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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1897
Page
1
Mrs. Julia A. Brown of Covington Town recounts long illness endured while her husband managed the electric light plant. She describes a past 18 years of suffering finally relieved by a remedy or treatment, noting relief and improved sleep after years of pain.
Official notice from Nashville Tennessee dated January 14 1897 announcing June 22 28 and 4 1807 dates for the Seventh General Reunion at the Historic Capitol of the Old Volunteer State. Calls for delegates from camps nationwide to attend and details programs memorials graves and monuments while urging railroads to provide low rates. Includes appeals for care of aging veterans widows orphans and disabled, plus plans for historical preservation and federation under the UC V.
A 168 page magazine size catalogue from Storrs and Harrison Company of Painesville Ohio offers about fifty pages on seeds sixty on plants ornamentals and vines and remaining fruit varieties. Request by mail with your address to receive the catalog.
The Nashville American notes William J. Bryan faces harsh, often unfair criticism from Eastern journals yet calls him a great man. It compares Bryan to Gladstone’s opponents, praises his book The First Battle, and suggests his ideas improve citizenship and intellectual development.
A Nashville American note praises Gov Turney as retiring after four years in office and Gov Taylor as successor in a Centennial year. It lauds Turney’s long service and integrity and predicts a vigorous reform agenda for Taylor.
The item notes London hosts 892 railroad depots and stations and that a good railway engine can travel up to one million miles before wearing out. It adds Britain has over a thousand islets, bread is consumed daily by about one third of Earth’s 1.5 billion people, and Miss Sopronia Breckinridge has been admitted to the bar by the court of appeals.
A dubious notice touts Botanic Blood Mile as a universal cure for rhumatism catarrh ulcers and skin diseases. It markets Blood Balm, promises a “book of wonderful cures,” and warns against substitutes while offering the remedy at high price through Blood Balin Co in Atlanta.
An outbound steamer to Vancouver carried 132 000 pounds of halibut, while the same ship reportedly caught 110 000 pounds in a single day, setting a world record. Also notes an ancient Nineveh lock and a skin salve with a guaranteed refund.
Scott's Emulsion is described as nourishing the body, boosting appetite, aiding digestion, enriching blood, and curing chronic coughs and colds by strengthening resistance. The ad claims twenty five years of tested use and offers a booklet on the subject, urging readers to ask their druggist for Scott's Extul tion in two sizes.
A short ad urges gardeners to invest in high quality seeds from James Vick's Sons in Rochester New York. It argues sowing good seeds costs no more than poor stock, promises reliability and good results, and offers a catalogue for 10 cents with a postpaid order option for discount seeds.
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