Comet items span politics trains and local notes
Johnson City gossip lists are packed with scattered items from McGabe the boodler and a New York free library plan to balloon feats in Paris and insuranceland news. Knoxvilles vote for a railroad capital subscription dominates, while local rail work and editor changes appear alongside broader national fragments.
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McGabe
Criskille
George W. Vounderbit
New York City
Knoxville
Glock
Knoxville Southern
Powells Valley
Watele
Johnson City
Knosille
Prohibition Debates and Rail Road Talks Stemming From Virginia Visits
Bristol and Virginia news blend with railroad disputes and political maneuvering. Gen Thos Rosser visits Bristol as agent for the C C C road amid fight over private stockholders. The piece notes prohibition clashes in Texas and Tennessee, rail line plans via Johnson City and Jonesboro, and comments from Ex Congressman Brady on Virginia politics and Secretary Whitney’s naval program.
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Milo
Colored Editor in Montgomery Faces Public Backlash
In Montgomery Alabama a colored newspaper editor Jesse Dukes faces threats after publishing an editorial accusing lynching of black men and urging action against lynching. A large public meeting denounced Dukes and warned him to stay out of Montgomery or risk his life.
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Montgomery
Ala
The
Herald
Jesse Dukes
Juliet
Romeo
Dukes
Cleveland Rewine
Remarkable Recovery in Paris Texas from Consumption
Excitement fills Paris Texas as J B Corley rises from bed after suffering consumption. A bottle of Dr King’s New Discovery and a box of New Life Pills restore strength, with Corley gaining thirty six pounds in short order. Free bottles offered at McFarland’s Drug Store.
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Paris
Tex
J. B Corley
Dr. King
McFarland’s
W C T U Department Reads Womans Appeal For Distribution
The Johnson City unit notes a brief meeting with few members present and urges mothers wives daughters and sisters to unite for an election day program. They highlight the danger of alcohol and announce Mrs Side Meriwether Prog of the State W C U will visit around the 20th as a key speaker.
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Milligan
Johnson City
King
Side Meriwether
W. C. TU
Aunt Becky's Advice on Prohibition Vote
A letter to Jediah urges voting for prohibition, contrasting prayers with action and blaming church leaders who aid whisky interests. The Tulsa Guardian notes the era’s tension as reformers clash with supporters, highlighting social pressure on individual ballots.
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Becky
Milton Bens
Jediah
The Price of Blood and the Burden of Revenue
The passage quotes Caxox Wrinka FORCE on revenue from the suffering of the poor and Horack GURELEY condemning selling roan for a livelihood as a collective moral wrong. The lines frame a critique of exploitative trade and shared guilt.
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Caxox Wrinka Force
Eve
Judas
Horack Gureley
Lungs and breathing tackled by Buschee’s German Syrup
The passage extols the lungs and breathing apparatus and claims many lung ailments from coughs to pneumonia can be cured by Buschee's German Syrup sold by druggists for 75 cents a bottle. It emphasizes reliability even after other methods fail.
Bucklow’s Arnica Salve For All Skin Ailments
Advertisement for Bucklow’s Arnica Salve boasting cures for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter hand chilblains corns and other eruptions. Guaranteed satisfaction or money back. Price 26 cents per box. Sold by M. A. McFarland.
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Bucklow
M. A. McFarland
Electric Bitters Heroic Claims Promote Cure All Diseases
Claims that Electric Bitters cure kidney and liver complaints and many other diseases are presented as a remedy after other treatments failed. The advertisement touts purity and safety, with promises to cure dyspepsia diabetes and urinary issues, listing McFarland's Drug Store as a seller.
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McFarland’s
Notice in Chancery suit No 891 in Jonesboro
The state of Tennessee requires publication for four weeks in the Camera at Johnson City notifying non resident defendants J G Halbrook Peter F Simmerman Lee Simmerman and Mary Hilleiker to appear before the Chancery Court at Jonesboro on the fourth Monday of November to defend or the bill will be confessed and the case set for ex parte hearing. Clerk A B Bowman records the notice dated August 1887.
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PW. Simmerman
Chancery Ox
Jones C. F. Sigoreranaxj
Boro
Tennessee
J. G. Halbrook
Peter F. Simmerman
Lee Simmerman
Mary Hilleiker
Tennexne
Camera
Johnson City
Washington County
Tennnessee
Chancery Court
Jonesboro
Exparte
A. B. Bowman
A.B, Bowmay
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