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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1896
Page
1
A fragment from an 19 year old daughter Cora shows severe decline due to consumption. Hood's Sarsa parilla is advertised to restore blood quality and quantity, with a reader claiming her daughter was run down and not expected to live beyond three months.
A lengthy editorial argues free coinage will not cause silver bullion surplus, noting annual exports of forty million and the vast global stock of gold and silver. It claims gold is not easily overproduced, rejects international bimetallism, and criticizes McKinley and Harrison for propping up the gold standard. It laments trading barriers and highlights political tensions in the 1890s campaign.
Hart and Smith report opening prospects at Bristol for a bulling college. Tiaac White killed by light three miles from Bristol. W Fr Baskett found dead in bed at Jockey Greene county. Rev Nathan Bachman conducts revival at White Pine. Burt Cole shipped poplar logs from McMinn county five feet diam. New Cumberland Presbyterian church created at Oak Grove near Lenoir City. Hestave factory by Bowman Graham at Home running full time. Incendiary fire destroys a Fann Bros house in Monroe county second town. Knoxville Presbytery to meet at Madisonville Sept. 17. G A Cope of Lee Valley hawkins county admits courting a woman 19 years. she loves him. James H Robinson farm in Locke county sold to Jno G Wood and brothers of Edwina for 14000. Pleadings of Handredu have no effect on governor. Atlanta Sept 4 Arthur Hange executed for murder of Will Spinks. Public meetings and commutation pleas failed. Hange and Spinks were bad young men. Skillman cured by Sutherland’s Bagle Eye Salve. Dr Belly Pine Tar Honey sells well. Neelly cure claimed. M Merens Co. for sale by McMarland & Co. Neuralgia cures by Miley Paty Pills.
The Second, Third, and Ninth Tennessee Cavalry regiments and other companies will hold a reunion at Hucebia in Blount County on September 9. The Polk county furnace shut down last Thursday due to rush into hot ore at roast piles. The mine’s night shift has run for several days. the roast plant is too small for extensive mining and smelting. A Durham mining incident is noted with injuries to Amos Whitestone and another worker. Maryville exchange now links sixty two phones in Blount County and ten in London, all connected to the Peoples' Telephone Company of Knoxville, keeping Blount County well connected.
Prominent Richmond lawyer Hon W H Beveridge praises Dr Deane's Dyspepsia Pills for sick headache and dyspepsia. Dr G F Jahneke of Hammonton endorses long experience with relief from constipation and indigestion after use. Pills claimed to improve digestion and bowel function, sold by Dr Deane Co Kingston NY.
Poor soil and exhausted fields once productive can be profitably fertile again through proper crop rotation and the intelligent use of fertilizers containing high percentages of nutrients.
Strikingly profitable results have been obtained by following this plan. The report highlights strong returns and practical steps to achieve high potash yields.
A mixed page item announces prizes for forming words from letters in EXCEL SIOR, with cash awards listed and a postal submission note. It includes a convention call for a Democratic delegate gathering in Greenville Tennessee on September 10, 1890, at 2 p.m. to nominate a congress candidate, plus a drugstore ad for Rutherford's Eagle Eye Salvé.
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