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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1894
Page
2
The piece argues towns without major ambitions can become manufacturing centers through cooperative investment. Citizens form an incorporation, issue stock at affordable prices, and choose a suitable local industry such as a paper mill or cannery. Once one venture succeeds others follow, guided by sound business methods and local trust.
A fashion journal promotes itself as the best for ladies and offers a sample by mail for three 2 cent stamps. It promises general fashion news and illustrations from Paris London and New York patterns from The McCall Guy. Address Tom Quees or Fasmiox Union Square New York.
An old Waldo County farmer offered a buyer his pick of a cow herd for twenty five dollars. The buyer chose what he believed was the best, but the seller had secretly moved the supposed best cow to the barn. The buyer insisted, bought the seemingly poorest cow, later accused the seller of cheating, yet the seller stood firm that the buyer had had his pick. Lewiston Journal reports.
Verse aside the poet, spring brings Hood’s Sarsaparilla into fashion as the nation’s favorite spring medicine. The remedy purifies blood and strengthens nerves mind and digestion, with old domestic cures widely abandoned in favor of Hood’s standard blood purifier.
Jeo L Minas Trav Pass Agt offers to save money on travel tickets with advance contact before purchase. Knoxville Tennessee address provided. Includes rate claims and contact details. Local station advertises discounted fares and personalized service.
The notice advertises sale of old papers at a location described as WHIS OFFICE with a price tag near fifty cents per item. Details are fragmentary but indicate a public sale context and vendor naming.
A Civil District Court decision in New Orleans affirmed damages for the loss of a St. Bernard, ruling dogs are property and compensable. The case against Carrollton Railroad Co. awarded the owner the full damages claimed. The article recalls a 19th century shift when dogs became legally recognized property in Louisiana.
Bucklea's Arnica Salve promises to treat Gute bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with a money back guarantee if not perfect satisfaction. Sold by McFarland & Co at 25 cents per box.
Wealthy Omaha gamblers push to open a first class gambling palace near Courtland Beach modeled after Monte Carlo. The four story brick building would house green cloth tables reading rooms concert spaces and an annex for discussion. location near the streetcar line aims to dodge police jurisdiction with potential horse racing and other events planned.
A testimonial ad touts Dr Hale's Household Tea as a pleasant herb drink that positively cures dyspepsia liver complaint and all kidney diseases. One dose at bedtime is claimed to work. Sold for 25 and 50 cents per package at McFarland & Co's drug store.
A Bathurst dispatch reports a West India regiment column captured Ransum Vala, a stockaded navy village near Bathurst in Gambia after slight resistance. Natives fled, returned to attack, and severe fighting ensued. The British repelled the attack with heavy losses to the natives. nine West India regiment members were injured.
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