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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1889
Page
3
A promotional notice states Camp Doll and Podder will stock fresh winter wares for a brief period. It urges readers to buy comforts for the approaching cold, including imports and blankets, woolen underwear, ladies cloaks and hosiery, jackets, flannels, and a wide range of men's clothing and footwear. The ad highlights competitive pricing and a full winter catalog.
A grocer in Virginia advertises willingness to purchase 2500 bushels of new corn and a wide range of farm commodities. He offers the high market price in goods at the lowest cash prices, notes the 160 lb Virginia salt bag at $1.00 per sack, and invites farmers to give a trial, promising repeat business.
Classified notices list a saw mill with 80000 feet daily capacity ready to run and eligible for exchange for real estate or on long time with security. Also offices to rent in Harr building and a residence on Millard Avenue near the business center. Several local businesses advertise groceries fruit heatings store roofing guttering candy and oysters.
A local ad promises cheaper books and periodicals than ever before with a full line of magazines, humorous publications, daily and weekly papers, inks, stamps, files, purses, card cases, and a large selection of Bibles. It also notes orders at regular prices.
A crowded Johnson City page lists for sale items including a saw-mill with equipment, long-term real estate exchanges, and road work jobs on the Three C's road with daily wages. It notes stockholder meeting for the Johnson City Electric Light and Power Co and ongoing local merchant promotions, social events, church notices, and town gossip.
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