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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1885
Page
3
The Knoxville Eastern Tennessee and Virginia Rail Road officials, led by Superintendent Maj F K Huger, visited Johnson City to arrange the construction of a new union depot. Local leaders say the project is badly needed and anticipate breaking ground soon with work advancing after approvals.
Hust Received announces a vast selection of furniture from finest to cheap, including chamber suits, chairs, rockers, tables, beds, carpets, window shades, wall paper, and more. Also notes promotions by McNeil & Wolfe and local farming and market news. A Bristol Courier item mentions Winston Premium leader and Greener county fair details. Reports a bank planned for Johnson City and Johnson City Foundry operations with new machinery.
An advertisement asserts Electric Bitters cures kidney and liver complaints and other ailments. It claims numerous cases have been cured and boasts of strengthening the bowels and urinary health. The terse copy promotes the product as a universal remedy with medical affirmations and sales details.
Trustees advertise a sale in John son City Tennessee to satisfy a debt to John Sanders with a land lot described as about ten acres and ten frames. proceeds first pay debts owed, then surplus to J L Hale and wife. Publication date November 14, 18%, Trustee HLH Can. Revival of iron works reports idle blast furnaces restarted at Reading Works and nearby mills with hundreds of workers hired. Grand Union Hotel ads and fertilizer sales promotions appear in the period notices.
An elderly recruitment notice promises agents in each Tennessee county for a paying business. It touts Shiloh’s Catarrh Remedy and Dr King’s New Discovery with free trial bottles and guaranteed cures for lung and throat ailments. The notice seeks young, energetic men to apply in Johnson City Tennessee.
The Rev. Geo. H. Thayer of Bourbon Indiana credits Luton's Consumption Cure for saving his and his wife's lives The ad touts popular music selections priced five cents per copy and lists varied items including wooden toys and household goods with promotional tone and distribution across the state.
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