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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1893
Page
4
A government occupied section of the Ford Opera House collapses in the morning, killing and injuring hundreds of clerks from East Tennessee and Washington. Firefighters and police remove the dead and wounded as the city is stunned. many clerks reportedly jumped from windows and doors.
A local letter covers farm notes and social events. It mentions Prom Sullivan and Mr C Pry, friends visiting Bristol and Nashville, postmaster Juhan Latture away, and a tale of show crowds and local schooling. It also discusses wheat prices, grain processing, locusts concerns, and farming tips for better yields and livestock feeding.
Reports describe storms damaging fruit trees and crops, with caterpillars attacking foliage and barley harvest under way. Mentioned are local figures G. G. Lenel, Rachel Thompson, and various community notes including a Milan Exchange milk claim and a Carthage editorial critique.
A fantastical report recounts Relale Velalio traveling New York to Oligawo aboard a Pennsylvania Railroad, with Prince and Princess aboard. The train climbs Alleghenies toward Mount Unido, then speeds past mountains as engineers battles, passengers brace, and a dramatic near-crash unfolds near Huntingdon.
An old time medicine advertisement shows a remedy for constipation attributed to Hale's Mousehold Vea. It promotes one dose daily at bedtime and lists Melarland & Co as sellers with pricing in shillings.
An 1880s-era ad claims Hale's Amendment Cure cured asthma instantly and other ailments. The piece lists price per box, touts universal usefulness, and cites doctors and merchants promoting the remedy. It also includes a lengthy, sensationalized recommendation from Hod, Casskey.
An 19th century ad fragment touts Electric Bitters and Bucklyn's Amica Salve as cures for Neuralgia Rheumatism and leg ulcers. It claims multiple patients from Olifund New Cassel Wisconsin Harrigburg Illinois and Catawba Ohio were restored after consuming the remedies sold by McFarland & Co.
An advertisement touts a remedy for coughs colds and throat issues promising relief with a money back guarantee. It offers sample bottles at the expense of the seller and prints prices for larger bottles at McParland & Oak Drug Store.
Fragmentary notes discuss a primitive remedy for female weakness and health concerns. Names and places appear garbled but reference a remedy and possible caretaking actions. No coherent events or outcomes are clear from the legible text.
The text appears as a garbled OCR fragment with scattered names and phrases. It mentions people and terms like Alieht Gagves and Sul Feoraucoiye Besa amidst uncertain context, suggesting an unfinished note or puzzle rather than a clear event or report.
An OCR gibberish ad claims Rifehton's Arolea Salve is the best in the world for fever and skin issues with explicit pricing and a note of agents McParland and Co. It references sensational claims and a supposed ban on a raid, mentioning Yonkers Gazette and Detroit Tribune as sources.
An old advertised remedy claims to treat rheumata rheumatism eye sores and coughs. It markets as a universal cure all for pains and ailments with claimed internal and external uses and lists McKorland & Cos as the selling druggists.
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