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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1897
Page
3
In Bristol area notes General Wilder visited Unicoi county while J W Crumley traced business to Bristol. Local residents including Mrs BP Wofford and Mrs S A Maher vacationed in the city. A Bristol furnace sale is set for December 2. Jackson’s store promotes value with line of goods and neon top praise.
Jon Williams visits Knoxville on business while Lynch the pawnbroker promotes clothing deals opposite the Postoffice. Wade H. Patton returns from Nashville as substitute mail clerk between Nashville and St Louis. No cough remedy equals Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey for all ages. Smith's Sure Kidney Cure guarantees cures with a money back offer. forty percent cash return observations cited. Domestic druggists carry these medicines and advertise aggressively.
Worley Millard visits Nashboro to close Centennial project while Bristol kin visit relatives. A child dies of diphtheria on Boones Creek. Sam Sherfey marries in Virginia. his wife to join him. The United Brethren conference opens with Bishop Hunt in attendance. Local elections progress with ward nominees and a mass meeting endorsing Lyle for magistrate and Cox as city chairman. Community events include a large reception for Miss Anna Sellers with extensive local attendance.
The Tennessee Supreme Court upholds a special tax on all cigar retailers. Comptroller J A Harris orders immediate collection and warns of legal action for delinquents. A large feed, sale and livery stable owned by J A Bell burned Monday afternoon, with most vehicles and horses lost. Bell had sold the business to Dee Pless who took over Monday morning. The post office section of the building was destroyed but most was saved. Loss estimated at 1500 to 2000 dollars. no insurance. Fire’s cause unknown. Dr Niles Pain Pillla claims neuralgia relief.
The humorous rural drama Jos hua Simpkins in four acts will be seen Monday evening at the Johnson City Opera House. The company brings its own Pullman car, two brass bands, and a fine orchestra. Reserved seats are 50 cents.
The advertisement touts wide dress fabrics and woolen goods in varied colors and weights. Covert Suitings and dress flannels offer all wool per yard at 80 cents and up. Winter underwear for ladies and children highlights ribbed vests and union suits, with prices from 20 cents upward.
A reader from Shreveport praises Dr Kingy New Discovery as the best cough remedy and asserts it cures coughs, with testimonials stressing its effectiveness over a century. The Reynolds tobacco factory at Bristol recently elected officers including S. Dulaney as president and Anson King as vice president, along with a secretary treasurer and other executives.
The Mountaineer notes Electric Bitters, advertised as Electric Heaters, The Bee Hive, and Electric Bitters, as a general tonic and alterative. It claims relief for languid exhausted feelings, liver torpor, headaches, indigestion, constipation, and dizziness, with a household price of 100 per bottle. Also mentions Mr. Jennings moving from Johnson City to Elizabethton as a welcome town addition.
A damaged fragment urges thorough cleaning of the system to prevent Yellow Jack. It mentions Cascarets Candy Carhardic as a clogging or disease risk and references Queen Heaters and The Bee Hive in a period voice.
The Bee Hive advertises clothing and early selections with a promise of the best goods at the lowest prices. M. Jackson at Main 51 invites buyers. J. BE Bravia of the Electric Light Office notes a sale of about 10 tons of millet and hay. Cold Dust Four aims to please the best customers.
Fragmentary notice mentions Western Timothy j and Clover Seed at THE BEE HIVE. References to Caxcarets and Cindy Cathartic warn of Yellow Jack disease and prevention of infection, with scattered lines about danger and fever germs.
Testimonial ad touts Smith's Sure Kidney Cure claiming relief for inflammation cramps and piles. Mentions immediate relief and permanent cure with local agents in St Louis.
Value minded shoppers are invited to view a new line of shoes including children solid Volkas and grain button models, women's solid polkay and oil grain options, glove grain, and men's solid tap sole kip tes and boots. Prices shown emphasize affordability and a 81 25 line. See them and you will not pass them by.
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