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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1898
Page
3
An OCR fragment recounts a spoof claim to cure a cold with laxatives and quinine tablets, alongside local notes from Bristol. It mentions H H Garr visiting Bristol, shop ads for M Jackson's groceries, coal prices, a sick child, and various residents and errands. endlaka references to attorneys, dentists, school departures, and business moves in East Tennessee.
An old advertisement extols Dr King s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds claiming wisdom reliability and money back guarantee. It asserts the remedy treats throat chest and lung ailments with prices 25 and 1.00 and promises refunds if not satisfied.
Local items report a Bristol poultry show win by M Jackson with Spanish and Leghorns, a fire damaging N. A. Merritt & Co. hat house, a Bristol marriage of Sheriff W. C. McKinney to Maggie Hickey, and various community updates. Also notes on Dr King’s New Discovery, a cigar factory start in Johnson City, and a new wood heater called Silva selling for 3 to 5 dollars.
Defiant claim of a medicine curing kidney and related female ailments with ninety eight percent success. Promises positive guarantee with money refunded if not effective and offered through local druggists with questionable spelling and OCR errors.
The County Court met to adopt the superintendent of public instruction’s annual report showing a total scholastic population of 7 904 with 4 930 enrolled and an average attendance of 2 052 white and 05 colored. Debates on district division with the Southern Railway dominated afternoon sessions while juror lists and tax matters were handled, including notary appointments and a tax grievance report recommending reductions and adjustments.
The report discusses laws upheld related to a building burned amid which First National Bank of Jonesboro proposes release for several parties listed. It recommends freeing Cy H. Lyle from Watauga Bank stock forfeiture and exempting Mrs. Sarah Love from taxes on 70 acres in district No. 8 for 1807. The deed’s terms are noted as referencing 40 acres.
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