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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1893
Page
1
A Ravenswood WV notary public testifies his son suffered a severe leg infection starting at age seven with fever and swelling. After failed treatment and a risky operation, the boy improved after taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, regaining strength and mobility. The letter claims the medicine reduced discharge and bone pieces emerged, leading to a full recovery.
The passage extols the flower mission of the W T U delivering blooms to the sick and lonely in hospitals and prisons. It notes the impact on a condemned man awaiting execution, where kindness from visitors and ministers offers a glimmer of humanity amid bare walls and iron bars, illustrating the work's quiet uplift.
An itinerant preacher’s harsh talk silences a prisoner until a visiting woman delivers violets through a grated door. The scent melts the inmate’s heart, prompting a tearful plea for forgiveness and a vow to seek God, as the floral act is celebrated as a universal, beauty endowed gospel.
From one cent to a dollar a yard our stock includes fine and handsome patterns in genuine linen lachs from Burris Jackson.
Morristown grid notes include rail wreck near Sulphur Spring on the North Carolina division of the E T V G Ry damaging three cars and coal and oil shipments. Local deaths, illnesses, arrivals, and events include Gillhese’s death, exhibitions by Duncan Clarks Co. Female minstrels, Epworth League convention reports, and railroad personnel changes. Farmers report poor bean and peach prospects with some crop damage and repairs underway.
Melbourne reports the National Bank of Australia failure affecting 150 branches in Australia and agencies worldwide. Authorized capital £2,000,000, paid capital £1,000,000, liabilities £7,500,000 in colonies. withdrawals since April 10 exceed £26.5 million. Dividend of 10 percent declared, payable May 3, as Bristol observer George A. Childwell Jr. returns to Bristol.
Knoxville May L A reports Lola Small Jackson wife of James Jackson sues Arthur and Luther Wright over 10000 alleging they operated a gambling game that defrauded James Jackson while intoxicated. The suit, tied to prominent Knoxville families, attaches Wright property and garnishments hit local banks.
The Tennessee applicants for bank examiner positions include H. L. Armstrong, T. Fowler, R. J. Black, and Rt. L. Mathews of Memphis, plus W. H. Scogginus and Thomas Paske of Nashville. A nomination may occur Monday or Tuesday, and outsiders may be considered. Daniel T. Butler seeks superintendent of public buildings in Nashville. John J. Darragh aims to be supervising inspector of steam vessels for the sixth district. James McGuire applies for surveyor of customers at Chattanooga, joined by Walter T. Kenner’s supporters for the same post in Chattanooga.
The Comptroller orders more bank examiners to supervise failures at First National Bank of Ponca Nub. John M. Griffith is in charge. The bank lacked government examination for over a year. New examiners will be appointed as vacancies arise. no current examiners will be removed.
Old Tennessee act requires household heads to report suspected diseases and for physicians to notify authorities. It mandates school exclusions, monthly disease reports to the State Board of Health, and penalties for noncompliance. Seeks to fix penalties and repeal conflicting acts, effective after passage in 1893.
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