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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1899
Page
1
An ad asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies blood and improves health for all ages and both sexes. It claims benefits for dyspepsia and kidney trouble, with testimonials of long suffering improving after use. The misspellings and archaic phrasing reflect an old fashioned patent medicine pitch.
The Greeneville News extols Grover Cleveland, arguing his financial restraint and wartime courage saved the Union, and urges youths named for him to emulate his unwavering duty. It also covers unrelated ads and brief notices on deafness cures, South Africa news, and Lion Coffee premiums.
The piece discusses direct-to-consumer premium offers from Woolson Spice Go of Toledo with Lion Coffee, praising the strategy of enclosing premium lists and buying in bulk. It then covers Prison Sunday efforts in New York and Tennessee, urging ministers to observe December 16, 1890, and requesting newspaper publication of the message. It closes with a Tennessee University short course in agriculture starting January 4, detailing free tuition, faculty, facilities, and aims to modernize farming and related trades.
The First Tennessee Regiment is expected to arrive in Nashville on Thanksgiving day with President McKinley General Miles Adjutant General Corbin General Gordon and Governor Roosevelt among the dignitaries to greet them. A lavish reception parade and military ball follow with swords presented to officers and a daylong program of festivities. Also notes on university courses and literary reviews in December editions.
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