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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1893
Page
7
A young orphan named Cora Wiley from Sedgwick County outsmarted guards at a crowded fair in Arkansas City. She delivered lunch to clerks, won access through a barb wire circle, and secured her registration certificate amid cheers from the crowd.
An old medical advertisement touts Bitterk as a cure for rheumatic poison, malaria, liver trouble, indigestion, and nervousness. It promises prevention of initial rheumatic attacks and restoration of appetite and flesh, claiming expert physician endorsement and positive private notes.
A boiler explosion at James Heeley’s lumber mill at Whittier Station North Carolina last Tuesday killed six workers. The identified dead include Richard Nichols James Keeley Ben Mc Malon Gates McMahan and Henry Smith, all described as badly mangled in the mounting report.
Specimen cases from New Cassel Harrisburg Catawba show relief from neuralgia rheumatism stomach liver disorder and diminished strength after three bottles of Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Amica Salve. Testimonials note cured leg sores and fever sores with minimal treatment at McFarland & Co.'s Drug Store.
Comptroller Harris has filed suits to vacate the office of County Trustee in Bedford Campbell Claiborne Polk Rhea and Sullivan counties for failing to report tax collections for year ending June 30. Trustees must report by the first Monday in July and finalize credits by Sept 1 or face removal and penalties on held funds believed to total 20 000 to 30 000 dollars. Some trustees settled after learning of the action.
Train No 3 departs Bristol at 2 35 p m and reaches Big Stone Gap, Louisville, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Chicago, St Louis, and Kansas City with precise arrival times including 7 10 p m in Louisville and 7 25 p m in St Louis. Train No 1 leaves Bristol at 8 a m for a connection at Big Stone Gap with the Norton line to Clinch Valley points on the Norfolk and Western Railroad.
All day trains feature Parlor and Dining Cars while night trains offer Sleeping Cars and Reclining Chair Cars. No.1 provides Through Sleeping Car service from Atlanta to Chicago via the E T V and G R R and Q and C routes. No.17 runs Washington to Chicago via Chesapeake and Ohio. The Big Four Route is the only line connected in Cincinnati’s Central Union Station with through trains from several railways, facilitating direct transport to the World’s Fair with no transfer at Midway. For full information contact D B Martin, General Passenger Agent, Cincinnati, O.
In effect Sunday July 17 1892 trains leave Johnson City for Knoxville Cleveland and Chattanooga. Service runs to Briatol and Potato Fast. Schedule shows departure times from Johnson City and connections, with lines and stations listed in the era timetable style.
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