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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1897
Page
3
Local shop talk and community notices mix with promotions for Gold Dust flour and Jackson's Store. Items mention residents, travel to the Centennial, moved groceries, illness updates, and obit notes for Susie Kingsley and Uncle Tim Hickey along with various ads and public announcements.
An advertisement touts Smith's Sure Kidney Cure claiming cures for kidney, bladder and female ailments with ninety eight percent success observed. It offers a money back guarantee if the cure is not effected and states the medicine is sold by druggists.
The store highlights all wool dress flannels and covert suitings sold at economy prices. It promotes quality, style, and value with all wool fabrics at 50 to 86 inches wide and two toned novelty suitings as featured stock.
The Bee Hive carries Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and consumption with guarantees and pricing. McFarland & Co. reports stock transfer. W A Dickinson sells groceries to M Taylor. Dr Archibald W Stiles plans to locate in Johnson City with an office at No. 8 in the banking building. Cascarets Candy Cathartic is advertised for health and prevention with a stated price.
A local retailer announces a complete line of Mens and Childrens Suits in the latest styles and fabrics with attractive prices designed to draw buyers.
A local display features the finest all wool underwear and cotton rib styles praised by shoppers for comfort and fit. The line promises excellent satisfaction and broad approval from customers across the city.
We are sole agents for Hathaway Soule and Harrington fine shoes and display a beautiful selection of Patent Leather Box Calf Winter Enamel and Tans. Our shoes are Warm Numbers and suit the most fantastical.
Call. We invite you to telephone and inspect our stock of over coats hats neckwear and all items for men and boys.
Two finely made instruments worth 330 and 860 dollars will be given to customers who spend fifty cents or more. Tickets posted with purchases enter a sealed box. names drawn on Christmas Day by a blind judge John McNees determine prizes of 860 and 80 dollars. Higher spenders gain better odds. Drawings run from November 1 to December 24 with tickets issued for every fifty cent purchase.
Warm underwear essentials for health and comfort with stock for every budget. Includes ladies ribbed cotton vests and pants, fleeced lined sets, wool vests and union suits, children’s underwear, and assortments in colors like Kern and Gray. Prices range from 20 cents upward to several dollars.
Mr and Mrs H D Gump return from Oliver Springs. Miss Lizzie Carr recovering. Judge F T Nichols and Mrs Nichols with three daughters visit from Louisiana en route home due to yellow fever. Nichols, a former governor and current Louisiana Chief Justice, noted for vetoing a lottery extension bill. Johnson City welcomed guests.
In the Bee Hive column the paper reminds readers to register next Monday to Wednesday if residence has changed since last year so they may vote next month. It notes Johnson City visitors Mesdames Josephass and Guy Smith staying with the Johnston family en route to Chattanooga.
Classified notices include a rental listing on Watauga avenue formerly occupied by J H Bowman, contact 605 T D Game. The Narrow Gauge road announces a November train cutback with a 7 20 a m departure and 4 p m return, improving Johnson City access. Rain delays shift to Tuesday social at Mrs W W Dickens from seven to ten, with refreshments and a bake sale, plus Thanksgiving cake sales. Rev J S Jones of Knoxville to lecture at the M E church Monday night November 1 at 6 30, praised as Parkhurst of Knoxville and regarded as a strong speaker for the Anti-Saloon League.
Two new diphtheria cases reported in the city. A child of Mr and Mrs Chas Brown is ill and Dr Long notes the young son of Clay Beasley is seriously affected. The Bee Hive offers Western Timothy and Clover Seed. Heaters and Steve Pipe featured at the venue.
An old advertisement touts Queen Heaters from The Bee Hive and promotes Shaker Digestive Cordial as a universal remedy for indigestion. It claims the cordial aids nature to restore appetite and relieve dyspepsia, sold by Gruggints with a trial bottle offered.
Shoes advertised with varied styles for men and women, urging shoppers to wait for the 800 line. Polkas, grain, oil grain, glove grain, kip ties and Dongola styles listed with prices and a sales pitch to see the five ladies' styles. More emphasis on value and leader status.
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