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Newspaper

Comet

Location

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1895

Page

2

The Comet's Week In Lenoir City Leader Notes

A chronicle of national and Tennessee politics with references to the Chattanooga Times, Dockery reorganization act, Secretary Carlisle and the court of claims, Senator Hill on the New York Democratic scene, and the State Board of Equalization raising tax aggregates in forty three counties.

Lenoir Toun Rey Publican Louis A. Behall Scholl Guear Office of Comptroller of the Treasury Department of Justice United States Treasury Morton Secretary of Agriculture Farmers Bulletin Nonopy Carlisle Manderson Hoot Migor Court of Claima Court of Claims Senator Hill Washington New York New York State State Board of Equalization Bledsoe and Crockett Neas Ty Fifteen Bledsoe and Crocklett

The Newspaper Maker Meets a Kentucky Editor

A country editor from Kentucky recalls George D. Prentice and his rise from ragged reporter to famed Southern editor. The tale covers Prentice starting as a reporter, taking a room by himself, and later shaping The Journal of Louisville with vivid paragraphs and copy notes.

George D. Prantice Kentucky Journaliete Sot Daily Journal of Louisville Journal George D. Prentice Thad Tran Bridgeport Conn Louisville Nou Rose South

Ramona Tonic Liver Pills and Pellets Offer Blues Cure

Ancient ad promises swift relief from biliousness and constipation with Ramona Tonic Liver Pills and Ramon's Tonic Pellets. Two medicines sold separately for 25 cents, or 1.00 for a pair, claimed to boost digestion, appetite, sleep, and overall health. Available at druggists or mail order from Brown Mfg Co New York.

Ramona Ramon Brown Mpg New York

Fragmented regional notices mix local items and quotes

A collage of brief notices from various papers reports jail counts, editor exchanges, a Bristol creamery effort, sermons in Johnson City, and a Greeneville scandal joke. Local color includes a Bristol death, a Jonesboro funeral, a Greeneville drinkers note, a lightning blaze near a Rader side track, and scattered observations.

Johnson City College and Normal Institute Opens to All

Johnson City College and Normal Institute in Johnson City Tennessee will open to both sexes in the building Lill on Wednesday September 12 1895. The institution offers primary preparatory collegiate and normal departments and reports buildings in perfect repair.

Local News Briefs Include Weddings and Public Works

A Bristol News report notes Rev. F W Burroughs wed Miss Mary A James to John A Patten at Nickels House, after a private conveyance ceremony. The piece also mentions telephone pole installation between Hinplace and Teneslore and a move to place Brownlow Davis in Lyon's View Asylum.

Burroughs Nickels House Mary A. James John A. Patten Chatham Wgn Smyth County Pholy Agros Bristol News Brownlow Davis Turkeytown Lyon's View Knoxville Tenn Jolson Watauga Valley

Dyspepsia Relief Noted In Kingston Patient

A Kingston resident recounts twenty-five years of dyspepsia relief after using Thegan the wee of King's Royal Germetuer, praising its cure for indigestion and dyspepsia. The ad promotes Germetner and Ramon’s Liver Pills as effective for constipation and biliousness with 168 doses for $1.

A. Keats Kingston Tutt

Mortgaged Johnson City Lot To Be Sold At Public Auction

By order of a mortgage holder, Samuel Simcox and Adelia Simcox wife. Southern Building and Loan Association Kyuxville Tennessee. Sale Saturday the 12th day of October 1885 between 11 a.m. and noon at Washington County Courthouse. Property: two adjacent town lots at the southern corner of Spring and Maple Streets Johnson City fronting Maple Street 100 feet and depth 150 feet, conveyed by Johnson City Real Estate Company June 22 1887, now occupied as homestead.

Samuel Simcox Adelia Simcox Southern Building and Loan Association Kyuxville Tennessee A. D Register’s Washington County Wnder Washington Spring Maple Streets Johnson City Maple Street Spring Street

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