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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1886
Page
3
Fragmented notices report political announcements for Washington County offices, local commerce ads, and social events. Items include subscriptions, hardware promos, farm equipment, and a Greeneville marriage with arrival reception in Johnson City.
An advertisement notes that 100 cans of baking powder are available at J. W. Hunter & Bro. for 15 cents per draw. Cans priced from 10 to 25 cents each, with a ware piece described as elegant gingsware included in the per draw cost.
N T Banner, a local barber and hairdresser, laments bad pay hindering quality fixtures like patent chairs and fine mirrors. He lists current service prices and urges patrons who owe him for work to settle their accounts, stating he cannot sustain credit business any longer.
The Cincinnati Graphic News will dedicate extensive space to the President's cent wedding in its June 12 issue. It features original illustrations of the ceremony, Miss Folsom, the cottage at Door Park, the bridal trip, and other pictorial highlights, promising historical value. A colored supplement of Fatola will accompany the June 10 issue as a fine work of art.
I B Overman of Bristol advertises season bargains on pianos and organs. Write for price details and terms.
An old advertisement claims Bucklen's Arnica Salve is the best cure for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, fever sores, and more. It guarantees satisfaction or money back and lists a price of 26 cents per box, sold by J. B. Hash.
Gregory to send to Washington tomorrow night a copy of this week's issue of his paper the Democrat printed on white silk with white satin bows. The paper contains an elaborate account of the wedding with wood cuts.
Answer Wanted, can anyone bring us a case Electric Bitters will not cure. Thousands already cured and recommend Electric Bitters. Brights Disease, Diabetes, Weak Back, urinary complaints quickly cured. Purifies blood, regulates bowels, acts on diseased parts. For sale at 600, aby J Hash.
An advertisement in this paper touts The Word's Woxprrs as a wonderful book and urges readers to study the ad. The Historical Punnanio Co offers standard books free to parsons who send names of book agents and launches a bus inews biz promising 15 to 500 per day with no capital.
An 19th century ad notes Stomach Bitters as a remedy for indigestion acidity and gas with improved relief versus alkaline salts. It touts carminative benefits and protection against fever constipation liver and kidney troubles and debility. The item also lists two complete engines and a sawmill for sale by Johnson City Foundry and Machine Works with boilers pulleys belting and fixtures.
J.B. ash can always be relied upon to carry in stock the best and to secure agency for meritorious items. Having the agency for Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption, it will be sold with a positive guarantee and a trial bottle free to prove its efficacy for throat lung and chest ailments.
FOR SALE. 1 Perkins Shingle Machine. 1 Planer and Matcher. 1 Pony Planer. Machinery in good mining order, can be seen at work in our factory any day. The shingle machine can produce 10 to 15,000 a day. Planers sold to make room for heavier machines. Sold cheap for cash or trade for lumber. Grant & Boy, Johnson City, Tenn.
Market report from Johnson City dated June 10 1886 notes food shortages and rising prices. It references appetite loss and unhealthy fluids, with a patent medicine advert priced at 25 cents per bottle. Also mentions hotels Grand Dalton and Grand Hiloted with transport and accommodations details amid a cluttered ad page.
An old time anecdote features Mrs Partington and a middling aged quip about worms. A string of small ads follow offering goods for sale including a Remington sewing machine a Chicago Cottage organ and a Hamilton breech loading gun plus a poultry hatching cream and a threshing outfit from Harry Lyle in Johnson City and the Waynesboro Eclipse announces steam and horse power offerings.
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