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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1884
Page
3
A wry local plea seeks funds and a power press to print a campaign edition of The Comer. Citizens, subscribers, and friends are urged to back two thousand more subscriptions to fund machinery, expand the paper, and boost circulation.
The Nashville Banner reports Republican members decry Pettibone and Craig absences from election committees. Pettibone’s absence could have kept his seat. Craig of Alabama faces similar criticism. The Portland Argus notes foreign policy roles with Maine, Logan, Blaine, and a focus on language. Meeting dates and subscription collection in Newport Elizabethton and Jonesbury are mentioned for next Monday the 7th.
Outbreak of cholera in France leads health department to begin systematic city inspections with focus on unsanitary settlements. In Luthe rport Clayton county a church picnic quarrel results in Cooley striking Ed Steele, breaking his neck and killing him. Steele’s father offers a reward for Cooley, who fled to the woods.
Grasshoppers are doing great damage in New Hampshire towns. At Franklin they eat grass, risking the hay crop. farmers catch about 10 bushels daily. Bridgewater notes 28 fishers captured. In Barnstead Gilmanton and Alton hoppers are so numerous farmers remove cattle from pastures as feed is destroyed.
An outline describes railway links through Chattanooga connecting to Georgia and Alabama hubs with routes toward Atlanta and the broader Southeast. It mentions direct employee movement and expanding lines into the Northwest and Southwest regions, highlighting broad railroad outreach and future expansion plans.
A new illustrated edition with three thousand engravings is hailed as the best book of the century for readers and collectors. Cholera strikes Marseille area with five deaths overnight. Navy officer Bellot mourns wife’s death and self-inflicted suicide. Medical officials debate whether cholera is a mild form of Asiatic cholera as cases rise in Toulon and Marseille. A farm near Johnson City, Tennessee, with 180 acres for sale is offered by HL. Sellers, including bottom land and timber, three and a half miles from town along No h creek.
Tam vender HL Clartin of Austin Springs Tennessee offers improved Italian bee hives as the best on the market with a special premium of 10 dollars for buyers at the fair this year. Call at his home for particulars.
Farmers are informed that the owners have purchased a ten horsepower engine to power a new threshing machine and aim to perform the quickest and best threshing in the county. They will operate in Carter and Washington counties with Mr A J Perry in charge, who has extensive experience in the business. For prompt and affordable threshing, contact a resident of Swat Elizabethton, Carter County, Towne Avenue, Jim M Penny, Alt Ethia.
Hewlock Framing for late Jobe and Snyder owns a mill yard at Cy Grehard and plans to saw 60000 feet of herlock lode from 10 to 24 meters long, delivering by carload to Johnson City on short notice.
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