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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1901
Page
3
Fragmented OCR style advertisement notes moisture content about Comet French vegetation daily at Jacksons and nearby stores. Mentions City Drug Store fountains Mason’s fruit jars Sommern Parrotts 860 H Tart Bread cakes crackers and gasoline offers from J Galliher & Co with Gold Dust Hour promotions.
A jumble of short items runs through Johnson City society notes and business blurbs. Mentions include Geo. B. Brown, Mita Cora Rotha, public fountains, and a city drugstore. The column lists visitors, relocations, illness, employment ads, and social events.
Rau Johnson City Tennessee announces the fourth annual Tri-County Fair on October 8 to 11 1900 at the association grounds. Premium list forthcoming and pretwims to be published in THE COMET as received weekly.
Premium list item describes best display products offered by Buryan’s Hoods with special preminta by W Atlas Burpee & Co. and a price noted as five dollars. The text emphasizes quality displays of vegetables or towers and references the Burpee company in a historical shopping context.
Entertainment by Franklin A Peake A M of the Southern lecture entertainer will give a show at the Opera House next Thursday night the 25th for the benefit of the cemetery association Admission prices are listed. The item also notes multiple new homes in the Wichita Kiowa and Comanche reservations Oklahoma and mentions the Choctaw Route with thirty day round trip tickets from Memphis Tennessee for July 1 14 20 and 21 at a two dollar fare. A letter from Limestone Tennessee July 11 describes Boron The Comet Tate on the porch of J D McCray residence built nearly sixty years ago. Mr McCray has raised seven children three girls and four boys all grown and married with Otis the only son still living with him after his wife died about four years ago.
The narrator describes a springlike revival of vegetation at the old place around the Colonel Teall homestead and contrasts it with harsh winters. He notes heat and drought stressing crops, praises corn for its season, and mentions Mr. Bright repairing threshing gear in Johnson City. Local residents, including Mr. Connor and neighbors, discuss farming costs, wheat prices, and labor at the threshing scene.
Ad promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic claiming lively liver pure blood clean skin and bright eyes as markers of perfect health. It asserts genuine tablets sold by C.C. never bulk and available at all druggists for 10 cents.
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