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Newspaper

Comet

Location

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1889

Page

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Drunkenness as a Crime and Social Duty Debate

A long excerpt argues for harsh punishment of drunkenness, blaming drinkers over sellers and urging states to enact strict laws. It contrasts criminal accountability with reformers' sentimentality, cites Minnesota statutes, and notes broader calls for tougher sanctions to curb what is described as a common, demoralizing crime.

Lis Hoteld Wiloone Douckaed Miese Tvis Brouaing Aesling Minnesota Union Erimed Philo

Castoria slogan echoes through generations and more

A sales jingle for Castoria resurfaces as a child’s medicine refrain. A fundraising push for a monument to John Knight stalls with only forty thousand sought but fifteen thousand secured. In Belle county Kentucky, the Smiths and Slichers clash anew as John Minter of the Slasherites dies in a feud sparked by a dispute over a two dollar hog.

Br.augn Bristol Scott County Nestro Dorian Smiths Slichers Belle County John Minter

Watermelons Turned to Vinegar in Kansas Farm Trial

A Kansas farmer planted twenty acres of watermelons and produced 1000 barrels of vinegar, valued at ten dollars per barrel, in a venture linked to syrup production ideas. The story notes watermelons as both edible and industrial raw material, with sweet and sour uses highlighted.

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