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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1895
Page
3
The ad touts a new 168 dose calendar product with claims it fixes appetite sleep digestion energy kidneys blood and health. It notes a large calendar selection from Aug Gast Bank Note and Lithograph Co and offers samples and low prices through The Comer agency.
Under foreclosure lien, three Quest farms located in East Tennessee are listed. For further particulars and description, refer to Journ 8. Tomas, Happy Valley.
The article recalls how Victoria hid a ban on dazed footwear leading to longer skirts and how a yellow gown inspired by tragedy became a Paris craze. A lauded red parasol in a simple gown sparked a racecourse fashion frenzy, showing how odd inspirations drive style trends.
Rev. D. N. Good, Presbyterian Sunday school missionary, held ten days of meetings in Greene County resulting in conversions and revival of inactive church members. He visited thirty five homes, including some never entered by a minister, demonstrating that outreach reaches people.
Cranberries at Jackson's and best meats and sausage advertised. Local notices list visits and travels of residents, marriages, illnesses, and social events. Theatre promotions for Fanchon the Cricket and a clothing sale at Kirkpatrick's are noted along with street sightings and a lost belt pin reward.
Axy Dar markets fresh oysters at George R. Browns European Restaurant as the city’s sole source of new oysters this week.
Crry Coat Co advertises Gold Dust flour with a clean coat promotion priced at 3.00 per ton. The listing includes a telephone contact and notes the product as a bulk shipment option.
The Washington County Wisterienl Society held its second meeting in the courthouse at Tonesbo on a Monday morning. Rain and low turnout limited attendance while invitations and interest from Johnson City and others were noted for future participation. The organization proposed a permanent museum and library at Jonesboro to exhibit prehistoric life, Indian life, pioneer life, and a Tennessee flora and fauna cabinet, plus a plan for an old historic house on the courthouse square to house exhibits. The next meeting is set for January 5 with talks on practical uses of historical associations and regional topics including Andrew Jackson at New Orleans and a Jacksonian bibliography.
An old warning warns against Vinments for Catarel containing mercury as dangerous to sense and system. The notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Care by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free, taken internally for blood and mucous surfaces, with genuine product sold by druggists at 7 cents per bottle and testimonials available.
Bucklen Arnica Salve advertised as best salve for cuts bruises and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. 25 cents per box sold by McFarland Co. Birth notices list three newborns: a boy to F. B. St John on the 11th, a boy to G. A. Rost on the 9th, and a girl to W. W. Faw on the 9th.
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