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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1894
Page
2
The letter column taunts a preacher for lecturing on religion while defending doubt, listing biblical faith as essential and recalling Voltaire, with quotes about sermons, salvation, and the place of belief. It contrasts you with freethought and ends by praising a household ointment advertisement embedded in the page.
Advices from the Caucasus report Grand Duke George, second son of the Czar, in critical condition with consumption. He turned 22 in May and had been sent to reside in the Caucasus for his health, with doubts about the air's effect on his life.
Letters from Illinois and Kentucky describe dramatic skin cures using Dr Hale's Household Ointment. A Danville reader reports a back sore healed after two boxes, and Olive Hill correspondent notes a twelve year old girl's eyelid erysipelas cured by one 25c box. McFarland & Co. drug store sells it.
Sprecklen Sugar Company of San Francisco has contracted with a steamship line to ship about 50,000 tons of raw sugar to New York via Cape Horn, addressing high railroad rates and securing a transit arrangement.
William I. Buchanan of Iowa is appointed minister to the Argentine Republic. Congress backs a relief bill on lands with stone and timber. Me. J. Scott Harrison, brother of ex president, is rejected as Surveyor of Customs in Kansas City. The Treasury estimates income tax would raise seventy five million annually. A Mexico to Gulf railroad may shorten travel from New Orleans to Mexico City.
In Bristol the judge ruled to issue 6,000 in certificates for track repair and 1,000 for operative purposes amid a creditors class argument. Receivers represented by Judge Curtin Major McDowell and Col. Vance faced opposition led by M Kheu H G Peters W D McCroskey Col Taylor A W Blanchard C J St John and M L Blackley. The hearing framed by a 450,000 total was cut to 7,000 immediate certificates with remaining issues postponed to the next term.
A vintage advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It guarantees perfect satisfaction or money refunded with a 25 cent price per box, sold by McFarland & Co.
The January 1894 issue notes Current Literature is expanding to 30 to 40 departments per issue and aims to be the largest magazine in any language. A special offer of one year for 2.00 combines The Comm and Current Literature, with subscriptions starting before February 1, 1894, and a 10 cent sample copy.
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