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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1889
Page
1
A reader denounces medical overreach while recounting Oklahoma land rush folly and ensuing disillusion. commentary on officials and alleged corruption follows. The piece references trials, local notices, and public warnings about health cures and land speculation amid a sprawling river of anecdotes.
A stitched-together newspaper fragment compiles health claims for Hood's Sarsaparilla, notes on spring weakness, a Springfield prank offering a church prayer bounty, mixed political items, tax figures, and a humorous War Department impersonator incident in early 19th century style prose.
The column highlights exaggerated health claims for Dr. Pery Golden Medical Discovery and Dr. Colyer remedies, a divorce granted to Mrs Charlie England, political travel notes from Senator Harris and others, a postoffice access dispute in Washington, and a plug for Shiloh's Cure to stop a hacking cough, with brief local notices and ads interspersed.
In a May letter from General Kinky at Gallatin, Tennessee, he urges Memphis papers to publish a call for veterans to document Civil War actions at Fort Pillow and Jackson. He defends Forrest and condemns alleged prisoner killings as misrepresented in Lincoln biographies, promising to preserve statements until a forthcoming veterans meeting.
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