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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1895
Page
4
A long excerpt lists evolving fashion trends for sleeves and gowns, nightwear, and decorative items, with practical tips for cleaning fabrics and maintaining household objects. It mentions sleeves growing larger, pajamas of wash silk, and new knickknack items like a wool holder and a music rack. Practical advice covers stain removal, ink, and silver cleaning using citric acid, chloride of lime, and other agents.
A pompous shopper demands six pairs of exquisite air stockings in a luxury store. A timid clerk corrects him and nets a bill of 180 dollars for six pairs, each priced at 30 dollars, revealing the merchant’s inflated pretensions.
A collage of sharp captions mocks race talk in Georgia and race relations in other papers. Humorous asides about dress and jealousy appear, alongside a garden-page feature on crafting a nursery wall panel using a Mother Goose illustration set on a blue linen panel with gilt edging.
A scattered page offers odd notes on a prized quartet of poodles and care tips for kitchen cleanliness and stain removal. It highlights the benefits of salt and vinegar rinses, hot water for tea stains, and bright kitchens with built in cupboards to curb mold and pests. It also cites Ruskin on vegetation and includes brief quips from Brooklyn Life and The New York Press.
The article outlines the Youths Companion for 1875 with features by famous writers including Queen Victoria and Dickens. It praises a monthly cover series, Russian content emphasis, and a push toward affordable high quality literature for a broad American audience, noting the price reduction to 25 cents and expected widespread readership.
A previously published list of thirty items found on a copper cent is completed with the following answers: Arrow Hare Liberty Tulips Adam's apple Blull Money Indian Temple One cent Eyes and nose Ear of corn Bow Lash United WW Wreath The brow Totters Indian Crown Shield Copper Date of the coin A knot United States Penniless.
A reader notes that health neglect turns minor ailments into serious disease and warns against trifling with Nature’s greatest gift. The letter stresses that health matters more than imagined and urges prudent care to avoid fatal outcomes.
An old advert claims a tonic cures dyspepsia kidney and liver neuralgia nervous complaints and malaria for women with a focus on genuine receipts and a seaside Baltimore company. The copy promises a free booklet and a sample offer upon sending two cents for postage.
The Rogersville circuit court opened its second term under Judge Tyler Campbell with no cases of special importance. The Rogersville Synodical College’s second term begins tomorrow as many new students enroll and more are expected soon. Lectures and an attractive program will continue with Rev J M LaBach to lecture on the Reformation in France and Dr Byron King to conduct an elocution institute starting March 18. Misa Lyons will lecture February 5 and 8. Dr W V Edmonds of Gate City, Va., has two pairs of scissors once used by Andrew Johnson at Greeneville, Tenn., preserved with a sign “A Johnson, Tailor,” over the old shop door.
An 1873 coinage policy critique argues for free silver at 46 to 1 with gold, labeling it the sole remedy for trade and business distress. It accuses silver–gold divorce as class legislation and treason for European influence, calling for public support and subscription details from the Enquirer Company of Cincinnati.
Nasminis January report notes a bill by Mr. Bailey of Montgomery county to castrate any person convicted of rape or attempted rape within twenty days, regardless of death sentence. The late Dr. Sims of Memphis had urged this method in a State Medical Society paper last year.
The ad touts four products with strong claims: Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds, Electric Bitters for liver stomach and kidneys, Rackson’s Arnica Salve described as best in the world, and Dr King’s New Life Pills. It notes a guaranteed performance and invites readers to learn more at McVarland & Co.’s Drug Store.
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