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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1892
Page
2
A collage of brief items notes New Britain electing the Democratic ticket, the Tennessee occupation tax ruling, a Senate clerk removal, and political shifts. It also mentions the World’s Fair arch, sugar refinery profits, pension office probes, flood impacts in Mississippi, Alabama train robbery arrests, a China ministerial dispute, and city and state political chatter from Johnson City, New Orleans, and Chattanooga.
Stone loads totaling fifty seven cars were sent to Embreeville in March. A small force worked, more could have shipped if needed. Louisa Itskin and Charles Merriman, longtime workers for Watauga Boom & Lumber Co., left for Cincinnati on the 7th. Mrs. Adeline Mottern, widow of George Mottern, died yesterday at about 70 and will be buried in the Mottern burying ground in Turkeytown. River water rose seven feet, bringing about 3000 logs into the boom. J. C. Taylor, Morristown tobacco drummer, and T. A. Holston, musical merchandise dealer, were in town. DN. R. Senate approved a bill to apportion New York counties into new congressional districts, twenty one districts Democratic and thirteen Republican.
Prospective settlers are urged that rich farming and timber lands along the Wisconsin Central Lines offer healthful climate, strong markets, fuel, water, and other benefits unseen on Western prairies. The ad highlights drought, cyclones, grasshopper plagues, and fever danger as absent in Wisconsin and lists cities with access to the land. Tickets and schedules are available from Wisconsin Central agents in Chicago and Chattanooga.
Northbound routes offer through connections to St. Louis Chicago Detroit Buffalo and New York via through Pullman trains. Direct southbound lines from Chattanooga connect Birmingham Meridian Jackson and Shreveport with through service to Texas New Mexico Arizona and California. Read House and ticket offices provide current rates and schedules for connections and through baggage.
Johnson City directory page lists officials and courts including Ad. Brown judge and Cooper die P, officers like T Jobe mayor, court officers, city constable, post office times, money order hours, and board of trade details. It also enumerates numerous church directories with pastors, service times, Sunday schools, and meeting places across East Main Street and Carnegie areas.
The advertisement touts the Big Four Route with ventibulated trains and palace sleeping cars from Central Union Station. It claims direct access to Chicago near the World's Fair, multiple daily runs to Cincinnati Indianapolis St Louis and Peoria, and low rates with coupon tickets available nationwide. D. B. Martin signs as General Passenger Agent in Cincinnati.
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