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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1901
Page
4
A Home Journal recipe for butter fritters uses flour water eggs agar olive oil salt and baking powder with fried drops dusted in sugar and cinnamon. An accompanying ad claims Botanic Blood Balm offers free 10000 treatments for various ailments and cancer with prepaid medicine and free medical advice.
A roundup of new song publications from Joseph W. Stern & Co featuring George Rosey Frank Tannpbill and Ernest Hogan plus Theodore Northrup. Highlights include Be lieve Too Late Parthenia and The Old Postmaster with popular German and Dutch numbers and a patriotic march He’s Not Coming Back With the Boys. Also notes about selection availability and free illustrated catalog.
A jumble of patent medicine pitches claims cures for tobacco habits and dyspepsia, with testimonials and prices. Promoters offer substances like TOBA and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, urge liver and bowel health, and advertise City Drug Store as retailer.
Fragmented items report that 200 bushels of potatoes remove eighty pounds of actual potash from soil, risking reduced soil value for varied crops. Other anecdotes describe a dead newborn found on a trotline near Frankfort, Ky, and various medical and consumer notices including Allen’s Foot-Base and Chamberlain's tablets.
City Drug Store promotes Chamberlain Pain Balm for stiff necks and One Minute Cough Cure praised by a Pennsylvania resident. Uproar over a 100 barrel oil well opens on Mrs. Nancy Jones farm in Corke County Tennessee. local grand jury reports on Chattanooga gamblers.
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