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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1898
Page
3
A crowded jumble shows patent medicines like African Itch cures and Gold Dust flour sold at Lyle’s, local moves by J. S. Lyle and family, and notices of insurance firm trips to Virginia. Social updates report funerals, neighbors visiting relatives, and job office activity at the Asheville Register.
An old ad proclaims a universal salve for a wide range of ailments including rheum fever chilblains corns and eruptions. It guarantees cure for piles with money refunded if not satisfied and prices boxes at two cents.
A fragment from Johnson City Tennessee notes reopening of a public school with vaccination proof, a Miss Mattie Hender visiting Santa Qus New Mexico, and the death of Miss Mary Bell Jenkins of Elizabethton. It reports sidewalk disrepair, a large chicken shipment, smallpox measures criticized, and hotel renovations. Also announced is the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad stockholders meeting on March 9.
A vintage advertising snippet touts Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. It claims trials prove its merit and urges sufferers to try bottles at Lyles Grocery Stone as physicians increasingly use it in practice.
M B Martin completed the annual district assessment with a parsimony review of properties, adjusting values as needed rather than copying old tax books. He warns it will take years to perfect the process due to many properties in awkward condition. Oliver Burleson, aged Johnson City resident, died last Monday after a carriage accident near Tron Mountain while returning home from assisting his mother in Bakersville. He leaves a widow and two children. funeral with Masonic honors held in the city.
The Board of Trade favors restricting factory fixation for a reasonable period to lure new manufacturing to Tennessee. Johnson City plans to build on mineral resources and timber, expecting strong growth with proper encouragement. A smallpox circular notes control, while merchants report losses from misleading ads and urge caution about pest house proximity.
Citizens are assured no ongoing smallpox epidemic exists in Johnson City with eleven cases confined to four men arriving from Middlesboro. Officials urge quarantine against the city to protect public health while expressing confidence in isolation measures and minimal exposure to travelers. The notice is dated February 22, 1898.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a cure for female ailments nerve troubles and general weakness. It claims the remedy strengthens the system and treats conditions from nervous disorders to insomnia with a stated price per bottle and urges purchases at Lyle's Grocery Store.
The Sugar Hall area has closed its gates again following actions by neighboring towns. Bill Head, general manager of the hill folks, is blamed for stirring unrest as Margaret accuses his wife of exposing the plan to spread smallpox fears in Johnson City to drive country traders away. Ike Whistenbunt backs Margaret’s claim that Bill boasted of disease numbers to justify pest houses. Amid suspicion, the community delays judgment and vows to withhold attacks until full facts emerge.
A Carmi Illinois customer reports extreme relief during pregnancy using Mothers Friend product and claims it aided her two pregnancies. The ad promotes a book with testimonials and claims from The Hradfeld Regulator Co. Atlanta Ga with distribution by express shipment.
Trustee powers secured by deed dated August 1, 18xx, recorded at Jonesboro, foreclose on property in Ninth Civil District Washington County Tennessee. Includes two tracts totaling about 1200 acres with numerous exceptions and easements, enjoining all rights and interests in the Connecticut Land Company holdings in Oakland addition and Montevista Cemetery transfer. Sale set in front of Jobe's Opera House, Johnson City, on March 21, 1808.
Notice of sale detailing a deed and mortgage records in Jonesboro Tennessee. It lists parties Strattan and wife and involved properties and dates including March 24, 1598, and references to deed book pages and the register's office. The text is garbled with multiple transcription errors but centers on public auction of real estate and redemption terms.
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