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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1897
Page
3
Local column notes a mix of ads and notices from Bristol and nearby towns. References to medicine, travel, church services, social calls, births, and new grocery stock. Several short personal items list brief trips and visits, with a business note on Gold Dust flour and a new West Main street grocer.
A rundown column lists local residents and visits including Mrs J Hawkins and children of Jonesboro spending weekend in the city, Miss Pearl Painter returning from Morristown, and Miss Kate Nelms leaving to teach music in Virginia. News notes cover a three year old death, outings at Unaka Springs, visitors from Washington and Morristown, and community events at Cedar Creek and Antioch Baptist church with an ice cream fund-raiser for church painting.
The Beehive notes Ward and Friberg offer pension check cashing at no charge. Albert N Grisham Nashville lawyer dies after short illness. remains brought to city by special train and sent to Neahville for interment. Asheville Normal College dormitory heated by hot water system cited as modern. Rev F W Barnett Nashville visiting seeking Geo I Wofford as circumstantial evidence builds around Mr Wofford. A prominent defense witness is due tonight as trial readiness grows and docket pace quickens
Pension recipients cashed their checks at the Bee Hive office with no charge, according to a brief item. No fees were applied and payments were processed locally.
W M Terry of Elkton Kentucky declares he has twelve years in the drug business and has sold almost all cough medicines, praising Champlain’s Cough remedy as best on the market. Ward & Friberg advertised The Pee Hive as seller.
All members of the G A R are urged to attend a hall meeting next Saturday evening at 2 o'clock. Commander H S Parce invites all to join weekly efforts across the United States to promote Stark Trees. Free outfits offered, no payment required to try the work. Also seeking club makers to obtain trees free. Send name and references. Stark Nurse ASH by Louisiana Mo or Rockport.
The ad touts Gold Dust flour and offers a $100 reward claiming Mall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh in all stages. It asserts the cure is constitutional, taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces, and promises testimonials if contacted. The sponsors offer $100 for any case not cured and urge readers to request a list of testimonials.
Hart and Smith announce the best selection of desirable merchandise collected for customers. Everything fresh and new, with the best qualities and prices quoted. Here you can buy newest styles in reliable goods at the same price as older cheaper items. A comparison will convince you.
Brocades and mixtures headline a large Brocade line at 30 cents per yard with all wool pieces 36 inches wide. Outings sold quickly this past week in choice styles at prices from 5 to 10 cents. Calloves stocks Simpsons fabrics and premium makes at low per yard rates.
A group of young society people enjoyed a Lake day with a luncheon led by ladies. Attendees included Miss Bruner, Sallie Chandler, Allen Carr, Anna Miller, Nettie Shortridge, Mae Jones, Virginia, Mattie Henderson, Mattie Johnston, Bessie Stanley, Mrs Crandall, Will and Henry Cass, Earnest Miller, J. W. Crawley, Chas Cargille, J. Cromley, George Wofford, and James St. John. The article notes two marriages, one on an electric car on Watauga avenue, and another at Edna McElroy’s home in Stabenville, with congratulations and hints of future life. It also mentions F. Lyle retiring from Summers Barton & Lyle and the new partnership Summers Barton & Parrott, slated to take effect January 1897. An advertisement extols a tonic, Georgia bitters, promising health benefits with prices.
The True Remedy editor quotes W. Mi Repino praising Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. He claims nothing else cures like it and guarantees satisfaction. Mention of Mel land & Co.'s drug store and monthly pains cured by Dr Milo is included.
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