03 Jan 1895
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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1895
Page
1
Mrs J H Brunner has left for Mobile Alabama for the winter. Hart and Smith will wait on ness. Hats trimmed and untrimmed will be sold at first cost.
Con and Wood announce readiness to furnish wood and coal to Johnson City residents with stock from Pine Mountain Jellico Oliver Springs Big Stone Gap. Prices available by call. orders left at Miller Bros or Webb Bros. Also offering Dr Starkey and Falen oxygen treatment at Comer office.
Washington county legislator B Dudley Duncan arrived in Nashville on the Lebanon train after a 800 mile walk through Cumberland country. He granted an exclusive interview to the American defending his motives, denying demagoguery and passes from railroads, and stating plans to return to law and journalism while remaining a bachelor.
The Tennessee Historical Society plans a statewide paper collection for the Centennial Exposition. Mrs Mildred Spotswood Mathes leads the Women's Board overseeing the Women’s Building and related sites. Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce backs Centennial aims and urges tax levies to fund local exhibits in Hamilton County. General Grosvenor praises Tennessee’s vast resources and calls for county showcases to promote the state’s wealth.
Exposition notes outline plans for an Oriental Village with Persia Armenia Turkey and Egypt natives at the Cotton States and International Exposition. A $17,500 state appropriation supports a large Fine Arts exhibit with potential European commissioners and Hagenbeck’s Wild Animal Show as a showpiece. Contracts for major buildings were let with completion aimed for June 1 1895 and a large crowd anticipated despite frigid weather.
A reading notice proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure a constitutional treatment that cures catarrh at all stages by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer nine hundred dollars for any unsuccessful case and invite testimonials. Address F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. sold by druggists.
B W Wrenn named passenger traffic manager for the Plant System of railways and steamships, effective January 1. He resigns as general passenger agent of the Memphis Charleston and will base headquarters in Savannah. Previously he led East Tennessee Virginia Georgia for ten years and Western & Atlantic for sixteen.
Watauga reports a full house on December 24 for a Sabbath School Christmas program. Miss Lola Hodge is praised for training the junior female class as girls represented the word Christmas with verses. December 28 featured Prof. Toasthan Elkins closing his school with a church exhibition and a string band performance.
Bourgat Rerukat, Va., Dec. 22. John Br. Hale was dragged from his home by about twenty five whitecaps and whipped with a rawhide back whip for a hundred lashes. He had beaten his wife and children and last night poured hot water on them. Hale had come from Johnson City and was ordered to leave the county within twenty four hours.
March entries reveal a diary of household expenses and small errands. Items include wages for a typewriter, purchases of violets and candy, meals, theater outings, and gifts for wife and relatives. Amounts range from 54 cents to 20 dollars, with dates in March and notes about recipients.
It May Do as Much for You, Mr Fred Miller, of Irving, IM, writes that he had a Severe Kidney trouble for many years with back pain and a bladder condition. He tried many kidney cures without result. About a year ago he began Electric Bitters and found relief at once. The product claims to cure kidney and liver troubles with instant relief after one trial. Price 50 cents for a large bottle at McFarland & Co.'s Drug Store.
The text outlines careful personal involvement in all preparation details, contrasting Noor Samaparilla with HOOD S Sanapariila. It emphasizes meticulous planning and hands on oversight by key individuals in the process.
Engineer John W. Ramsey of the Southern Railway died Sunday after a trial trip accident near Sweetwater. Ramsey, in charge of engine 191 pulling a Chattanooga to Knoxville passenger run, was fatally burned by a ruptured arch pipe and engulfing flames. Coroner's inquest returned a verdict of death from the injuries. Ramsey, a veteran passenger engineer, belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic and several railway unions. Killibrew and Reames were aboard. Killibrew was slightly hurt. Knoxville Sentinel reported this incident.
W H Morse of Westfield New Jersey endorses Peru ne from The Peru ne Drug Manufacturing Company Columbus Ohio as a universal remedy for grippe catarrh and bronchial troubles. It claims local and constitutional action, no harm, and a schedule of doses for acute and chronic catarrh, with free book and a Rand McNally railway guide advertisement.
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