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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1893
Page
1
William Lohr of Freeport Minnesota reports his wife fell severely ill with Digestive distress and loss of appetite. After taking Hood's Sarsaparilla she improved within a week, gained weight, regained strength, and now performs her household duties easily and enjoys perfect health.
An advertisement for O. B. Dorn & Co offers $1.00 daily lodging near the World's Fair. Contracts with Tun Court guarantee 1,500 guests within one to three blocks of the entrances. Readers can reserve rooms with a 50 cent certificate and pay 1.00 per day, plus 25 cent meals or 5 cent table d hote dinners. Addresses Chicago 62d Street Central Office and contact details are provided.
Reports from Charleston and Beaufort describe a cyclone that wrecked sea islands causing an estimated 1,500 drowning and 15,000 starving survivors. Refugees tell of brave but fatal efforts to save children as waves overwhelmed homes. Phosphate works and docks collapsed. Corsaw Company facilities were destroyed, compounding the calamity.
The report stacks losses at about 850000 across Coosaw, Farmers, Beaufort, and partners mining firms with claims of 150000 each for several outfits. Homes on Coosaw Island largely gone, with 1000 to 1500 potential deaths on adjacent islands, and widespread saltwater damage and ruined crops.
Outlaws robbed a Frisco passenger train at Mound Valley Kansas at 4 am. They shot and killed Express Messenger Chapman and took valuables from all aboard including women. No loot was taken from the express car. every passenger was robbed. Nearby, six executions occurred in South Carolina on Saturday.
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