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Comet in Johnson City, Tennessee

23 Dec 1886

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Newspaper

Comet

Location

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1886

Page

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Railroads Open Up Great Iron Region Amid Mountain Barriers

A Northern Tennessee to Cranberry iron district feature describes the Cranberry mines and the three C s railroad as pivotal to unlocking vast ore and coke supplies. It details Johnson City, Ashland, and Hanging Rock area furnaces, projected outputs, and probable freight growth, plus the economic shift from isolated farms to thriving industrial towns.

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Patents Granted to Southern Citizens Reported This Week

Patents granted in the past week to citizens of the Southern States are listed by G. A. Bnow & Co. Patent lawyers. The long roster includes items such as a roller grinding mill, paper pulp digester, car wheel, horse collar, water gauge, fence, cotton press, cultivator, plow, car brake, draw box, machine for a pis, bug fastener, tether, street car, planter, cambering machine, pulverizer, umbrella runner, and other tools with listed inventors from Maryland to Louisiana.

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G. A. Bnow & Co U. S. Patent Office Washington, D. C J. B. Allfrea Cumberland Bremaker Loninville L. R. Brooks Birmingham Ala J. L. Campbell Monticello T.H. Cheek Mariotto W. A. Fretwell Reidaville J. B. Gathright Louisville M. Goodman W. T. Hanson Macon W.va G. H. McGye New Orleans W. H. Nelson Alexandria W. Newhall Covington Folly Ec Planter Hi Park Hendenon Car Lake A. Pymalian Btatesville Tenn Foot H. Pears Prnokli Tent E. Patterson Cartersville Valor J. H. Reinhart E. J. Schumas Natchitoches Pulveriner J. H. Simpson Richmond W. B. Simpson Richburg Seud Planter
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Dancing in the White House Ohio Compromise on Etiquette

The World column reports on President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland reaching a compromise over dancing at official events. It notes the president’s ban on round dances but allowance for minuet style dances after mourning, and references support from Cincinnati ladies who regulate social matters. It cites Jeffersonian precedent and debates about the moral status of dancing in early American culture.

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Baltimore Arthur Cleveland Cincionatti Elewhore Washington Jefferson Germany England Byron Ned
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Great railroad scheme across Ohio and beyond

The Huntington built line along the Ohio River aims to enter Cincinnati by next winter with a bridge, while the Charleston Cincinnati Chicago railroad extends from Richardson toward Paintville and Charleston. An Eastern group has organized to push a 250 mile line costing 5 to 7 million dollars, securing contracts for rails and teams as extensions proceed.

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Ohio River Huntington Faherman Chattard Rand Ashland Richardson Charleston Cincinnati & Chicago South Carolina Kentucky Termessee Carolinas Mitchell County North Carolina Ohio Cincinnati Chatterol Paintville Hunington Ofpoinnath Charleston, Cincinnati Chicago
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