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Newspaper

Comet

Location

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Mar 05, 1896

Page

3

Local merchants and notices weave through Bristol week

Town shoppers learn of Summers Barton hardware and farm supplies while Chase and Sanborn coffee outsells rivals at Jackson's. Rev D N Good preaches at Midway. J A Peoples candidate for sheriff and Long loan offers. Chancery court in session with Mountain View Land Company case dominating docket.

Neighborn Knoxville J. M. Britton Jonesboro Chase Sanborn Jackson's

Death of James M. Arwin Shocks Quiet Town

The community mourns prominent resident James M. Arwin, longtime Yale overseer and East Tennessee figure, who died suddenly at New Haven after a brief illness. Survived by wife Clara Tilson, three children, and noted for federal service and local leadership. Funeral rites conducted with Yale and Masonic honors as locals gather in mourning.

James M. Arwin New Haven Erwin John GQ Yale College James M. Exwin Unicoi County Mis Wif Clina Tilson Hey Tilson Unicot County Tobn Q Toe Tilson Sone Will Henry Arthur Shockas Baptist Church Hawie Ibore Johnson City Wnied County Von Yale I. A. BR. Pont John Joe Tilson Retorins Upper East Tennessee

Republican convention in Johnson City ends in division

A rough Johnson City Republican gathering Saturday night revealed a split party, with Hart winning the mayoral nomination 61 votes to his rival and calls for home industry expansion. The meeting lacked a formal platform and exposed factional tensions, while advocates urged local manufacturing to boost employment and circulate money at home.

Insurgent Leader Captured in Cuba and Other News

Alfredo Godoy, an insurgent leader in Cuba, is captured. Dan Stuart was paid $6,000 by El Paso citizens for bringing off the prize force at Langtry. Ex Governor McKinley addressed the Ohio M G A state convention at Mansfield. Booth Tucker to succeed Ballington Booth in salvation work. The fortieth anniversary of the Republican party celebrated in Washington Saturday night. The fourth week of the Pearl Bryas murder at Cincinnati. mystery unresolved. Reed and McKinley Republicans in New Orleans district elected two delegates to the national convention. German Socialists decline to join Reichstag peace jubilee. Remains of four men missing in war found in a cave near Collier West Virginia. Washington's Birthday celebrated in Hogland. Ambassador and Mrs Bayard hosted a reception. a banquet by the American society. A London paper says Boers aim to win independence from Great Britain on February 27, Majub y Hill anniversary. C P Huntington again before Senate on Pacific railroads. he remarks he is content if others think well of him.

Tule Chandler JA. Vinek Secord Hart Willmrn Hodges Wanstable T. B. Strain J. N. Beckner H . Percell I. I. Cox Hurt Paul Wofford Mr. Brading Mana Washington Cincinnati

Stockholders Meet First National Bank Jonesboro

A stockholders meeting for the First National Bank of Jonesboro Tennessee is set for April 6 1800 at the bank office to elect officers and handle lawful business. The date accompanies a note about Tennessee’s centennial June 1 1896 celebrations and a grand exposition in its honor with plans to involve governors and dignitaries.

First National Bank Jonesboro Tennessee E. H. West

Two Lives Saved By Dr King's New Discovery

Mrs Phebe Thomas of Junction City Illinois was told she had consumption with no hope, yet two bottles of Dr King's New Discovery cured her. Thomas Figgers of San Francisco suffered a dreadful cold approaching consumption, bought one bottle and was cured in two weeks. Free trial bottles offered at McFarland & Co's Drug Store. regular size worth $1.06.

Phebe Thomas Junctionity McFarland & Go's Dmg

Household Ointment praised and old medicine ad claims

An advertisement extols a Household Ointment as the greatest medicine of the age and features Dr Hale's Fluoxe remedies. It also promotes six percent mortgage shares at 50 per share with semi annual interest, secured by a first mortgage with Jonesboro Banking and Trust Company, Johnson City Tennessee.

Josiah Allen Uke Tse Hale Jonesboro Banking and Trust Company Haudle Tate L. Earnest Magnetic Building and Loan Association Johnson City Tennessee

Bee Hive First Cost Clothing Sale Card

La grippe lingers in the system and is not cured. A Virginia pastor lauds Peruna as a panacea for la grippe and winter ailments. He cites two months of use with significant relief and urges others to request the illustrated treatise from the Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co. in Columbus Ohio.

Virginia Rev. H. Perry Baptist Dry Fork Pe Ru-N Drug Manufacturing Company Columbus Ohio Perana

Disguised Stomach Remedies and Financial Notices

A scanned page promotes Shaker Digestive Cordial and LAXOL for children, claims on savings plans with two cent daily shares, and includes a lengthy Trustee's Sale notice for property in Jonesboro Tennessee. The ad section touts household wall paper and Dr Malo ointment, with a mortgage sale dated 1896 and legal notices embedded among consumer pitches.

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