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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1885
Page
3
A fragmented OCR page lists subscription notices for stamps and papers, local ads, prices on hardware and groceries, and brief society notes. It mentions Miss Stacy Crumley visiting Garber Tennessee, W C Mimms’ business trip to Johnson City, and multiple notes about stock items, medicines, and forthcoming public meetings on temperance.
A 96 acre farm near Carter's Depot Tennessee is offered for sale one and one half miles below with timber and cleared land, orchard, dwelling, barn and spring-house. Also notes on Grand Union Hotel promotions, local weddings, school spelling contests, city council actions on saloons, railway engine movements, and local society news with multiple named persons and places.
Thousands say so. Mr T W Atkins of Girard Kansas writes that Electric Bitters give entire satisfaction and sell rapidly. The ad claims the medicine cures kidney and liver complaints, purifies blood, regulates bowels, and saves doctor bills, priced at fifty cents a bottle.
A collision on the Selma division near Calera Alabama on the fourth meson between a passenger and a freight train killed a brakeman and fatally scalded engineer Bob Hall. Seven cars burned and property loss estimated at $50000. Careless conduct of a freight conductor blamed.
Prominent endorsement dated November 9 1885 from Bartimore Maryland. The letter praises Fulchler's Liniment for neuralgia and facial paralysis after other doctors and remedies failed. Signed by 4.0. Marna salesman for Jacob Adler & Co.
The New Civil Service Commission and Elizabethon notes begin a busy Monday docket at the Circuit Court. The Hensley case remains pivotal though hinges on a key witness who has died since July. The town anticipates crowds and a major concert by the Elizabethton Literary Club next month.
About 15 men return to Morgan Tron Works of John Roach this morning. Fires burn bright at Roach's Shipyard and a thousand voices cheer as 175 shipbuilders head to the yard for employment. The day also carries notices on Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and the pending execution of Pat Ford and John Murphy, with the pardon board denying commutation and the execution slated for next Friday unless Gov. Grant grants a respite.
A legal notice from the Circuit Court of Washington County Tennessee announces the sale of a two acre tract in Johnson City owned by Science Institute and tied to a judgment. It lists defendants including Wylie Knevale Fink Bradley Co and others, with an attachment levied to satisfy a $23,702 claim and a four week publication in The Costar. The notice also covers nonresident defendants in related cases with appearances required at the Jonesboro chancery court.
Non-resident defendants Joseph Etter and wife Jane Etter must answer in Jones County Chancery Court. Publication in The Comet at Johnson City for four weeks notifies appearance by the 4th Monday in November or the allegations will be confessed and the case heard. Clerk Bowman issues the notice dated October 21.
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