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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1895
Page
3
A scrambled item notes lit stock at the Ben Hive Drug Store. Cyclones sweep parts of the island causing enormous damage. elsewhere health officials declare diphtheria and typhoid epidemics in Chicago.
In Johnson City Washington County Tennessee the Chancery Court orders four weeks of publication in The Corner to notify nonresident defendants J T Baker E T Craig A E Davis W H Gideon L W Jackson Bettie Jones Seldon Longley A J Patterson W D Powell Isadore Summerfield H A Littman De H Brown C H Spaulding T F Singiser W H Harrison and unknown residents J W Larkin Bruce Keener to appear at court in December 1805 and defend the bill or have default entered. W Young C & M. By O W Honor D C printer’s fee 9 4t
In our section farmers grow tired of awaiting rain and use light showers to work. schools opened October 14 with 40 to 50 pupils and expect growth. Various local visits and minor notes fill the days, while a false ad warns about mercury in medicines. Hall's Catarrh Cure marketed by F J Cheney Co is advertised with testimonials.
The fragment mentions Gold Dust flour and Ayer's pills used before meals, with references to Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder and Bitters. It reads as a marketing snippet listing brands and suggested uses in a period shopping or household context.
A long list of local business notices and personal updates from Bristol and surrounding towns. Advertisements promote Jackson's store with groceries and envelopes, J W Cass offerings, George R Browns European Restaurant, Lizzie Keys dressmaking, and Watauga area services. Attendees include Dana Harman, Major McDowell, J A Childress, and Mrs Robi Wolford. Several residents travel or visit Bristol, Hawkins and Richmond, with references to courts and professional matters.
The Johnson City column notes the Hilary will be open to the general public on weekday and Saturday afternoons from 1:30 to 4. Magazine voting rules to be changed to allow storage up to three days. Dr. Wm. Dana will not visit Johnson City this week, spending time in Atlantis and returning regularly thereafter. May and Mrs. J. W. Cardwell have returned from Atlante and reside temporarily at Crandall on Fairview Avenue. A residential altercation left one man wounded, with two white men involved and a third person among the town’s colored population. Panch on the Cricket is slated for the latter part of November to benefit the public. Mrs. Graham’s daughter Mrs. E. B. Young will become musical director of Johnson City College and Normal Institute, welcomed by the community.
Stirk and Zeno, world famous aerialists, star in Walter Main shows with a lion riding an elephant and a dramatic street parade. Two men perform daring triple somersaults between swings, while the tented circus offers two full performances and a schedule of exotic beasts and music.
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