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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1887
Page
2
The column surveys national politics with Powderly backing government telegraph ownership, Indiana Republicans debating Blaine, Nashville mayoral bid by John J Littleton, and local Nashville kerfuffles. It also covers pension rolls, Emma Abbott and tenor quips, newspaper theft prosecutions, prohibition results in Atlanta, and brimming Johnson City news including real estate moves, railroad talk, and community notices.
Loyal Carter reports a county court vote of 22 to 3 to subscribe 80 000 to a railroad capital stock to run from Carters to the Johnson county line about 31 miles. The plan calls for bonds of 20 000 each after ten miles are built, with work to start in six months and finish in three years. The meeting also notes local business updates including merchants Stallings and Plummer and land sales in Tipton and nearby areas.
A Johnson City firm named Johnson City Brick Manufacturing Co with George F. Buss as president and George W. Hardin as secretary plans a sizeable operation. They have bought heavy boiler and engine and a machine capable of producing 25 000 bricks per day. The company aims to start next month and has already secured wood-burning contracts for next summer.
The Third Assistant Postmaster General urges starting an abonce investigation to see if a pneumatic tube system already used in London Berlin and Paris could be economically adopted in major US cities to speed Special Delivery and broad mail transmission between port offices and rail and postal stations. The annual report from the director Wfithe mint places US gold and silver coin stock at $927,796,216 as of November.
Public sale of the Austin Spring farm on Watauga River Washington County Tennessee follows a September Supreme Court decree. The 60 to 100 acre parcels and a whole tract will be sold with ten percent cash and remaining on terms. Proceeds to satisfy a $3300 decree plus costs and commissions. Reeves, Clerk and Special Commissioner.
A fragment from a column urges all parties to settle ledgers with Christian, Hoss, and Hodge. The note requests cooperation to ensure everyone understands how the accounts stand and promises forthcoming reminders this month about due sums and security.
An elderly man with few remaining teeth wore an artificial set that fit poorly. At a dinner a friend served chicken which he tried to grind with his new teeth, ending with a remark about not knowing whether he chewed the chicken or the chicken chewing him. Also advertised are heavy wool dress cassimeres and serge twill at discounted cash prices including 50 cents and 22 cents style lines at overstated old prices.
A customer poorly paid debts prompts a German to supply a pair of boots. The payment delay causes a tense exchange as the boots are delivered late and the customer questions the status while the German quotes a cautious response about timing.
A fragmentary newspaper ad bundle touts Pearline and red mottled soap, woodingoval dry rooda, and low prices on cloths and syrup. It mixes garbled dialogue, pricing shifts from 1.40 to 1.00, and a riddle about a score, presenting a chaotic inventory and sales pitch with little cohesive structure.
Postmaster Geer Stevenmur’s annual report shows 3,044 postepositions established in the past year, with declines in other categories and a total of 2,745 appointments by operation date. The report recommends reducing the deposit for box keys from 50 to 25 cents to streamline regulations.
By order of the Circuit Court for Washington County Tennessee issued August term 1887 a sale at public auction will be held Saturday December 17 1887 at the court house door in Jonesboro to satisfy judgment against Ella A Simon and S T Booher and others. The land contains 150 acres in the SW half of the Civil District of Xvid County formerly Adaline Simpson’s and now under J R Simpson and co defendants. The case involves debt of 102 dollars and 65 cents with costs totaling 200 dollars credited by prior payments. notices posted by Sheriff Willert at Now, Sity 1887.
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