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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1886
Page
4
A Prohibition Department excerpt contrasts wives with different husbands and stresses virtue over wealth. It questions drink's spread, praises simple goodness, and warns of liquor’s social harm. The piece ends noting Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly February issue with Vanderbilt and Lew Wallace features.
A boy recounts a family misadventure sparked by a mad dog scare. The father, frightened by the dog, jokes about bravery until a rubber band on the dog’s jaw and foam lead to a wild pursuit to the coal bin. The incident ends with the father paying to keep the incident quiet.
Waruwatta D C June 25 intense excitement over open polygamy preaching by two Mormon elders. They operate at night in remote spots, win over the poor by sympathy then conceal their true aims. Young men have warned they will be dealt with. Danville northwest is a chief proselyting point with claims of fifty converts headed to Utah.
The nation has closely followed Miss Love known as the Lancee of the President. Descriptions note she is past forty with blue gray eyes, yellow hair, and a white brocade and satin dress. She is independent in means, well traveled, witty in conversation, and unlikely to marry given past gossip and public attention.
A dated collage notes Miss Joy at a Vassar disliked drive limit, a Senate complaint about spelling altering meaning, A J Graham wins $2000 damages from Nickel Plate for off train ride, the Dilke Crawford divorce trial with seduction charges and hush money, and a dialect dinner scene with humorous mispronunciations and self deprecating quips.
An ad from P. Hall & Co declares a permanent fabric dye that yields brown or black color, resists washing, and uses no harmful ingredients. The copy also notes easier application than dyes like oil or whiskers and lists no deleterious agents.
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