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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1884
Page
3
A fragmented 1880s Johnson City issue lists notices, ads, and brief items. It chronicles a death in Washington county, public notices, excursions, business promos, and local society updates, with several names, places, and events scattered through ad copy and community notes.
Ad claims make bold promises of curing liver and stomach complaints with Electric Bitters. Includes exaggerated rewards for failure and guarantees satisfaction for a small price. Advertises sale by local merchants and multiple outlet locations with strained spellings and archaic pricing.
Rush for Drug Store now at J. B. Hash & Son offers trial bottle of Dr King s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds All with throat and lung issues may obtain a trial bottle at the drug store Regular size one dollar.
An advertised notice promises cash for mules of all descriptions, inviting buyers to respond to the seller with prompt payment terms and assuring that every communication will be answered.
A local notice states coal will be furnished to citizens at reasonable rates with a large supply kept on hand. The advertisement identifies Poud er as the supplier and promises ready service to Johnson City and nearby areas.
Bristol Tennessee advertised Sullin's Female College announcing the seventeenth or nineteenth session opening. It promises competitive advantages with total annual cost near $160 covering board, contingent and tuition in the literary department for one year. Catalogs offered by Rev. D. S. Hmanox M A in Bristol Tennessee.
In a sprawling network description, lines from Chattanooga to North Carolina, through Ohio, Alabama, and New York are outlined. The text mentions Pullman services, connections between Louisville and New Orleans, and routes linking Chicago, Cleveland, and Washington via Atlanta, with notes of various divisions and junctions and prominent rail hubs like Knoxville, Nashville, and Montgomery.
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