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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1898
Page
4
Guidance warns against wearing a white walkcoat or white tie with a tuxedo coat or dinner jacket. Advises avoiding white lawn ties in daylight unless a minister, patent leather shoes with knickerbockers, nearby hats or soft hats with frock coats or full dress.
A Victorian style quip promotes consulting Dr Declination, Dr Experience, and Dr Reason for medicine. It notes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for bad colds and claims scientific principles aid recovery by aiding lung action and secretions. It mentions BR. 8, Boston as a seller and notes the United States lacks harvest customs compared to foreign traditions.
The Quaker Valley firm offers subscribers a mailed set of six coin silver plated War Memorial Spoons showing Cuba soldiers Morro Castle and four U S Battleships. Send name and address to Tre Comer for a postpaid set, remit 78 cents if pleased, return spoons if not, within 30 days.
Condensed timetable for Southern Railway lists routes among Johnson City Morristown Bristol Chattanooga Atlanta Jacksonville Memphis New Orleans and Shreveport with Pullman sleeping cars and day coaches. Mentions trains with connections to Washington New York and Philadelphia and notes various stops including Cleveland Nashville Harriman and Bristol.
The Southern Railway advertises reduced round trip fares from various points to Knoxville and Chattanooga during military encampment periods with weekly Saturday sales and return by Monday. It promotes routes via Nashville to New York with through sleeping cars, and touts low rates for trips to Arkansas Missouri Kansas Colorado Texas Washington and West. It highlights the Knoxville Carnival and summer resort travel on the line.
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