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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1899
Page
3
A sprawling jumble of local business notices, odd jobs, medicine pitches, theater chatter, and brief city items. It mentions Jackson's, Grand Central hotel, Simmons Squaw vine products, a Carnegie library offer, and various personal travel notes along with fire, repairs, and millinery news.
Locally the Greeneville Democrat notes a humorous mix of notices and gossip. Major B G McDowell sold real estate to the Railway B IL Association. Lucy Sells visits from Bristol. J E Braditt meets acquaintances in Johnson City. Cy H Lyle humorously comments on editor duties. Miss Fapuedy and Mrs Kennedy visit from Des Moines to stay with Ella worth on Watauga avenue. A mention of liver medicine promises digestion benefits.
January 25 notes the Anniston Hot Blast confirms the 3d Tennessee mustering out date. On the 25th, the Tennessee boys will leave Camp Shipp and take with them as much of Uncle Sam’s dust as possible. Reming & Co advertise Jellico and Pine Mountain coal, with promises of former triumphs. A bill by Representative Brabaou aims to extend quail season in Washington county from November 15 to February 1. Dr. M A Simmons cures are praised for weakness. Mrs A Caldwell reports a magazine event in Lakes tonight postponed due to illness.
Local store announces deep discounts to clear excess stock before spring. Patterns priced at about one-half, with $9 and $10 items cut, $4 and $5 goods reduced, and various fabric, gloves, ribbons, underwear, and shoes marked down. Several categories include Domestic cloth, ladies gloves, kid shoes, and men’s footwear with substantial bargains.
A jumble of ads and notices includes Hart and Smith pushing price cuts, Chamderlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy praised for stomach relief, Parke's Un materiahls coffee touted, and a rundown of legislative actions on seeds, game protection, school teacher nepotism, and fish protection. The piece closes with theater and public notices including the Murray Hartt Comedy Company at the Opera House and a Washington County Teachers Institute schedule.
The article notes senate bills withdrawn and rejected including an exemption of wages from execution and a fixed state salary. Gov Gen Brooke favors Cuban civil appointments. Havana’s thirty seven posts only three to non Cubans. It also mentions theater reviews and a Cuba dispatch about the Fourth Tennessee regiment and local school meetings with speeches and devotional exercises.
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