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Comet in Johnson City, Tennessee

25 Dec 1890

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Newspaper

Comet

Location

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1890

Page

1

Mountain cabin family struggles and Christmas reunion

A poor mountain family faces winter with meager rations and a crippled father, until neighbor benefactors and a benevolent city couple unite to provide shelter, clothing, and a hopeful Christmas. The Grants learn Sallie is near, restoring a fractured clan as generous townsfolk arrange a festive, reconciled reunion with gifts and promises for the future.

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Sallie Gil John Simonds John Grant Santa Claus Mr. Cooper Mr. Simpson Bill Simpson Wiley M Christian Rhea Wood & Co Toney & Brown's Hart, Armbrust & Co Hunter & Brown's Mattie Grant Mattie Brother Simpson Lesses City Cooper Spitcer Boring Hurlbut Baren Younger Johnson, City Tin and Stove Co Wolfe & Melcher Webb Bros Earnest & Ball's Silas Martha Nashville Grandpa Grandma Kirkpatrick Wofford & Miler’s Jennie Fine’s James Patton's W. W. Kirkpatrick Fishback & Weiger's Windsor Rhea, Wove! & Co Chriteman’s Hil Vermillion Beckner Davis Sewing Machine Co
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Purnell's Teeth Extracting Method Advertised

An 19th century style advertisement touts Dr John W. Purnell dentist offering an improved method for tooth extraction billed as painless and safe for delicate patients. Also cited are testimonials on skin cures, cough remedies, and various patent medicines with prices and suppliers listed.

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John W. Purnell Hare Johneon City Tenn Uso Purnell Ly Jarrow
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Sanitorium for Chattanooga noted as certainty

Detailed account describes a transfer of property, cash payment, and papers giving Dr H B Wilson and associates rights to a prominent suburban Chattanooga site to be opened as a sanitarium. Reports focus on Wilson, a top nurse, and the move amid prior rumors of hospital announcements. Also mentions mining prospects in Johnson and Carter counties and a contrast with older nursery favorites.

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Isiasiooge Chattanooga Douglass Everett H. B. Wilson St. Elmo Wilson Tennessee Dr. Wilson the Times Johnson City Knoaville Journal Doe Mountain Johnson County Bristol Philadelphia Elizabethton Stin Virginia, Tennessee & Carolina Coal and Tron Company Jno Jno. H. Inman's Syndicate Roans' Creek Inman Johnson and Carter North Carolina Virginia Kentucky Tom Jack Sprat Merry King Cole Gotham Lord Fauntleroy Pierce
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