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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1892
Page
4
A detailed historical advertisement outlines a comprehensive business education program. It covers bookkeeping, merchandising, commercial law, partnerships, joint stock, railroading, mining, and professional courses. It promises instruction by experienced teachers, drafts, deeds, leases, mortgages, and practical arithmetic for business transactions.
Prof J Hopwood spoke from the city yesterday noting that student examinations have begun and will run through Friday. Stephen A Bovell visited The Come? office and exchanged jokes with staff before heading to Bristol for a few days.
An old medical pamphlet promotes Peruna and Manalin for catarrhal congestion in female pelvic organs. It lists symptoms such as burning throbbing and faintness, and suggests vaginal hot water injections and a free 32 page booklet from the Peruna company in Columbus Ohio.
A diminutive man enters a grocery with a mild rebuke about yesterday’s butter and a color mistake in a soap roll. He apologizes, asks for better grooming items in the next sale, and defers to gentler speech as the clerk replies with restrained attention.
A garbled dialogue on butter price and weight leads to a brief aside on historical color and a handful of local names. Detroit Free Press notes Deputy Sheriff J B Miller in town, mentions Cooperatives workmen moved by railroad, and a visitor from Cumberland Gap saying the region offers a fine country and plans to relocate. Embreeville Iron Furnace manager W J Love and Wilson visit, reporting brisk iron trade and a cool store run by Dosser Drow in Jonesboro.
The Comet offers to send a white district schoolgirl to Florence Ala for one or two terms starting September 15 1802 at no cost including tuition board room and more. Voters choose the winner by coupons published daily in The Comet with a Sunday vote tally.
The piece lists numerous candidates and scattered OCR fragments for a scholarship contest, naming Miss Mainie Paty Gertrude Mitchell Laura Darden Laura Cooper Nora Kilby Flora M Taylor Mollie Odell Pearl Hendrix and others, with unrelated garbled text about commissions, sale offers, and a fire loss at the end. The readable facts show a standing of candidates and an incident noting Roy damaged by fire.
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