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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1886
Page
3
A crowded page lists names, subscriptions, medicines, plants and tools. Minor notices report visitors, sales, land sales, appointments, and public meetings with names such as Rev. J. J. Cash, Dickey & Anderson, and Grant & Son. Brief items note weather, trains, fire losses, and local commerce in Johnson City and surrounding towns.
A dubious ad touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and throat ailments as a cure all. The piece then covers a Jan 8 report on Senator Wilson Iowa’s bill to ban mailing lotteries and ads, noting constitutional support. It closes with praise for Southern industrial growth and future prosperity compared with the North.
A mix of testimonials and advertisements notes Edward Shepherd of Hortisburg Tenn praising Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for a leg condition, alongside a court date for Unicoi County Chancery Court in March 1886. The page also promotes anti magnetic watch shields, fashion leaflets, and health ads including Homeopathic Almanac, Grand Union Hotel rates, and various remedies.
A dubious promotional note offers Brain Specific Medicine by Scotta Medicine Co claiming cures for nervous diseases, impotency, memory loss, premature aging, and consumption risk. It urges readers to request a free pamphlet and orders by mail with a $5 guarantee return if no permanent cure, signed by inventor Dr. J H Scott.
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