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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1895
Page
3
A testimonial claims nervousness sleeplessness and fatigue improved after taking Dr Miles Nervine. The writer says appetite returned and weight increased from 160 to 176 pounds, nerves steadied, memory sharpened, and overall vitality restored. The ad touts a bottle as a life changing product.
Notice of a legal land sale in Washington County Tennessee to satisfy two judgments against Mary Love executrix of Dora Love deceased. The sale, by J H Jones and J S Stuart, will occur at the Jonesboro courthouse on a specified date in 1894, at which the land in the Big Themvil district totaling about 100 acres will be offered to the highest bidder unless debts and costs are paid. Sheriff Phin Uho fed announces fees.
A flurry of brief items lists residents and visitors including Ant Neve of the Town, Captain William Nelson, Dr Henry, and many others visiting relatives, attending business or traveling to nearby cities. Also noted are local business trips, photographers in Rogeraville, and a job ad seeking an energetic representative with a $50 monthly salary plus commission.
Johnson City residents and visitors are noted in a flurry of social updates. Miss Nora Kilby attends the County Normal in Jonesboro. Mrs Linnie Haun and others visit or depart for home. Local preachers Rev K O Atkins and Rev J A Burrow attend League Conference. Will D Martin cites bicycle race entries for Tay lor Wheelmen. The town hosts lectures by Our Boss Taylor at the opera house and Rev Hawthorne at the Baptist church while churches undergo improvements and residents plan extended visits and relocations.
An ad promotes Bee Hive Drug Store with a comforting message and claims Ayer's Sarraporilla cures worse cases than yours, urging readers to seek the remedy.
A damaged ad promises a cure for catarrh with a money back offer of one hundred dollars for difficult cases. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Renovator as a universal remedy, claiming success and a postal order to F. G. Carney & Co. in Toledo.
By virtue of a mortgage and power of sale executed by Jenc ey Jr and wife to the Southern Bididiye and Lawn Association of Knoxville Tennessee dated November 16 18 5 and recorded in Washington County. The undersigned will sell at public auction to satisfy the debt the described lot no 15 in block 7 of Jobo's addition to Johnson City Tennessee beginning at Tipton street and Earnest street with specified boundaries. Sale on a date in July 1895 between 9 and 12 in front of the county courthouse. Terms cash free from redemption homestead or dower. A. R. Joungox attorney for the loan association.
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