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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1888
Page
1
A brief obscure note examines the idea of longevity and age, pondering whether a lengthy lifespan spans five centuries. The fragment hints at philosophical or mythic themes without concrete facts or names.
A sprawling passage surveys diet fashion medicine and longevity, noting stray topics from Cheeserine cheese to Warner's Log Cabin Remedies. It recounts legends of ancient ages, measures of weddings through years, a modern medical cure story, and regional economic growth in East Tennessee with new rail proposals and factory booms.
Famous showman P. T. Barnum, famed for My Plucky Boy Tom, offers a new portfolio titled Barnum's Partie in a four month issue of the New York Family Story Paper. Includes illustrations of wild animals and a song. Copies mailed for 100 cents to subscribers via Muneo's Publishing House at 24 Vandewater Street, New York.
The verdict is unanimous that Electric Bitters cure rheumatic pain and liver kidney and blood complaints. Abraham Hare affirms the medicine’s efficacy from twenty years’ experience and thousands share testimony. Available at McFerrin's Drug Store for fifty cents a bottle amid Peterson's Magazine notices.
A Kansas City Times column cites a speaker railing at dancing and courtship excesses, condemning flirtation and dress codes while praising virtue. The talk mocks modern fashions and male bravado, noting a tense cultural clash and fears of moral decline.
An old Lowell Massachusetts advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best of all medicines for impure blood. It claims superior satisfaction since its introduction ten years ago and urges readers to try the remedy to realize its curative power.
The February Domestic Monthly issue is praised for excellent numbers and illustrations. It is described as a high standard magazine with broad coverage, including a well-regarded household department managed by Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher. Listings note Broadway New York address and a $1.50 yearly price with $100 worth of patterns included.
The piece outlines Democratic tariff reform aims to reduce surplus revenue while shielding U.S. manufacturers with a mix of free raw materials and protective duties. It contrasts Democratic goals with Republican plans to modify or replace parts of the tariff bill, noting influence from the president and industry coalitions on wool and other goods. It discusses internal tax repeal debates and the strategic positioning of factions within Congress.
A broad slice of state and national items: land and improvement company formed in Clinton with $100,000 capital, levee agitation in Chattanooga, church and political turnover in Holston Methodist, quarries near Bristol, and an Odd Fellows lodge underway. Reports touch Tennessee politics, congressional salaries, a larcenous counterfeiter in Obion, a suit by Selle Brothers against the Memphis Charleston railroad for $6,075, and a derailing plot by J L Ollie at Newport, with jail time expected.
A disjointed collection of faded verse fragments explores doomed love, heartbreak, and fleeting passion. Amid garbled lines and stray names a few clear motifs emerge, including a hotel scene, a drifting romance, and whispered demands for date and contact in a melancholy, vintage tone.
A portrait of Christian Howe & Hodge, solid merchants of Jolson City, and the Bank of Johnson City under JE Crandall. The article highlights their genteel leadership, education at local colleges, and aggressive regional impact in banking, real estate, and industry amid late 19th century growth.
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