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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1897
Page
4
Mixed briefs report adjournment in Alabama legislature and treaties favored in Congress, strikes in mines and rail hubs, arrests and crimes in Anaconda, political shifts in Georgia and Canada, and looming regional tensions in Greece Crete and Spain with multiple local incidents including a double murder in Anaconda and a jailbreak.
A Boston medical essayist extols Paine's Celery Compound as a miracle cure with physicians and the public praising its effects. A Cambridgeport resident, David K. Chasser, testifies after years of pain from kidney and bladder issues that three bottles brought lasting relief and a “new me.” He urges fellow sufferers to buy from their drugstore.
A morning blast at a Wartburg three miles away saw mill left Tribby Hughes Lewis Howard John Anderson Mart Howard and John Massey severely hurt. Two men reportedly had legs torn off and others injured. Hughes and Howard were expected to die as doctors rushed to treat the wounded.
A string of curious local names and places appears, including Urban Fox in Diana, Rufe Fine in Wilsonville, and J Willibald Shemers in Lawrenceburg, plus notes on Lawrence Union and travel rates via Memphis and Charleston. The item also references a Storrs & Harrison catalogue from Ohio and Senator Daniel’s arbitration argument, with assorted regional ads and notices.
The Rev. I B Hopkins resigns as pastor of the First Methodist church in Atlanta after a northbound trip. President elect McKinley offered him a choice between the Greek mission and Smithsonian regency. Greek military actions and diplomacy shift regional tensions. Missouri passes $1600 for a Boone monument. Oklahoma votes down woman suffrage.
The printed note praises the American Constitution and idea as enduring, mentioning a mailing price of $6 per year for Darty and 8u’s, and $8 per year for Darty and 8u’s by mail.
The Sunday Sun seeks readers with a bold claim as the world’s greatest Sunday paper. Subscription by mail listed at $2 a year with mailing address in New York.
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