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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1899
Page
1
An archaic testimonial extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a universal blood purifier for all ages and sexes. The ad emphasizes patriotism as virtue and links good citizenship with strong, healthy bodies, featuring a Stamford Springs testimonial about improved humor and nerves.
The Southwestern Railway offers a through sleeping car route from Bristol to Cincinnati via Natural Tunnel Route. Depart Bristol at 4 00 p m for Cincinnati arriving 7 30 p m. Return from Cincinnati at 2 56 p m arriving Bristol 1 00 p m. Stops include Big Stone Gap Middlesboro Corbin Richmond Winchester and Parla. For details contact agents V W or M D Citaraas W B Baumer general manager.
A massive ejectment case from Abingdon Virginia involves roughly 500000 acres of valuable mineral and timber lands across several counties in Virginia and West Virginia centered on Williamson West Virginia. The court ruling favors the plaintiff Henry King Boston trustee with the possibility of a U S Supreme Court appeal for the sureties and heirs of Gen James Swann and Robert Morris grant lands. The decision threatens long held possession and could require surrender of the claimed holdings. Also promotes a medical ad for Hall s Catarrh Cure with a Toledo Ohio address.
A column of vintage ad style items notes a piano or organ song The Old Palm House on the Hill by J W Lerman and its popularity in New York Chicago Boston and Philadelphia The piece priced 60 cents offers a free copy to readers who mention the paper Also promoted is Dr Kings New Life Pills praised for boosting health and energy with a 25 cent price and a Madagascar tax on childless men and women New Orleans Picayune mentions a 15 shilling or half that tax and a Doctor King's New Discovery free trial bottle offer with guaranteed results
A humorous piece recounts a man receiving a letter from a Mount Hollyhock student seeking a hortograft for an album of great men. It blends vaudeville style with musings on love, marriage, and the craft of writing, ending with reflections on bachelor life and domestic burdens.
A garbled page jumble mentions pork and beans cravings, a hortograffer joke, town shame, and a vague hangin field in Obugwater Wyoming. It includes medical ads for Dr M A Simmons Liver Medicine and notes Admiral Dewey reception plans in New York. The Dreyfus condition is reported as serious with Malta or Maderin implied.
The Robinson show enters its seventy year peak with a colossal program from Kennebee to the Pacific. Lead attractions include a royal Roman Hippodrome and a grand biblical spectacle Solomon, his Temple and the Queen of Sheba, created by John Rettig with praised morality and refinement. The Bristol engagement opens Thursday October 9 at Bristol.
An OCR fragmentary ad and news blurbs discuss laxatives and liver medicine, a stud horse Troynois death, a Khalifa expedition mention, South Africa war fears impacting Rand mines, and a court martial note. Names include Dr M A Simmons Liver Medicine and Belle Meade stud.
The piece extols Asheville North Carolina as a dry healthful climate and resort locale with Vanderbilt’s estate. It also describes Sapphire Country near Brevard at about 3000 feet altitude, Fairfield and Sapphire Lakes, waterfalls, and health benefits for hay fever malaria and other ailments. It advertises Southern Railway travel and reduced fares to New York in 1899 and notes hotels and inns. It lists medical professionals and local offices in nearby towns.
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