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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1892
Page
3
George Mountcastle, formerly of the place, married Frances Louise Hunt in Lexington and are on a bridal tour in Florida with plans to visit relatives soon. Will Wilson, a local man west of town, died Friday after a gun discharged when the hammer snagged on a log during a hunting trip.
The Watauga Democrat reports an elderly man named McKeehan was found dead in his bed yesterday morning. It notes his heart condition and multiple illnesses, but offers no cause beyond natural complications and mentions local finances.
A city youth reported finding a living minnow in his morning milk at the breakfast table. Theories include the cow swallowing the fish prior to milking, though other ideas exist and the case may remain unsolved.
The piece touts Swift's Specific as a cure for diseases caused by microbes, claiming microbes poison life and that the medicine drives the germs out through the skin with continued use. It offers a free treatise and cites a Swift Specific Co address in Atlanta. It also briefly notes Garza followers dispersed, Ascension revolt suppressed with 107 prisoners, and Indianapolis grand jury saying the State Board of Agriculture is private and bribery charges dropped.
Ex congressman H. Clay Evans in the Third District will speak to Republicans and the public at Jobe's Operationge on Monday night February 1. Gauge tosts report 60 to 75 psi on the new water pipe. Johnson City Foundry offers guaranteed plumbing work and estimates.
A detailed prospectus praises the Watauga Company as a transformative East Tennessee town builder. Endorsing letters from Edwin Fitzgerald of the E T V G Railway emphasize co operation, ample water and timber resources, rail access, and potential steel industry growth around Watauga station and Cranberry ores.
Washington College notes a joint meeting of the Devotional Committees of the D A s to plan a Sabbath program on missions both home and foreign. Miss Alice Whitlock is recovering after illness, and Y M C A activities, including a juvenile branch, are described as lively and active on campus.
A garbled verse about glass numbers and drinking leads into a brief incident where armed Mexicans attempt to rob a silver mine at Shafter Texas and are surprised by Tuxi Rangers, resulting in three Mexican deaths. The text then pivots to a disjointed medical ad from New York, mentioning physicians and surgeons.
SyauPt Figg ONE ENJOYS both the method and results when Syrup of Bigs is taken. It is pleasant to taste and acts gently yet promptly on the kidneys liver and bowels. It cleanses the system dispels colds headaches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. The remedy is popular and widely sold in 50c and 1 bottles by druggists. Do not accept any substitute.
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