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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1895
Page
4
A promotional pitch touts Compound Oxygen as enriched air magnetized and capable of relieving numerous ailments from consumption to nervous debility. It cites 60,000 cases and a 200 page booklet, offering proof and urging readers to request the materials from locations in Philadelphia and San Francisco.
The article describes fashionable evening slippers with high daring fronts resembling exaggerated tongues and large buckles. It notes fine hosiery, delicate embroidery, pearls, and appliqué in white marceline, with black being the preferred street color. It discusses stockings, leather choices, and the Dresden-inspired floral motifs, urging restraint for those with a limited budget.
Chicago March 25 The Herald details renewed efforts by Gal Clampitt to publish destructive documents about the Lincoln assassination case. It notes the exposure of alleged conspiratorial evidence against Mary B. Surratt and the involvement of Col. John W. Clampitt in seeking to show innocence, with Clampitt planning to reconstruct missing documents used at the gallows trial.
A notice announces the sale of real estate in Washington county Tennessee including lots 12 3 and 4 in block 2 addition to the town of Johnson City fronting 26 feet on First avenue and running back 190 feet. The property is known as Cornerwood Land and Improvement Co addition with a sale date of Abieh 1594 for a sum of five hundred dollars and interest plus costs. The sale will be to the highest bidder for cash with terms to be announced at the open house. Sheriff and auctioneer names appear in the text.
Nonresident notice announces a sheriff sale in Johnson City Tennessee to satisfy a judgment of twenty four dollars and thirty five cents plus costs. The property is a house and lot on Graveyard Hill in the Washington civil district and town of Johnson City. The sale occurs at the opera house door within legal hours on the tenth and eleventh districts within Washington county. The lien stems from material furnished in constructing the house and the sale is at cash in hand to the highest bidder. March 16 1895.
An advertisement touts Bacco Cura as a vegetable, harmless cure for tobacco addiction. It claims use allows continued use until the user is ready to stop, with a guarantee of permanent cure in three boxes or money back plus interest. Offered by druggists for 1 per box, with mail order options and sample requests.
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