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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1894
Page
4
A political notice lists past and future candidates or offices including Congress Chancellor Circuit Judge Attorney General and county offices. It shows ballot prices and mentions magistrate or lower grade officials at two dollars fifty cents each. The fragmentary text signals an election related summary with candidate or office mentions and fee notes.
Tue Comer moved into the Haas and Hoge building on Marker Street near Ryan Street.
Down Town Office established for patrons at Lyle and Yate store next to the post office. Advertisements and orders for job work and subscriptions may be left there and receive prompt attention.
Tre Comer outlines key arrangements for a clubbing offer, listing various periodicals and their cash in advance rates. The note covers American Review, Farm News, Cosmopolitan, WomanKind, Sun Denorent’s Family Magazine, Philadelphia Times weekly, New York World weekly, New York Herald weekly, New York Sun weekly, Home Journal, and World Almanac.
The sheriff candidate M. P. Hickey is announced as a Republican hopeful. Dr Leach is named for re election as County Court Clerk, subject to Republican party wishes. Wm G Mathes is announced as trustee candidate, Washington County. KT Duncan is named as candidate for Representative in the next Assembly, subject to party convention.
A local convention backdrop features Ross with four votes and allegations of lies. Thad Cox died of asphyxiation after a suffocation incident. The coroner’s jury made the finding. A drought hit Slater, causing a voter famine as council and mayoral race tensions rise. Accusations target machine manipulators and party platforms hint at Republican efforts to sway the town election. George A. Rosa denied, with Geo. Rows reportedly defeated. Witt Owens plans to challenge a rival. C. H. Bnapp and John W. Cameron praised as capable figures.
The report notes Republican and Democratic cross currents in Washington county with no material divergence from prior lines. Ward three sailors face rough conditions if leaders fail to heed dangers, while a municipal ticket push by Republicans meets with limited hope. A candidate for alderman in ward one claims the party machine opposes him, describing overwhelming mechanical leverage as the obstacle.
A speaker pledges to win on merit rather than pulling rivals down while referencing tariffs and iron industry woes. The piece mocks populist cure-alls, notes wavering support for the McKinley faith, and includes a pointed comparison of a poet to a showy, cash dependent figure amid a broader political critique.
Gro A Ross laments being defeated amid claims of fraud and machine manipulation. He alleges a deliberate substitution of his name, widespread misinformation, and a loaded machine tallying only four votes for him while insiders say forty-three backed him. He withdraws, leaving the question of who defeated him unresolved.
A Ross expresses profound gratitude to four friends who cared for the late aldermanic hopeful during illness and death. The note thanks them for tender service, noting the brief, painless struggle and the enduring sorrow of the bereaved heart.
A defeated alderman recounts a chaotic city convention where a sudden crash and death ended the gathering. He notes the overwhelming defeat, bewilderment, and mystery as people struggle to understand who caused the wreck and whether foul play was involved.
Taxworld lauds the Columbian Exposition as educational landmark for youth. It credits and outlines the fair’s non sensational approach, praising The Book of The Fair by Hubert Howe Bancroft as a superior textbook to study the Exposition’s art science industry intellect and religion.
A neighborhood letter urges the Three O s railroad to extend its line to Cane River in Yancey County near the state line. The writer argues completion would nearly double receipts by tapping Mitchell and Yancey counties and reducing mountain crossing costs. Timber and lumber potential from Cane River and creeks is highlighted as funding support.
An 80s era report describes Unaka Timber Go of Knoxville testing drifting polar, duh and cucumber down the Chucky River for 19 000 Joga units. The scheme showed potential but proved costly as river conditions hindered drifted loads while rail routes could harvest great lumber regions for profit.
The Gobe-Democrat Free offers The St. Louis Globe-Democrat free to readers of thin paper. The Weekly Globe-Democrat adopts semi weekly eight page sections on Tuesday and Friday, sixteen pages weekly, priced to ship for nine Delhi year. Sample copies available by request to Globe Printing Co., St. Louis, Mo.
A wartime reminiscence recounts Captain T. E. Barlow of Milwaukee describing a stuttering sergeant Thomis and a scenically untidy chaplain Chenault. The pair clashed over prayer, conduct, and even table blessings during long sermons and meals, highlighting comic yet telling tensions in Civil War camp life.
The Knozville Tribune reports Democratic justification for appointees. From March 4 1885 to January 26 1886 Cleveland made 946 posts, Harrison 1890, and Cleveland 1240 in the 1893 94 period. By January 1894 over 700 nominations hung in Senate.
The Knights of Labor sought an injunction against bond issuance by Secretary Carlisle but were denied for lacking standing. Carlisle had bids for over fifty million dollars, but the current call limits the issue to this amount.
At the December term 1893 the court will sell at public victory in front of Joe's Opera House the property described in pleadings. The sale is for $1,466.98 note payable to WOR Young clerk and master, executed by Cy H Lyle as principal and R G Johnson as security, with interest from December 11 1898, costs to be paid unless sooner settled.
The state endures a severe blizzard with two inch ice in Dallas and heavy cold across western Texas. Cattle suffer mass losses as frigid conditions persist, threatening agriculture and livelihoods. Authorities warn residents to brace for continued freezing weather and dangerous travel.
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