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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1900
Page
2
William J. Bryan plans a weekly newspaper named Comptroller to discuss social economic and political problems. He will publish from Lincoln with limited lecturing and aims to support his Kansas City platform principles while earning income for family time.
Nashville residents approved by a 5 944 to 1 000,000 subscription to capital stock of the Nashville Florence and Northern railroad to connect with the Illinois Central at Litchfield Kentucky. The plan faced strong opposition and may face court review.
A novice physician faced cross examination questioning his medical knowledge while a judge of sorts. the exchange included a quip about concussion from the brain. The piece then shifts to Washington DC celebrating the centennial of the federal government with a White House reception, parade, and speeches by Richardson Payne McComas Daniel Hoar, and a governors reception at the Corcoran Art Gallery.
A historical summary notes the Royal Arcanum’s 19th century financial steps including an emergency fund created in 1898, membership trends from 1890 to 1907, and local council activity Johnson City Connell No. 1088 reporting eleven new members in 1900 and a total of 206,859 nationally with a net eleven month gain.
The article notes Topreastitative Richardson of Tennessee is chosen to succeed the late Thomas Trabbanl Caswell as Grant Commander of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Freemasonry. It highlights Richardson’s public life and Masonic prominence, with reference to the Washington Post commentary on consular figures and Masonry ranks. It also mentions a Fairbank’s Calendar for 1011 as a striking artistic item with five designs by W. H. McEntee.
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