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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1909
Page
1
The Manufacturers Record highlights plans by the C. & C. mill and the Hinehfeld coal interests as pivotal to coal distribution in the Southeast. It notes the strategic importance of a new road facilitating mine access and regional shipments, signaling enhanced transport links for coal producers.
A rough survey through North Carolina mountains hints at Clinchfield and Carolina handling coal ports on the Atlantic without full line completion. Reports claim Clinchfield buys a Spartanburg to Columbia route, while officials dispute it. M J Caples begins work on land near Cleveland Virginia for an industrial city tied to a Dickenson-Kickhorn expansion in Dickenson County.
Washington reports Tennessee's rural free delivery figures as of August 1, summarized by the fourth district office, showing state ranking among peers. The brief item notes the data date and source without further details.
Dispatches report a potential deal among Clinchfield, Charleston and Eastern Carolina, and Norfolk and Western railways to run trains south of Spartanburg toward Augusta Charleston and Cincinnati. Telegrams note still unsettled terms, with rural delivery routes expanding in Iowa and Minnesota regions and ongoing construction from Dante to Elkhorn City.
A U S citizen named F W Dulaney, formerly in Tennessee's judicial department, was arrested at Constant Spring Hotel in Kingston on a Tennessee embezzlement charge. Detectives traced him via passenger lists and hotel guest books, confirming his identity as FW Davis and then FW Dunlop before arrest. He was remanded for three days as the case proceeds.
Bristol August 16 Chancellor Hal Haynes reports a found plant linked to cattle and horse deaths from “blind staggers.” He identified wild parsnip water hemlock in marshy pastures and says it poisons livestock. A U S government botany expert confirms the identification as water hemlock, a highly poisonous native plant. Haynes urges public notice and says eradication on farms is possible.
Washington reports two new federal bulletins on state and territory boundaries with maps and history. It details Mason and Dixon's line, its origin from 18th century agreements, survey work, and subsequent revisions by regional commissioners and engineers.
Bulletin 362 reports months of work by the General Land Office expert and Henry Gannett. It includes a table of land and water areas for each state and territory and possessions, plus a map of measurement limits. The total area is 5,026,789 square miles excluding Alaska, canal zone, and island possessions.
A brief note indicates Mike plans a trip with the president to New Orleans. Details on timing or purpose are not provided in the fragment.
Gov Patterson accepts invitation to travel with President Taft and a governors group from St. Louis to New Orleans in October. Patterson will accompany the presidential party during the Mississippi trip.
Thompson and Thomas J. King were named by Chairman BE. J. Bullock of the Democratic conference committee to organize a state-wide prohibition forces conference in Nashville on September 21. The memo references a mixed set of notices, including rheumatic remedies and social notes, with mentions of Governor Pattenson and events in Memphis and New Orleans.
Dr. Wilson Brown of Metropolis declares Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin cures stomach, liver and bowel troubles and guarantees results. He offers a free sample by sending address to Pepsin Syrup Co. Caldwell Bridge, Monticello, Ill, the product is sold by druggists at 50 cents and a $1 bottle.
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