Johnson City mobilizes for path of Charleston Cincinnati and Chicago railroad
A mass meeting at Johnson City City Hall on Friday backs building the CCC railroad through the town. Mayor Dickinson chairs, Wm Hart secures records, and a motion to back bonds up to fifty thousand dollars and take stock in the company passes unanimously. A five person committee will solicit subscriptions from citizens and property owners along the route in Washington county. Johnson City hopes to raise a sum equal to its donation. The group will forward proceedings to CCC officers via Gen Wilder and Col Matson. Local support is rising with expectations of regional benefits.
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Johnson City
Dickinson
Wm. Hart
C. K. Lide
House
Washington County
A Hint to the Wine Circuit Court Decision in Memphis
In Memphis the United States Circuit Court ruled a telegraph company liable for a debt when a creditor’s dispatch to a lawyer disclosed the attachment intention and funds were seized. Judge Jackson said the message showed practical importance, stressing delivery of telegrams. The note urges telegraph operators to ensure prompt delivery to avoid useless lines in town.
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United States Circuit Court
Memphis
Western Union
Jackson
Manufacturing houses and land policies hurt southern industry
The Herald of Salisbury notes that high land prices blocked a gentleman’s plan to establish machine shops in Salisbury, prompting a move to Statesville. It praises Birmingham for liberal inducements that attract factories, contrasts southern towns, and warns that rigid land pricing thwarts prosperity, citing Johnson City and other examples of lost industrial ventures.
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Salisbury
North Carolina
Statesville
Birmingham
Elyton Land Company
Seite Arles
Baltimore
Record
Fragmentary remark urges landowners to give half their land away
A partial excerpt discusses land ownership and economics, urging large landowners to abandon half their property to develop enterprises. It suggests this would raise the value of the remaining land tenfold and criticizes holding land at high cost. The text references unloading machinery and Bristol.
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Fol
Tom
Bristol
Duty of the Mouse and House Tariff Duty
The Democratic House urged not to waste time on a war tariff reduction arguing the Republican Senate will not agree if passed. Treasury shows a $100,000,000 surplus yearly and the Democrats insist on reducing taxes on necessities, asserting the House must originate revenue measures. The party pledges to curb the surplus and place responsibility on the Senate if it rejects a just measure for the country.
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Beck
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Sherman
Ohio
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Chicago
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Mr. Hewitt
Internal Revenue
Morrison
Maine
Mongreal
Department of the State Department
British Foreign Office
State Department
Bayard
London
Secretary of State
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
Tebe
Republicans Plan Revenue Cuts Amid impending caucus
Republicans in the mouse discuss a forthcoming policy to reduce revenue. They plan to repeal the tobacco tax and cut sugar duty by twenty percent, plus make alcohol used in arts and manufacturing tax free, totaling about 48 million in lost revenue. Wool duties remain under consideration. Democrats show limited agreement prospects as debates loom.
Steamer J. M. White Burns Near Baton Rouge
The steam boat J. M. White from Vicksburg to New Orleans burned at Blue Store Point Coupee thirty miles above Baton Rouge last night at six. Many passengers were aboard along with 2100 bales of cotton and 6000 sacks of seed. Sixty lives reported lost. Vessel and cargo total loss. Built 1878 costing 225000. Owned by Captain John W. Tobin. Boat valued at 100000 with rae 90000. Insurance on boat 28000 and cargo insured fully.
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J. M. White
Vicksburg
Miss
New Orleans
Blue Store
Point Coupee
Baton Rouge
Mississippi River
John W. Tobin
Rae
Collision on the N W railway near Cripple Creek Junction
A collision on the Norfolk and Western railway near Cripple Creek Junction damaged two engines and caused an explosion. No fatalities were reported. engineer B J Roberts was wounded. Six freight cars burned. Loss estimated at 50 000 dollars.
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Lyxonsyra
Norfolk and Weaterm
Cripple Creek Junction
J. Roberts
Iron Market Holds Steady Amid Mixed Forward Contracts
The Iron Market shows little change with generally firm prices and steady demand. Southern furnaces are more active than northern ones, while some mills have shut down awaiting better future prices. manufacturers report strong inland demand and tight supply for orders.
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Elie
New York
Relief committee reports earthquake aid disbursements
Preliminary report of the executive relief committee shows total receipts of 494 258 dollars and disbursements of 448 119 dollars for quake sufferers. About 1 850 houses repaired out of more than 7 000 citywide at roughly 250 dollars each, with 100 homes excluded near Mount Pleasant. Remaining funds include 86 189 set aside for unfinished repairs and 100 000 to rebuild hospitals and public buildings. Donors favored using funds to restore needy facilities, with tables of state receipts. total quake relief is expected near 815 000 dollars, while losses from the 1886 quake and 1885 cyclone fall on individuals and government.
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Dee Mab A
Courtenay
Executive Relief Committee
Mount Pleasant
Summerville
Aline-House
Charleston
Apa
The
News and Courier
Columbia Bicycle Calendar of 1887 Celebrated Artful Calendar
The Pope Manufacturing Company of Boston issues the 1887 Columbia Bicycle Calendar a refined chromolithographic and letterpress work. Each day appears on a separate slip with cycling quotations and facts from authorities writers clergymen and wheelmen. An allegorical oil color scene shows Thomas Stevens astride his Columbia bicycle circumbicycling the globe and a mounted lady cycler rides a country road.
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Columbia
Pope Manufacturing Co
Boston
Columbia Calendar
G. H. Buck
New York
Thomas Stevens
Trycyeler
Plensant
Grant's Cough Cured by Symphyx Declares He Will Keep It
A Washington letter recalls Gen Grant's ocean voyage cough cure by Symphyx. He told a friend that while his career destroyed many lives the medicine saved men and he would not be without it again. The piece adds general political notes on Congress and tariff debates.
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Grant
Baltimore Nashville Memphis Railroad Company organized
Nasavite, Dec 1 1860. E W Cule A B Colgar J M Head Wm Morris and B I Wilson form the Baltimore Nashville Memphis Railroad Company to build a line from Bristol to Memphis. They plan to use convict labor, repaying the state by per capita assessments on passengers for a number of years.
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Nasavitry
E. W. Cule
Colgar
J. M. Head
Wm. Morrow
B. I. Wilson
Baltimore, Nashville & Memphis Railroad Company
Bristol
Memphis
Ancient Tonic Promises Cure For Widespread Ills
An 19th century tonic claims to diagnose and treat many ailments from chest pains to digestive troubles. It touts Shaker Extract of Roots Sei gel's Syrup as a marvel, converting food into nourishment and suggesting widespread cures with millions of bottles sold. The ad cites numerous testimonials and asserts the remedy removes the root cause of many listed symptoms.
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Leone
Seigel
Fosters.chapman
Orlando
Fla
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