Guana Refusal In 1880 Grant Loan Case In Tennessee
Johnson City Tennessee January 17 1980 a report about General Grant asking William Vanderbilt for a $150000 loan on Sunday May inst Vanderbilt paid the amount by check with no note or security. The money was to be repaid the next day. Within twenty four hours Grant faced political troubles making repayment impossible. Vanderbilt later forgave the entire debt but Grant refused to acknowledge the gesture. Vanderbilt seeks mortgage on Grant real estate household items medals artworks and other gifts received from foreign governments.
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Vanderbilt
Grant
Wariness Revival in Nation’s Biz as 1885 Begins
The Times notes renewed business optimism with rising wheat prices, factory reopenings, and stronger iron and steel activity. It sees a durable revival as January ushers in growth, while election anxieties fade. Gold reserves rise and agriculture overflows. 1884 departs as 1885 rises with promises of spring, summer, and industry.
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The
Times
New York
Baltimore Satire and Legislative Notices
A fragmented report notes introductions in the House on fencing railroad rights to protect stock, appointments to committees for Dr. Dilaney and Dr. Dobson, and mentions W H Metween as the sole Democrat from Cocke County. It also recalls prewar party shifts and McSween, Blaine, and local majorities in the county canvass.
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Trona
Rlomus
Dilaney
Brogan
Dr. Dobson
W. H. Metween
Cocke County
Othe
McSween
Earthquake Shifts Huenta Town Seventy-Five Feet
Last Sunday the little town of Huenta near Grenada was struck by an earthquake and moved seventy five feet from its original position. All the houses remain standing though many show damage.
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Huenta
Grenada
Bank Needed in Johnson City Seeks 75000 Capital
A Knoxville Tribune correspondent notes Johnson City needs a bank with about 75000 dollars in capital. He asserts the town will soon have a bank to aid farmers merchants lumbermen stock dealers a local railroad and a tannery company. The Taylorsville Reporter is mocked for wit and sarcasm.
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Knoxville Tribune
Johnson City
Taylorsville
North Carolina’s New South and Political Shifts
The piece salutes retiring Governor Thos J Jarvis for bringing NC to peak prosperity, cites diverse resources and a unified South, and notes resignations and political updates in Emory and Henry College and Tennessee politics, with a fire in Estillville damaging Beverly hall and law offices.
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North Carolina
Thos. J. Jarvis
West
South
North
Carolinas
Temperance politics and a theater of public opinion
A local writer ridicules Bro. Phillips for shifting votes on temperance and public office, praising Pettibone over Hawkins and King, while noting Blaine support. The piece mocks temperance fidelity and mocks public figures as a reenlisted teller of political quips. It mentions the Old Bell parade to Philadelphia with 416 policemen and flags along the route.
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Bro. Phillips
Mary Ann
Noah Phillips
Fussell
Bro
Philips
Hawkins
Pettibone
0.C. King
Phillipag
C. King
St. John
Phillipe
Blaine
Noth Phillips
Philadelphia
Railway Depot Burned in Louisville and Nashville Fire
A Louisville and Nashville freight and passenger depot burned last night causing total loss of the structure and its contents. The fire destroyed the depot, sheds, 100 freight cars, all stored freight, and Link's hotel. Banks and other buildings were damaged. The value is estimated at over half a million dollars.
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Louisville and Nashville
Link
Our Nashville Letter on State Government Costs and Elections
A Nashville letter critiques government machinery and expense, noting heavy per diem costs for House operations and various offices. It argues excess members, courts, and elections drive costs, urging economy while predicting grumbling and possible reform. It reports Governor’s message to Legislature, speaker committees, caucus attempt, and a Bristol citizen’s letter misrouted to Nashville with no such post office in Tennessee.
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Tuan
J. A. Manson Bpeaker
Eur Wade
W. Crockett
W. ¥. Brown
N.T. Dar Inney
Mra. Kennedy
Senate
House
Republic
Buffice
Rice
Bristol
Tenn
Tnd
Capitol
Tennessee
Prominent Figures and Events Highlight Late 19th Century Personal News
Wealthy financier Vanderbilt valued at $20 million. John Habberton becomes managing editor of the New York Herald. Col McClure tours the South delivering a Lincoln lecture in Atlanta. Belva Lockwood challenges election results and seeks Indiana votes. Ex-Vice President Colfax dies in a Minnesota railway depot. Theodore Tilton discussed reopening Beecher Tilton dispute in articles. Moody sermons draw Mrs Jackson and daughter in Richmond. Albert Hawkins rehired as presidential coachman under Cleveland. Lincoln’s cane, carried by an assassin’s night, ends with Col Harris of Cleveland. Joaquin Miller lauds a remarkable New Orleans singer. Local tobacco trade and county wagon movements noted in OTHER LOCALS.
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John Habberton
Helen's
New York Herald
Col. McClure
Atlanta
Abraham Lincoln
Rochuyler Colfax
Minnesota
Ttm
Theodore ‘Tilton
Theodore
Jackson
Stone"oval
Mica Julia Jackson
Mr. Moody
Richmond
Fragmented 19th century notices span liniment ads and obituary bits
The fragmentary OCR lists an old liniment advertisement promising a refund if not beneficial, mentions ten centenarians from The Philadelphia Ledger for 1854 with ages up to 115, and notes legal action by General Butler against the Boston Herald. It also briefly covers railroad and recruitment notices, plus marketing copy for agents and newspapers in Johnson City and surrounding areas.
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Emory and Henry College
Holston Methodist
Wrof
Price
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Sullivan County
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Shoemaker
Sullivan
D.D. Brrrros
Hawking County
Jake
Jane
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Estillville
Beverly Hall
Col. J.B. Richmond
Col. W. Holdway
Hon A. L. Pridemore
Col. Richmond
Ma Beverly
Independence Bell
Mr. Vanderbilt
Belva Lockwood
Indiana
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General Grant
Cleveland
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W. A. Harris
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Joaquin Miller
New Orleans
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Hart Bros. and
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Sten
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Eenck
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Toun
Philadelphia Ledger
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Susanna Coyle
Richard Rice
Sarah Baumgard
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William Myl
Ore
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Hester Smith
Mary Smulling
General Butler
Boston Herald
Massachusetts
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Chas
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Booker
General Merchandise
BAY State Boots & Shoes
Johieon City
R. H E. Dixon
Victor Poriot
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R. H. Dixon
Thomas
Tean
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Metlon
Aecilinn
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Earth
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Folsom
Elizabethton
City Hotel
Tennester
W. A. Digrinsch Praiie
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Enterprise Job Office
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Rifkin
Sitters
Pendleton’s
Jobe
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Tiouxe
Bioxar
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Ak Paton
Barret
Tram
Lockmart & Lan
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Courmqr-Journal
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Bose
United States
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Reo
Séalad
Philatelphix, Pa
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Diamond
Jott City
Teasona
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