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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1896
Page
2
The fragmentary column discusses election outcomes if Sheriff Pritchett is re‑elected, names various figures like Crumley, McFarland, Cantwell, Wilder, and others, and mentions telegraph and post office reform. It touches on Utah statehood timing, senate finance actions, tariff debates, and a Johnson postmaster crackdown on fraudulent advertisers amid a broader political backdrop.
The town sees continued church influence as preachers come and go while the Southern Methodists keep operating at the familiar site. Senate committees were reorganized Monday with Republicans taking control. the populists refused to vote on the organizing resolution.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal editorial denounces Judge Snodgrass for a public brawl and attempted violence, calls for his resignation or removal, and threatens legislative action to remove him from the supreme bench. The piece argues the chief justice’s incompatibility with the office and urges accountability for the judiciary.
The readable text presents a garbled discussion mentioning Dr and pain remedies with references to trial and multiple misspelled terms. No coherent events, persons, places, or dates are recoverable.
A whimsical listing transforming common roles into quirky destinations. It playfuly matches professions and groups such as singers to Alto Ga bakers to Cakes Pa and politicians to Buncombe NC. The piece reads as a period style rapid-fire catalog of punny place names and pairs.
A report claims William Waldorf Astor may wed Lady Randolph Churchill, but the focus is on W Bourke Cochran as her presumed suitor. The piece suggests Cochran's past politics and travels converge with a romance in London and Washington. It also mentions a Kentucky murder case unrelated to the main romance.
State control ends on convicts and penitentiary lease to Tennessee Coal Iron and Rathold for 100000 dollars per year. Prisoners to be moved from main prison to new and existing facilities. capacity expanded to 860 in walls with 200 more. Navy secretary authorized to accept ram Katahdin after speed dispute.
Knoxville report claims Judges Clark and Larton ordered resignations of all county commissioners in counties with multiple commissioners. Capt H H Taylor forwarded copies to affected officials. Expected effect is removal of about twenty commissioners, mostly Republicans, to reduce surplus while preserving needed work. Dr Hale’s Household Ointment advertised as cure-all with broad bold claims. W L McParland spent New Year’s in Bristol with visiting family.
The article notes Dr Matthew Henry Kollock, a Savannah native, famed as a Britannica standard authority and discoverer of an active neuralgia remedy. It cites his global cures, especially at Hot Springs, Ark, and mentions a New York dispatch on a $40 million gold offer to shield U S credit, clarified as an old, open proposal.
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