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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1891
Page
3
Portions of a Mecity newspaper recount a prolonged trial, jury deliberations, and judge instructions. The item also covers community notices, education staff changes, public lectures, property updates, and local anecdotes about barber practices, trade advertisements, and small town events with multiple named individuals and local institutions.
A jumble of notices lists Hanny Amos, district manager for Kaat Tennensor Johnson City, Tenn, urging taxpayers to pay taxes due to avoid penalties. Advertisements offer gum belting, Oliver Chilled Plows, storehouse rental on Mul Street, refrigeration units, and Sterling Re-Tigera tor. The column notes growth in Southern industry, wood works, and electric plants, plus a stray estray note for a Chester White boar and subscription plea.
May 1 1891 Johnson City reports on local court attendance and a prominent marriage planned for Elk Park. Also covered are stockholders meetings, city development projects, a forthcoming baseball club, and a string of community items from weather notes to curiosities, with social notes on fashion and culture.
An excerpt mixes vivid reportage of a noble death and a dramatic scene aboard a train. It recounts last farewells of the Duke of Athole, Queen Victoria’s role, and a surprising farewell kiss before death, followed by a note on tracking methods and a comic parlor episode in a Boston drawing room.
MebLanky directed by Pars opened in Chattapines Tennessee with an event noted in D seven. The brief item records a local venue update and mentions the schedule by the Pars director.
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