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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1895
Page
3
A column reports Dr. 8. E. Reynolds fell from a ladder while picking apples, injuring his leg yet sparking hope it may loosen with time. It also includes a trade pitch for coal and a medical ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming no mercury and domestic manufacture in Toledo.
Advert says Gold Dust flour and Hall's Hair Renewer improve hair color and thickness. Claims nearly all women have good hair though many gray and few bald. Product promotes natural color restoration and thicker growth.
An itemized note highlights the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta from September 18 to December 31, 1805. It mentions the Southern Railway as the sole line into the grounds with frequent daily tickets and convenient schedules. Also cited are ads for Gold Dust flour, Ayer's Pills praise, and the American Furniture Agency offering a free catalog of sixty three new furniture styles.
Mrs. RS. Noyd visits Tonesboro. H. W. Weiler leaves for Atlanta. J. W. Cass at two cents a pack. Wilson of Sandusky visiting his son JA Wilson. Church services at Episco pal Mission next Sunday at 7. Mrs. Fred Weiler leaves for Atlanta to join husband. Mrs. Elizabeth Worth dies at Creston, N C. Lizzie Koya and Lizzie Keys advertise dressmaking services. Mr. and Mrs. Rankin of Knoxville visiting at Cherry street. J. W. Cass sells books and supplies. Summers & Barton add stoves. Apple brandy production rising in East Tennessee. Crawford and Note Fair case reversed in supreme court. Mrs. D. B. Farnsworth visiting. Ina Jobe marriage noted. Cass to sell discount pictures and books for Christmas. Knoxville district Christian Endeavor convention in November. Subscriptions for Sherman book through agents. Johnson City to stage Fanchon the Cricket for library benefit. Judge Smith in chancery court. George & Co. add retail department at former Bee Hive. State Sunday School convention in Chattanooga November 6-7 with rail rates. Parke Wakeley promotes Liver Pills and Tonic Pellets as a combo.
J W Cardwell and Miss Bessie King were married yesterday afternoon in a Johnson City church ceremony noted as a highlight of the season. The elaborate decorations featured arches, colts root leaves, ferns, chrysanthemums and a large A-shaped monogram arch. Rev Neighbors conducted the ceremony. the couple left for Atlanta after the vows. Miss King is daughter of Dr and Mrs J King and both families were praised for their standing in the community.
Reader attention called to card of Dr Matthew Henry Kollock native of Norfolk Va 1834 from Savannah Ga noted as Britannica authority for ax seminum neuralgia cure. Doctor has traveled widely with many cures especially at Hot Springs Arkansas. Local vendor promises lower coal prices than ever before sold here.
Yesterday at noon Prof. E. Massengill of Blountville married Miss Lna Jobe of this city at the bride’s sister Mrs. Pendleton’s Erwin residence. Rev. Preston officiated. The bridal party included maid of honor Gertrude Henry and best man J. B. McClellan. A reception followed in this city and a later home reception will be held with the groom’s parents in Sullivan county. The groom presented a gold watch. the ring featured a unique diamond.
Agency for imported and domestic calendars from Avt Gast Bank Note and Lithograph Co. offers 100 samples at low prices. Also, Rev W S Neighbors named to fill Booth M E Church pulpit for another year amid praised service. News of Mrs Fannie Johnson's death in Staffordeville Virginia and burial arrangements back home in this city after paralysis.
An OCR fragment shows pricing and ads for coal and baking powder. It mentions City Coal Go as offering cleaned lamp coal at 8.00 per ton and references Crry Coal Co and Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder proclaimed as forty years the standard.
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