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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1885
Page
3
A long, fragmentary list of names, visits, and notices from Johnson City and nearby areas. Mentions of residents visiting Bristol, Piney Flats, Whitesburg, Newport, Dayton, and Jonesboro, plus ads for salt fish, seeds, tobacco, hats, and school openings.
Limestone reports Jobe's Opera House securing strong season troupes led by the Huntley Dramatic Company, opening here on the 21st and 22nd amid new scenery and peak facilities. Also noted are local health concerns, civic notices, and upcoming community events including baseball plans and rail executive changes.
Advertisement notices promise fresh beef delivered door to door by Seupex Netfox & Os. in Johnson City. Also promoted is a medical cure claiming to help consumption, coughs, colds, and throat issues with a free bottle at J B Hosh’s Drugstore, alongside various 19th century commercial offers and travel ads.
A visitor, Mr Martin, mistook salt for sugar at a Boston hotel table. He poured salt into his tea, tasted, and calmly declared he always uses salt. An eager job ad follows, offering county agent positions in Tennessee. SHILOH'S CATARRH REMEDY is advertised by Dickey and Anderson.
An ad from J. H. Wixston & Son of Bristol Tennessee promotes reduced cash and time sale of wheat fertilizers to East Tennessee farmers. It promises special contracts tied to wheat purchases and asks readers to request a price list and circular. Also included are medical ads for Shiloh's Vitalizer and Shiloh's Case remedies with prices.
A States reporter found the exhibit manager to celebrate a great victory. Prizes include first class gold medal for best range, second medal for best collective display, third for best wrought iron stove, and a sweepstakes award for malleable iron water-back range. LN. C. States, Segape 26,RS. SHILOH'S CURE offers immediate relief for Croup Whooping Cough and Bronchitis. Dickey & Anderson offer a free nasal injector with each bottle.
Farm for sale one mile and a half below Carter's Depot near the Watauga River comprising 96 acres. Half timbered, balance cleared with good orchard dwelling barn and outbuildings. Will sell at a bargain. For particulars write to A C Carr Carter's Depot Tenn.
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