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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1893
Page
1
A damaged line offers a garbled recount of a healing tale featuring a character named Hood and a supposed remedy. The readable elements hint at a folkloric or whimsical healing claim without clear attribution or date.
Announcement to the public announces the opening of a fully equipped dental office in the Hart-Burrow Building Johnson City. The owner, A Bowmax, promises the latest appliances and painless tooth extraction with safe remedies, reasonable prices, and guaranteed work.
Registrars for the March election are named by wards with pairs listed for each. Also noting the stockholders meeting of the First National Bank of Johnson City Tennessee on Tuesday January 9 1894. Lost lace pin described. reward offered. Local ads announce coal and other goods and services..cash paid for wheat and coal business acquisition announced. Ward by ward registrar details, bank meeting date, lost item reward, and business notices.
A Tennessee court complaint challenges an 1890 act attempting to empower the Charleston Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad to construct and operate in Tennessee. The document argues the act violates the state constitution by increasing corporate power and suspending general law for a single corporation and seeks to void the charter.
The Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad sought Johnson City's vote to subscribe for seventy-five thousand dollars in capital stock via coupon bonds. It proposed a line from Charleston to Ashland and pledged to build and maintain shops within Johnson City's limits, aiming to complete the Washington County segment by 1890. An election was held March 25, 1890, approving the subscription, but delays prompted a December 30, 1889 extension proposal to reopen the earlier subscription terms and secure more time.
Genial Tobe Hickey from Johnson City appears likely to win the sheriff nomination while George Stuart and W K Martin are also seen as prospective sheriff candidates. E D Duncan announces for Washington County representation, Chas Jennings seeks Attorney General, and W T Johnson departs for a new rail job. Citizens report curious corn and a fire-destroyed sawmill, plus a fatal altercation in Rheatown. Local charity moves praised as Morristown acts to aid the poor this winter.
A vintage ad card touts Dr Hale's Household Cough Cure to prevent cold irritation. It urges purchasing from McFarland & Co, claiming years of practice back the remedy as the best on the market.
Lyte & Co offer buyers a chance to acquire their goods at forty cents on the dollar. They state profits should be reasonable, not bookstore profits, inviting others to negotiate and call.
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