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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1899
Page
1
Negroed OCR text touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a highly concentrated extract and America’s Greatest Medicine. It claims to provide curative power, build health, and improve rosy cheeks with testimonials from Mary A. Burke in Indiana.
Governor Robert L. Taylor and Hon. EB Carmack met in Toknaon City amid rumor of a formal conference on Carmack's candidacy to succeed Senator Turley. Carmack defers decision to his Tenth district friends while Taylor hints at upcoming heated Tennessean politics and possible campaign activity next year.
The Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station warns that fertilizer alone cannot sustain land fertility. It favors cow manure or green manures and explains that acid phosphate with potash helps but must be balanced. It discusses lime phosphate rock processing, potash sources, and the value of bone meal, ammoniated fertilizer, and separate applications. It ends with a testimonial about Kings New Cure for consumption.
The article discusses using mineral fertilizers with cowpeas and stable manure to restore worn lands. It analyzes nitrogen and phosphorus costs, recommends rotation with cowpeas, and notes soda phrasing about acid phosphate and plant nutrients. It mentions Brownlow’s public efforts and a Cape Town dispatch with Boer activity.
Discussion on delaying aging cites fruit rich diets and reduced meat after 60. Advises apples grapes bananas bread potatoes and starch foods to limit, with water and phosphoric acid for blood elimination. Also promotes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for skin eruptions and various ailments, sold by druggists for 25 cents a box.
A second edition of Empire of the South is announced with a 200 page, illustrated volume promoting Asheville North Carolina and Sapphire Country near Brevard. It details climate, notable sites including Vanderbilt estate and Pairfield Sapphire Lakes, and travel info from Southern Railway agents. Governors McMillin and Tyler plan a Virginia Tennessee boundary talk with a Washington meeting proposed.
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