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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1905
Page
2
A jumble of political chatter and cultural asides with references to 1906 Democratic troubles in Johnson City Hawkins county and debates over state politics. Mentions Andrew Carnegie gift to Washington College Joseph Jefferson new stage work and speculative rail extensions.
The Bristol Courier and other papers discuss possible candidates for Tennessee governor, naming Joseph E. Washington and Joe Wesington of Robertson County as contenders. Rumors mention Brownlow and potential rivals like Pemberton Davis Harmon or the Grainger county leader. The reports reflect a lively pre election atmosphere across multiple Tennessee papers.
Acts of General Assembly authorizes Johnson City Tennessee to issue negotiable bonds up to 10000 dollars to pay off current judgment and floating indebtedness. Bonds may be 100 to 500 dollars, mature 1 to 10 years, 6 percent interest, paid in U S funds, with annual sinking tax not less than one tenth of bond amount to fund debt retirement. A Funding Board of two town aldermen and the mayor to manage sinking fund, oath and bonding requirements included.
The notice outlines a condensed timetable for Southern Railway starting November 8 1904 with trains linking Athens Grastestan Cleveland Morristown Memphis Salisbury New Town Louisville Asheville and Nashville. It mentions Pullman sleeper services between New York and Nashville Richmond and Danville Norfolk Salisbury Chattanooga Memphis and related routes with multiple connecting numbers and serving major cities and dining car availability. Complex OCR text notes specific departures arrivals and sleeper offerings across several lines such as Louisville to Cincinnati to Asheville, and Norfolk to Salisbury with Pullman accommodations.
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