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Comet in Johnson City, Tennessee

24 Apr 1890

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Comet

Location

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Apr 24, 1890

Page

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Johnson City as Iron and Steel Center Claims Strong Case

An 1890 letter to a Chattanooga paper extols Johnson City Tenn as a future iron and steel hub. It argues Cranberry ores and nearby coking coal, cheap steel production, and rail links will make Johnson City a leading Southern mill and manufacturing city with multiple furnaces, mills, and allied industries.

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Johnson City Chattanooga Republican Jonxson City Tews Chattanooga Birmingham Pittsburg Tennessee Americ England Genth Kerr Iran J. T. Wilder South Carnegie Iron Company John R. Proctor Kentucky East North Carolina Upper Cumberland Henry Hargreaves Shaler Harvard University Asys Jonathan Barret Pittsburgh Connellsville Pocahontas Pittsburghere Proctor Nashville Banner Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Charleston Harbor Atlantic Ohio River Ashland Great Northwest Charleston Atlantic Ocean Sumpter Camden Junction Lancaster Blacksburg Marion Augusta di Lyeuk East Tennessee Virginia & Georgia System Thies Knoxville Roanoke Virginia Eost Carnegie Watauga River Sheffield Talbot Chicago G. M. Belton America Carnegie Land Company Union First Avenue Railroad and Company Harris Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago Road Young Brothers Philadelphia Houston Light Company Waterburry Johnson Oy Elas Johnson
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Disastrous floods and quack remedies flood public view

In Australia floods rage while advertisements tout Dr Acker's English cough remedy and Shiloh's products as cures. Claims of blood purifiers and catarrh cures fill pages, with testimonials and guarantees from Kirkpatrick Wofford Miller. A doctor’s quack cures mix with local fear of illness and fevered calls to buy Lets pull together.

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Acker Kirkpatrick, Wofford & Miller Shiloh Dr. Acker Kirkpatrick Wofford, & Miller Ince Edward Silvey Chicago Streeter Clarke McFarland &Co
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Tour Picture Gallery and Political Contention

Engraved portrait celebrates General Lewis A. Grant for War Secretary with notes on his Civil War service and Minnesota ties. The piece shifts to a Tennessee style political confrontation over Randall’s successor, detailing Democratic splits, potential candidates like McAleer and Harrity, and Tennessee political maneuvering amid election pressures.

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L. A. Grant Lewis A. Grant Minnesota Vermont Minneapolis Fifth Vermont Grant Sedgewick Geeral Iielmond Sher Valley Leutenant 36Th Infantry Proctor Randallvs Putapenrata Randall William McAteer McAteer Bat McMalon Friends
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