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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1892
Page
4
A period advertisment promotes a wide selection of fabrics, underwear, corsets, clothing, boots, and household items. It boasts low cash prices, a cash only policy, and a coupon program offering store credit or cash rewards, urging customers to visit for bargains.
The Royal Baking Powder is proclaimed superior in tests and practice, stronger and purer than any other. Dealers privately acknowledge it, while some grocers push cheaper substitutes for higher profit. Look with suspicion at any attempt to replace the Royal. There is no substitute for the Royal.
Notices describe MADAM WARREN S DRESS FORMS and R G Corsets at T E Hurst Co general information for block car passengers with schedules from 7 01 a m to 9 40 p m last car 12 00 midnight special cars after entertainments no smoking on closed cars conductors seating rules wave to driver to hail car and freight restrictions. Also Uncle Chrisley Crumley funeral and a farm accident near Washington College. Romance magazine September issue features notable French writers Dumas Maupassant Zola and others with original American stories. price 25 cents, subscription 2 50 a year.
The article announces excursion rates by the Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway for the Grand Army of the Republic encampments in Washington September 10 through 24 and Naval Veterans of the United States meeting in Baltimore September 15 and 16. Tickets, valid to October 10, 1892, allow overnights at east-of-Bristol stops, with a Roanoke Shenandoah Junction routemobus option to Norfolk and Richmond. Information via John L. Milan, District Passenger Agent, KEV&GY Ry KnnVille Tenn. Also notes City Hand Laundry promo 424 tf.
Reports from Pall Branch recount a dry spell yet farming prospects look bright with a large graded school opening and many from nearby counties attending. Local residents greet arrivals, attend camps and weddings, with updates on schooling, illnesses, and community businesses Turkey Township bounds and names like Sulphur Springs Lost Mountain Clover Bottom Mossy Creek and Greene County appear amid social and civic notices.
AB Bowman visits from Knoxville. Hon A H Pettibone arrives from Greeneville. HE Stevens returns from a road trip. Many southern colleges begin fall terms today. Bristol and Johnson City baseball clubs arrange games. WGT A meets at 4 PM at Mrs McFarland’s on Watauga Ave. Dr D J Davis returns to Morristown after weeks here. Young men pass through for Milligan enrollments. Trains Nos 1 and 2 run 16 minutes late. No 5 is 20 minutes late. others on time.
The speaker extols the impossible feats against famous figures Grover Cleveland Pete Turney Bob Taylor James J Corbett the world champion while in town. The odd boast contrasts legendary boxing names with hyperbolic actions in a playful, surreal voice.
A collage of witty exchanges and social asides from 19th and early 20th century papers. Jesters mock grim bereavement, boastful stock lineage, and flirtatious banter among unnamed speakers, revealing era humor and social cues through terse dialogue.
A readable notice lists visitors and arrivals connected to Hotel Windsor and several Elizabethton, Abingdon, Knoxville, and nearby figures including Judge Durgan, Dr Howe, John Itlee, J M Limerly, Wo Keeisher, Tehan Y Wicken, Edvy Jake Jones, and others such as George Perry, Terry, Wm, Dean, McNabb, Kelli, Hayes, Romine, and Maple. The fragmentary item mixes names with places and dates, indicating a social or guest roster.
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