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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1886
Page
3
Local ad notices warn rent posts and subscriptions. Items list merchants JW Hunter & Bro G C Seaver and W G Mathes & Bro with goods groceries cigars tobacco and hardware. Community updates include residents in town, church events and upcoming temperance rally. Mrs Rankin dies near Home Depot. sympathy offered.
Advertiser J C Campainn declares a 40 day sale to close winter stock and prep for spring, offering bargains in men and boots and more lines. Regional notes report Cranberry Works manager seeking 200 sober workers and conflicts in Hawkins County politics with local election tension.
A compact snippet quotes famous figures on the value of advertising. It cites Bonger Barnum Aster Stewart and Franklin asserting success through liberal printing and persistent ads. The lines praise publicity as a route to fortune and recognition across business and society.
An ad touts Electric Bitters claiming to cure liver complaints and diseases, purify the blood, and regulate bowels with a money-back guarantee. Also reports a Young Men's Christian Association formed with officers, fruit tree freezes injuring crops, and early candidate announcements for Sullivan and Srveng counties offices.
An enterprising, reliable firm announces it has secured the agency for Dy King’s New Discovery for consumption. The product is offered with a positive guarantee and a free trial bottle to prove its efficacy for throat, larynx, and chest ailments.
In Flourville Frankville January 26 1884 notes a revival at Rocky Springs Sullivan County with nearly one hundred conversions led by Methodists. The column mentions local figures D Galloway returning from Florida and John McClure opposing venders of patent medicine amid political chatter about Cleveland. The writer urges practical farming over fertilizer hype and hints at starting an agricultural paper locally.
A jumble of ad text and a special Chancery Court notice from Unicoi county 1885 86. The document includes an advertisement for a skin cure and a court summons detailing a case against Jacob H Francis a note debt and a land collateral in Washington county with publication in The Comet Johnson City for four weeks and a March 6 hearing date.
A pamphlet from Bro. & Co. explains how magnetism and electricity disrupts watches causing irregular timekeeping and damage. It describes an Anti Magnetic Shield for Watches, ideal for railway service, and notes Giles Bro. & Co. of Chicago can mail a descriptive circular free on request.
An ad for a large 16 page publication titled Fashion Magazine Free promotes artistic work, painting, recipes, and subjects for the cultivated American lady. It seeks agents from five ladies and requests 12 low-value stamps for postage, with a yearly subscription offer and mailing address in Barnuto, NY.
An 1880s advertisement promotes a simple remedy for a Russian cough that supposedly restores health, with an offer to mail instructions and a free repipe. It also markets 1886 editions of a medical almanac by Merling Medical, and touts hotel and travel services in New York, Pittsburgh, and Buffalo with discounts for travelers and families.
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