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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1887
Page
2
The Comet reports Tennessee Bar Association meeting in Knoxville, GOP debates over Cleveland and reform, and Missouri to Ohio political shifts. It notes Miss Mollie Garfield’s engagement, Tennessee Trek Association events, and a Johnson City visit for a party banquets with honors to the press and local boosters. It covers pension statistics under Cleveland, patent office cases, and church missionary appeal urging donations.
The Farmers Alliance expands in the county with seven subordinate Alliances and a July 18 meeting at Fireen Mealow. Officers elected include Jacob Hufline as President and J.P. Leach as Bee. The County Alliance meets Friday July 22. Also notes a 183 acre farm near Brownsboro sold for 4600 dollars and a zinc and silver mine near Leesburg planned for twelve workers. Birdie Jobe visits from Johnson City, and comedian BB McElreth aids the Jonesboro Amateur Dramatic Club planning a show titled Our Boys.
The Backlow arnica salve claims cure for many skin and wound ailments with a money back guarantee. An 1881 July heat record is cited with a 102 or 103 degree maximum and a mention of deadly prostration cases. Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Arnica Salve are praised by an old citizen. M A McFarland sells both remedies.
Cheap board catalog ups stall Virgints and Yennouwy 2 Silken offering low excursion fatek ad rate of board. Free ad upon application in period or by mail to W. Rwre ns, Pasmeniger Agent, KT Vagy, Keceviene.
Mont Excellent and J J Atkins of Knox ville Tenn praise Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption. They credit it with curing coughs colds bronchitis asthma croup and lung troubles and note trial bottles are free at M A Mc Farland’s drug store.
The text extols Hostetter's stomach bitters as a remedy for a wide range of distress from dyspepsia to general debility. It claims early use prevents worse outcomes and argues against quinine or other potent drugs, asserting long term health benefits.
In Pomona North Carolina two miles west of Greensboro at the Salem Railroad junction, the Richmonl & Danville main line runs near the nursery. Salem trains stop twice daily. The proprietor invites inspection of a large stock of fruit trees, citing years of nurseryman experience and comparisons to Northern and Western stock.
An article notes a wealthy Boston editor planned in his will to establish a Professorship of Practical Journalism at Harvard College. It also reports James Tolly, a quirky farmer from Shellyville, Massachusetts, had $1,900 stolen by burglars while $20,000 in coin remained untouched. On Thursday his wife urged him to deposit the coin in a tank at Shellyville, where two men helped unload it from the wagon.
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