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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1897
Page
4
A Philadelphia Times account describes a violinist performing before the animal cages. Cubs dance and roll to the tunes while a hyena resists, cowering at the music. The scene ends as the trainer halts the performance to limit the cubs’ debut.
Mrs. G Ruthman found her two sons on the back porch one infant unconscious from a bicycle pump being used to fill his stomach with air. The elder, age, forced wind into the baby’s mouth until the child recovered consciousness.
The Memphis district faces risk of an early frost that could harm a strong cotton crop still recovering from prior damage. Frost history shows Sept 29 as the earliest in memory with a typical killing front around Oct 28, raising fears for late-season cotton in cool dry springs and overflow bottoms. Local papers note mosquitoes choking a preacher in Delaware and counterfeit cents flooding Boston, alongside ads for Mother's Friend and a brass-bound promotional piece.
The state legislature of Manan chusette passes a bird protection law banning feather and bird body adornments. Attorney general opinions reportedly ineffective, while backers vow continued campaign for stronger laws. In Brittany a marriage caste uses red petticoats with white or yellow bands indicating dowry portions, white bands for silver and yellow for gold.
In effect July 4 1897 the Southern Railway announces timetable details from Knoxville to Chattanooga and beyond with Pullman sleeping cars and connections to New York, Cincinnati and Norfolk. Also listed are real estate for sale in East Port addition lots 12 34 on Afton street 21 on Claiborn street and 82 at Grover and Chestnut with title perfect and contact H W Lyne.
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