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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1891
Page
6
Local columns recap social events and visits, from M E Church South socials to Confederate Veterans gatherings and a Bristol reunion plan. Notable mentions include engineers and merchants, ministers, travelers, and a testimonial on Hall's Catarrh Cure with a druggist listing.
Lingenfelter of Telfords and Campbell of this place visited the Arthurville Grade Stock Farm two miles north of Bluff City. Owner M L Thomas has a fine Kentucky blood stock with seven standard bred horses in training including three entered for Knoxville races. Thomas seeks local support to rear trotters and entertain visitors in East Tennessee.
The notice proclaims a major July 4 sale in Johnson City featuring old dry goods and notions, new shoes and hats, with no worn stock. It urges early shopping due to limited dry goods and nations stock and promises current prices on all on hand items.
Readable items include trloors corsets gloves collars dress robes netting and batout fabric with prices ranging from 1 to 6 dollars and a few large pieces described. Items listed include brown woolen material dress robes and ebon light blue textiles with varying costs.
An advertisement invites customers to visit and check for bargains with a promise of 5c for the ad when they trade 1 dollar. The note explains some prices cannot be published and encourages early calls for specific goods.
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