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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1897
Page
2
The readable text references a newspaper subscriber and a case concerning law. It mentions legal procedures and a possible public action tied to a forthcoming date. Overall, it signals a contested matter and enforcement context without detailing specifics.
A fragmentary, opinionated recap of the McKinley administration and Hanna's rising prominence. It discusses land patents, Olney's threat toward Gen. Lee, inaugural decor, DuBois’s stance on silver, and Hanna's assertive influence in Congress and party politics.
George Absalom Ross mocks local politics and readers in a humorous column from Slabtown. The piece notes McKinley’s inauguration day alongside the Simeon publication, jests about office seekers, local misfits, and comic town gossip, including a deaf judge and a blind surveyor candidate. Readers send gifts, while some subscribers threaten to quit.
From the Commercial Appeal and Nashville American notes a torn panorama of postwar politics. References to Gen Lee’s resignation doubt, McKinley cabinet picks settle with Judge Gary securing the plum, and Tennessee’s W P Brownlow hailed as the “Great Tam” after opposing Evans with his secretary.
Tutt's Pills advertised as a universal remedy for liver issues and bile-related complaints. Claims to cure sick headache sour stomach malaria indigestion torpid liver constipation and all bilious diseases with timely use of Tutt's Liver Pills.
Johnson City February 5 1907 notice of annual stockholders meeting to choose a Board of Directors for the ensuing year to address other business as may come before the meeting. The gathering is set for March 10 1907 from 10 to 12 at the meeting place. Secretary John S Wise signs the notice.
The city council held a call session to postpone penalties on corporation taxes and approve bills from the financial committee. Mayor Paw presided as aldermen Doring Cameron Beckner Jackson Collette Persoll and Wolford attended. The sinking fund bills were postponed. A finance report questioned rent contracts for the deputy clerk’s office in the Hart building and urged denial of the bill. The curfew ordinance passed a second reading with an amendment raising the escort age to eighteen and removing the word brother. Delinquent taxes extension to March 2, 1897 was approved. The board adjourned to the regular session tonight.
A street riot in Knoxville Tenn on March 1 left Will Arnold a colored laborer fatally injured and Chief McIntosh of the fire department seriously hurt. Police clashed with laborers as rival streetcar interests attempted winter track work, sparking arrests, gunfire, and an injunction against Citizens' Railway. Authorities fear further trouble as guards patrol the streets.
An advertisement claims a method cures deafness through a device and procedure. It promises restoration of hearing by removing obstructions and offers materials to mothers facing deafness questions, with contact details for orders. The text is garbled but centers on a supposed cure.
An advertisement urges readers to request a free sample of a medicine claimed to cure hundreds of cases of incurable dyspepsia. A pasted letter from a long-time sufferer in Baltimore cites relief after trying diets and various remedies, claiming the product cured him.
By deed dated August 26 1896 I will sell at the premises for cash the Buffalo Street fronting lot in Johnson City Tennessee with Ashe street rear and alley access including the building and engine machinery to satisfy a note to John Sanders and others. The sale is of the Johnson City Creamery Company property unless the note and costs are paid earlier. Rent Burrow Trustee March 3 1897 printer’s fee .700.
Notice states the Crumley & Crumley partnership dissolves today by mutual consent. Business entrusted to the firm will remain with J. Crumley unless ordered otherwise by partners who placed work with the firm. Jas. W. Crumley signs the notice dated January 3. Also mentions a patent medicine, Dr Milles’ Paly Pills, for neuralgia.
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