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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1886
Page
3
For sale a brand new 55 Remington sewing machine offered at half price. Call and view it at Tun Comer office. Includes miscellaneous local notices about residents and various shop offerings, holidays items, and community updates.
Local Amsterdam turmoil over Knights of Labor secrets in the Democrat with editor W JeKline claiming the document came from Philadelphia. Officials doubt the confession while vowing a full probe amid other notices on health remedies and Bristol deaths.
Jealor Bradford of Chattanooga claims severe lung cold cured by Dr King’s New Discovery after other remedies failed. He reports his own and family improvement and advertises trial bottles free at McFarland's Drug Store.
Local notice advertises a steam powered circular saw mill owned by G. W. Weswin in Johnson City. Tentative sale details indicate a disposition of equipment and property under unspecified terms.
Real estate listings in Johnson City and Baxter & Campbell advertise farms timber land and city property for sale. A Dec 20 Nashville report notes the Tennessee treasurer reports an overdraft of 864,522.62 but touts a strong financial path with funding of debt and expected bond redemptions.
Local shoppers are urged to visit E. B. Clark's for surprising prices on overcoats and men’s clothing. Call and see for yourself to be convinced of the value offered.
Monuments and tombs offered in all grades shades and designs with prices by dimensions grade and finish. Provision House offers a wide assortment of foods and goods including flour by J Allen Smith Co. and other brands. Special dealer rates and a motto of quick sales and short profits. Surton Co.
The President reports Southern exports rising with cotton and cotton manufactures around 219 to 230 million dollars for year ending June 1886. Northern breadstuffs export 125 million and provisions 90 million. Southern exports up 12 million, Northern exports down 52 million. Herald notes optimism for Southern prosperity.
Ad claims Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best for bruises sores ulcers and more sold by M A McFarland. A fiction fragment follows where a man pleads for love to a woman who refuses, implying he is an orphan seeking maternal affection.
Fragmentary OCR line appears to reference various items and potential prices but lacks coherent context or identifiable entities. No clear event person or organization can be determined from the readable portion.
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