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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1897
Page
3
A hodgepodge page lists special offers from The Comet and The Arena, baking powder, medicines, and groceries. It mentions farm subscriptions, local residents visiting, bank claims, piano rentals, and hardware and clothing prices while noting illnesses and travel.
Joli Stevens living near the lake uncovered coins while clearing an old chimney built 120 years ago. The finder handed the items to Harry Gump, a noted numismatist, for examination.
Garden seed at Clark's. Local social notes describe incidents in Blut h Gils and a Saturday night altercation in Pot Licker Flats ending with stabbings. A fire at a shop caused damages and insurance details, with reporters noting incineration origins and a rifled interior.
The Watauga Bank failed last week with $28,000 liabilities yet depositors reportedly lost over $100,000. Stockholders tried to save it by endorsing $12,000. owners of $50,000 in stock face loss and blame from depositors.
Thirty years of study by Dr Deane ends in a famed dyspepsia cure. The doctor abandoned theology for medicine after peers labeled him a doomed chronic dyspeptic. His regimen led to a wealthy practice and high demand for his pills across known regions.
Deaths include Mrs Chas Feldburg age 89 in ill health from grippe interred Love Grove cemetery pension delayed by hours She died as pension arrived for her late son a federal soldier Wm Lyle 88 died in Thebe California from lead poisoning in silver mines Elizabeth Anderson 77 dies of dropsy of the heart pleads faith and family left behind Cabdisy 95 widow of Abraham Cassidy Joss Ollie six dies after a rough life and Mandy Otis poor Joss buried Magnolia Duffield 18 dies of consumption buried Roan Hill cemetery
A humorous letter from B A Fox of Dover Del about shipping a Beagle hound via Adams Express unfolds in Fayette County Ohio. The writer John Graves notes a legible hand and a single misspelled word while recounting praise for Fox and his beagle breeding passion. He mentions a mix up where a buyer asked for Beagle hounds and Leghorn eggs.
Advertisement touts Electric Hinters as a remedy for female complaints improving strength and tone of organs. Promises relief from loss of appetite, constipation, headaches, fainting spells, nervousness, sleeplessness, and melancholy. McFarland & Co. drug store sells for fifty cents or one dollar.
Southern Railway announces round trip tickets to Washington for the McKinley inauguration. Tickets on sale March 1 2 and 8 with return by March 8 1897. Information available from any Southern Railway agent.
The notice promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a purifier and tonic, urges spring cleansing of impurities, and claims strong sales. It announces a credit sale ban starting February 15 1897 for retail goods except agricultural implements, introduces cash coupon discounts, and states prices must reflect cash costs.
The Storrs and Harrison Company of Painesville Ohio releases a catalogue featuring Giant Orchid Cannas and other rare varieties Austria and Italia. The firm offers a full line for lawn orchard greenhouse and garden and will mail a comprehensive catalogue free upon request.
Constable Strain and P. Q. Miller arrest noted chicken thief Will Anderson after a Tuesday trial before Squire Martin. He pleads guilty and is jailed in Jonesboro. Partners Dan and Bill Patrick elude capture as dealers buy from hen roosts from Bristol to Jonesboro. Others mentioned include A. T. Johnson of Elizabethton and E. A. Donnelly of Cincinnati. River rose six feet last Saturday, submerging about 2100 logs. Local notables and business figures appear at meetings and visits, including John A. Magee and James Gourley.
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