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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1890
Page
1
Reader note shows a partial list of Watauga Bank directors including Youn, Gildersleeve, Unimley, Dignad, Bondior, Hare, Taylor, Mottenatte, Jota, Bowman and others in incomplete order.
Senator Zeb Vance of North Carolina introduced in Congress a bill to create agricultural depositories in every county with land donated for storage. The plan uses treasury notes and pays 1 to 2.5 thousand dollar salaries to depository managers. Farmers could deposit crops for credit and receive notes 20 percent of net value, with one percent interest on advances, and notes would be legal tender. The system aims to cut loan costs, curb trusts, and keep products marketable within one year.
Nashville political figure Jere Baxter, a gubernatorial hopeful, is in the city staying at the Palace Hotel. A Journal reporter interviewed him, noting Baxter’s claim to run as a Democrat with broad support for all Tennesseans and rural and industrial development. The piece also mentions Baxter’s east connections and aims to unite farmers and workers.
The ad touts Shilohs Cure for coughs and lung ailments with varying prices and claims of a guaranteed test. It promotes Dr Acker English remedies and pills, a child soothing syrup free of opium, and Shilohs Plaster. Kirkpatrick & Wofford are listed as sellers amid warnings of consumption.
An advertisement touts Dr Acker's Blood Elixir as a superior cure for syphilitic poisoning ulcers eruptions and pimples. It claims purification of the system and constitution building. Also promotes Clark's Extract of Flax and Shilo h's Catarrh Remedy with dealer mentions and political snippets.
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