collage of light hearted vignettes from a Chicago Tribune page about children and family life. Jokes about babies, young kids and misunderstandings appear alongside brief humor captions and notes from readers. A New Haven marriage row is mentioned in passing with a humorous edge.
Louis Fieg hy ot VP presents Syrup of Pigs as a pleasant fast acting tonic. The ad claims it cleanses kidneys liver and bowels, dispels fevers and head pains, supports constitution and is the only remedy of its kind. Sold in 50 cents and 1 dollar bottles by leading druggists.
Public notice issued by J B Moore trustee Paticks Virginia for sale at public auction of a tract of land and mineral rights in Union County Tennessee. Two promissory notes dated May 12 1801 and mature November 1 18? with 6 percent interest. Auction to settle debt owed by James Miller C Blair and others. Property near Johnson City with iron ore deposits described. Sale to occur on a specified day in January 1892.
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