Rail clash looms as last rail grafts to Three O's eyed
August 21 1800 town news from Johnson City Tennessee reports armed men from Rock Creek N G guard last rail laying on the Three O's railroad to Erwin. Bonds for 625000 lie in Jonesboro bank while a road inspection trip by officials is planned. Depot plans spark citizen meeting over inadequate freight capacity.
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Rock Croek
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Unicoi County
Jonesboro Banking and Trust Co
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Garter
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Samuel Topey
J. F. Toney
H. H. Carr
Kirkpatrick
W. B. Whiteside
E. 8. Miller
G. Morris
W. G. Jenkins
Jobe
Tite Comer
Pearson
Hamilton
Since
Aeep
BR. Co
J. E. Wade
Jonesboro
Limestone
Johnson City
Aternoon
A.B. Bowman
Range Dead at Johnson City After Illness
An obituary notes the death of Willie M at Range, aged sixteen, due to disease. He was gentle, open, and ambitious, with a bright future. Funeral held at M. E. Church, buried in city center. The piece moves through local notices and community commentary about depots, rail progress, and regional growth, including Johnson City and Bristol developments, the Harrie Weaver Building and Manufacturing Company, and local political reflections.
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Willie M
Wille
Alan W
Hiis
K. C. Atkins
M. BE
Harrie Weaver Building and Manufacturing Company
Bnisnea
Frank Egan
Harri Weaver Building and Manufacturing Company
H. TH
Strattom
W. TR
Reeves
W. J. Reeves
H. A. Straton
Seehorn
H. Hi. Stratton
W. 2
G. J. Broyles
Avntnoiniey
Angin
Johnson City
Hickory
Los
E. P. McCarthy
Bristol
Big Stone Gap
McCarthy
Father Olivier
Politically charged plan to grant land and cotton rent to freedmen
The excerpt outlines a proposed postwar policy where the federal government would deed ten acres to each freedman and supply a mule, with a rent payable in cotton. A Massachusetts congressman shifts the idea to settling negroes on southern land, arguing five bales of cotton per ten acres as rent. Critics say cotton rent undervalues land and forces labor. a chicken-based rent is proposed as an alternative. The fragment also notes industrial plans in Minneapolis and St Paul, a bank failure in Hickory, and local notices on rail, hotel, and deaths.
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Macrachusetts
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New York Herald
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Virginia
Three O's
Minneapolis
Paul
St. Paul
Western Company
Streat
Mineapolis
Wilder
Wilder, Chase
Moon
Dingus
Raffin
Machines at low cash price and western travel tale
An advertisement notes a No 8 Machine offered for 19.50 cash plus freight or 21 in Johnson City, with a five year warranty and direct factory shipping. It cites cash sales and no agent costs. The piece then shifts to a story about an Englishman’s Westward journey and reflections on Columbus discovery.
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Johnson City
Bristol Courier
Courier
Comet
Isan
Wade
Knoxville
Aue Grunt Revelpta
Receiver Removed and Firms Restored to Control for Sale
Bristol Tenn Aug 19 The Virginia Tennessee and Carolina Steel and Iron Company South Atlantic and Ohio Railroad Company and other firms once held by a Virginia Supreme Court order in the hands of receiver J M Bailey were returned today to their officers under a United States Circuit Court Judge Bond order for sale A good paying business in the business portion of the city invites attention and inquiries by phone and address provided in the notice The item also contains unrelated advertising text and disjointed references to educational institutions and events.
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Tens
Virginia, Tennessee & Carolina Steel and Tron Company
South Atlantic & Ohio Railroad Company
Sypreme Court of Virginia
J. M. Bailey
Bnid
Judge Bond
United States Circuit Court
Doir Prices Proclaimed by W. M. Christian Catalog
A fragmented line advertises India Linens at 45 dollars, promising low market prices. Mentions prices listed as 1245 15 165 to 206 and urges readers to call on W. M. Christian for supply soon.
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Pr “Eond
W. M. Christian
India
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