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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1897
Page
3
A crowded page features subscription offers from Tae Comet and The Arena, local personnel moves, and notices from Geo Wofford and Webb Bros. Prices for veal and beef, Perfection Aceh Powder, and White Lily Flour are advertised. Community updates include visits, travel, preaching, and health ads for Dr Bell and Hood's Sarsaparilla.
The recent charter, drafted under the mayor and aldermen, becomes law after governor's signature. It fixes boundaries, shifts town elections to the fourth Wednesday in November, and redefines tax collection with the recorder as sole collector, plus delinquents sold after June 1. Other notes mention the furnace rumor, life insurance policy quirks, a Willard residence fire, and local shop price cuts and fires.
The document reports the financial condition of the Jonesboro Banking and Trust Co as of December, 1806 and its semiannual receipts and disbursements. It notes a 16 percent rise in paid-in capital, a 40 percent reduction in real estate via sales, a 47 percent increase in shares, and a cautious, solvent operating outlook amid a Knoxville banking panic.
A local notice celebrates Hood's Sarsaparilla as a safeguard of health boosting blood purity in cold weather. It also reports a civic board meeting where delinquent taxes were deferred until after February 28 and accounts for salaries and expenses were approved before adjourning.
Vish Watchery in Thien Unicoi county reports the state fish commission will locate a government hatchery near Erwin at Tapwbroth Jers farm. Construction will run through the summer with $20000 or more spent on buildings and related tasks to open the hatchery.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and coughs. It warns against substitutes sold by dealers and claims the remedy is effective for colds chest and related affections. It notes price at 48 cents and is located at McParland & Co.’s drug store.
Mr. T. W. Davidson who runs the thirteen mile mail route between the city and Embreville walked home through deep snow after his hand-car was wrecked last week. He arrived frostbitten with both feet badly swollen from the knees to the toes and remains in pain but hopes for no lasting harm.
Ward and Friberg publish Spring textile appeal urging mothers and women to buy now for child clothing and to enjoy early selection. The Bee Hive promotes stock, styles, and outdoor-ready wardrobes as Johnson City awaits Spring. Jon Alexander, ex-barber, faces court over a $30 board bill after being captured in Greene County and sent to jail pending next term. His friends regret the situation and hotel staff prefer settlement before court. Wourer & Co report sale of furniture business to M Wolfe and relocation to O F Melcher’s former room next to J W Hunter. new undertaker stock and wall paper offered.
Public notices describe a March 4 1807 inauguration in Washington DC for President-elect McKinley and a Southern Railway round trip fare. Also included are advertisements for fertilizer books from German Kali Works and life insurance promotions by New York Life, with broad regional contact details.
Bolte sale ad offers a Fastman No 2 Kodak loaded and cheap with address BR. E. Happie Cranberry NC. Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to neighbors for help during illness death and burial of Evalina and ongoing sympathy from S. M. McKawer FP. EB. McKawer Leta B. Mincaors
A 1877 notice from Susans Bartow Lyne in Johnson City announces ending credit sales for retail except agricultural implements starting February 1. It promotes cash sales, coupons for the trade, and explains costs of credit. The bank failure at The Watauga Bank follows with receiver F. B. St. John and estimated liabilities about $29,000 against assets near $92,000.
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from an inflamed Eustachian tube and catarrh, promising a constitutional cure. It offers one hundred dollars to any case cured by Hulls Catarrh Cure and directs readers to obtain flyers from J. Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio.
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