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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1899
Page
4
A long list of domestic tips covers cleaning, preservation, and home care including whitening ivory and preventing moths, removing ink stains with tomato juice, and using borax for skin. The piece ends with news that Great Britain accepts a commission to settle Samoa affairs, pending three powers’ approval and a temporary government plan.
An 1800s advertisement claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and posits that only systemic remedies cure it. It asserts nine of ten cases are caused by catarrh, promises $100 for any case cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure, and advertises mail order circulars from J Cheney & Co.
A jumble of maxims on effort and manners sits beside health and legal notices. Advertisements praise Simmons liver medicine and squaw vine wine, while physicians warn about womb displacement and stomach ills. Political debate hints at anti trust law in Texas and anti Chinese tensions, with national health tips threaded through.
A mixed list of maxims and ad copy including quotes on kindness age and friendship, brief notes on trains and travel agents, a Spanish import/export update, medical ads for Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and Dr Granger’s liver remedy, a Toledo police proposal, testimonials, lightning strikes on factories, and literary notices about McClure’s Magazine and Lippincott’s.
A memorial notice honors a bereaved wife and family after a sudden death. Separately a church in Augusta Ga suffers interior damage with hateful placards found outside. Reports link threats and violence to broader racial tensions and public figures comment on the era’s race and foreign policy issues.
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