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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1897
Page
4
A Georgia State Agricultural Society meeting on Tybee Island heard Mrs. W J Felton of Cartersville demand action against lynching. She urged men to protect white women and warned that lax courts and political racial manipulation fuel mob justice. Also: travel editor endorses Chamberlain's remedy for travelers, plus notices of Russian gold regions and other items.
A patched review of current affairs notes harsh winters for prospectors, political squabbles in the Republican party, and stock market speculation. It mentions Kansas City police forcing women prisoners to work on a rock pile, San Francisco Christian Endeavors’ million-dollar effort, Seward’s Alaska purchase, a Missouri book agent robbery, and Chicago’s forthcoming grand jail dedication as a poke at boodlers and urban reform.
The Kansas City Journal recounts Miss Ethel Hoskinson leaving Corning for Seneca to take a teaching exam. Swollen floodwaters washed away her buggy and horses, she rode the current to shore, borrowed dry clothes, reached the courthouse, and passed the examination earning her first graduate certificate.
Statewide notices report a typhoid outbreak in Togaraville and ongoing crop optimism in Tennessee. A new flouring mill opens in Unitia Loudon county, while Morristown gains a roller flouring mill. Chattanooga plans a 250 ton light draught boat. A seven foot carp near New Tazewell and nine ears of corn at Jonesboro add rural color. Police and criminal cases surface including jail counts in Beyser county and a murder trial in Dandridge. The Liberty Bell exhibit and rail lineup plans mark Centennial events.
An old advertisement warns buyers to avoid substitutes for Dr Hell’s Pine Tar Honey and to verify authenticity with a sealed bottle bearing the Good Old Granny Metcalf label and the RE. Southerland Medicine Company, detailing where to buy in multiple towns. It lists schedules and routes for trains, plus real estate offers in East Fork with cheap lots on Afton and Claiborn streets.
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