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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1888
Page
2
Johnson City reports include US political shifts with Cleveland era concerns and postoffice card reform. Chattanooga notes a European Hotel fire murder link as investigations expand, plus a Virginia fire loss and a 35 year courtship marriage in Exxovine.
The 32 degree of Masonry opened in Masonic Hall Johnson City under Ill Brother James McGrath Grand Master General of Ceremonies. Officers installed include J. Mongle as Commander in Chief and W. Miller as Grand Secretary with other officers: J. Boring, Gump, Matson, Prone, Rhea, Mitchell, Murray and more, all assigned 32nd or 82nd degree titles.
A fragment lists Sovereign Grand Inspectors in Okner and Palestine sections with degre es and officers across several Masonic bodies including Philosophical Degrees and Historical Degrees. Names include Jobe Miller J r Lindamood J W Boring John J Robinson and others with titles such as Grand Master, Grand Secretary, Grand Treasurer and Grand Tyler.
The document records a legal notice requiring W. B. Lewis to appear at noon December 28, 1884, before H. C. Hart in Johnson City, Washington county Tennessee, to defend an attachment action. It also notes the dissolution of the firm J. M. Harrell & Co on December 1, 1888, with Jus. Sutton continuing the business and assuming all debts.
A visitor describes a Johnson City store as busy with customers and notes a vast range of goods from groceries to clothing. The piece laments a moral aside about two men who killed a game animal and mocks rival shops for lower profits. It urges patrons to support the well known and popular firm ANIPR.
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