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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1896
Page
1
Testimonial notes nervous weakness and blood cleansing claims for Hood's Sarsaparilla. The writer says health declined with grip and heart and nerves affected, then improved after taking the remedy, enabling them to resume household tasks.
A dated dispatch discusses demagoguery versus statesmanship across eras, denouncing money interests and praising leaders who place humanity above wealth. It cites Cobden, Jefferson, Cromwell, and Hill, warns against plutocratic influence, and urges voters to choose protecting labor and democracy over corporate power amid the New York and Chattanooga debates.
United States Senator Watson Squire of Beattle Washington declares for silver and endorses Bryan and Sewall. He urges remonetization of silver to avert price falls and warns of broad economic ruin if monometallic policy continues. He plans to travel to Washington to help mobilize supporters.
Port Townsend reports the steamer Willapa returned with details of an Alaska accident on Turnagain Inlet. A party of prospectors crossed a glacier when a thin ice sheet opened a crevice. One man with a gun escaped by the gap, but C. Kennah of Mount Vernon fell about 80 feet and became wedged between ice walls. Rescuers failed to free him as he froze to death after an hour and twenty minutes.
The Comet advertises a special offer for a year’s subscription and a free copy of The Governor's Mercy. Reviews hail the book as a well written tale about moonshiners set in Tennessee, with praise from Knox County to Johnson City and Anthony Post.
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