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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1885
Page
3
The page lists subscription dues and reminders for The Comer newspaper, mentions JC Lide and W G Mathes groceries, various local vendors, visiting individuals, hardware and dried beef offerings, a Shilohs remedy advert, and references to the Stanton lawsuit verdict in Knoxville, plus a New York City import sale of goods by J C Campbell with rock bottom prices.
Public notice for a meeting at the Methodist church next Sunday at 3 PM. Speakers include Col. T. H. Reeves Robt Burrow A F Hows J A Cargille Rev W R Barnett and Rev J B Jones invited attendees to hear addresses while local ads promote Backson's Arnica Salve and Shiloh's Cure for coughs with typical 1880s panache.
An 19th century classified style item offers a farm for sale one and a half miles below Carter's Depot near the Watauga River. It notes 964 acres with timber, orchard, a dwelling, and mentions health claims and various local business names. The notice includes multiple names, local vendors, and community events.
The election was quiet with a full vote. Independents backed by Republicans carried Washington county, electing their candidates, while Beatt county remained strongly Republican as Dr. McConnell won. Dr. White and Robt. Gray faced defeat. Also public notices promote Dr. King’s New Discovery for consumption and hotel adverts for Grand Canyon and Grand Union Hotel offering low rates and services in New York City.
Mr. Wallace Truslow, Cranberry telegraph operator, rode a velosipede on a trestle when a down train appeared at close range. He sped toward the locomotive and leaped to safety just as the train struck, jumping twenty feet to the ground. He suffered a severe jolt but no broken bones.
A letter from Daisy L. Buatesoy of Red Hill Mitchell County North Carolina claims Fulchler’s Liniment cured neurigin after two years of head and tooth pain. The writer credits the remedy after a fifty cent bottle given by a Johnson City contact.
A list of undelivered letters and postal cards remains at the Johnson City Tennessee post office advertised November 1 1985. Names include W. Beard Baseome Gale Susaney Denton Elbert Edwards J. O. Sepe Miss Julia Smith Will B. Johnson B Honck N. Q. Fale Albert Feathers and others. undelivered items will be sent to the Dead Letter Office in Washington DC after thirty days.
General Beauregard inks a contract with editor Allen Thorn dike Rice to publish a four part war series. First piece on The Shiloh Campaign appears in January 1886. later articles cover The Defence of Charleston Drury's Bluff Campaign and The Defence of Pittsburg.
A line in Tux Corner reports a public officer has levied on the Belece Hill Institute building and advertised it for sale to cover unpaid secondary improvement costs. Locals urged a public meeting and a 4 percent committee to raise the remaining money while noting the blame and expenses. The piece highlights the community’s urgency to retire the debt.
Advert says Ague-haken sufferers using Mostetter’s Stomach Bitters gain quicker and fuller relief than quinine. The claim is presented as well authenticated and establishes high reputation for the Bitters, though the article remains non specific.
An aged advertisement touts Scott's Brain Specific Medicine as a universal cure for nervous diseases and seminal weakness with claims of potency and a written money back guarantee. It offers trial free samples, pricing per package, and mail order from a London inventor and Minneapolis agents.
Public notices detail a sale of land in Johnson City Tennessee under a judgement against Beltence Hill Institute with listing of bounds and parcels within Washington County. Multiple chancery and non-resident notices name defendants in suits against firms Wylie Knevals Co Bradley Co and Goodrich heirs with mandatory appearances and four week publication in Johnson City newspaper.
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