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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1893
Page
1
Rev Geo R Stuart outlines a state wide temperance strategy to secure conservative temperance legislation. He calls for organizing twenty five leaders in Nashville in May 1893 to field pro prohibition candidates and pressure legislators in the 1894 election to regulate saloons and increase saloonkeeper responsibility.
Buriss & Jackson announce cloaks are a per cent cheaper than last year with sales and price reductions designed to attract customers and boost purchases during the season.
A 1893 plan urges all temperance supporters to back a statewide proposal allowing each community to vote by majority to permit or ban saloons. Readers in Nashville are asked to send postal cards with names and addresses to receive literature and operation plans.
The Charleston Cincinnati & Chicago bondholders receive a proposed reorganization plan. It estimates total cash needs near 8.083 million dollars to complete the road and restore operation. The plan calls for first and second mortgage bond issues totaling 17.85 million dollars and stock issuance of 12.75 million, creating 60 thousand dollars per mile with dividends expected after restoration.
An advertisement urges clean living for health and promotes Stockton's Antiseptic as the essential spring cleanser for good health in summer. The Bee Hive Drug Store is the sole local agent.
Due to unavoidable circumstances the samples will not be opened at the Citizens Bank Building as advertised. J. F. Crumley issues the notice with a respectful sign off.
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