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Comet in Johnson City, Tennessee

07 Jul 1887

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Newspaper

Comet

Location

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1887

Page

1

The Charleston Three C's Railroad Promise

A Charleston News and Courier editorial outlines the Charleston Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad with a route from Ashland Kentucky to Black's Station South Carolina. It explains connections at Marion Rutherford Shelby Yorkville Rock Hill Camden and beyond, highlighting coal iron ore and timber along the line and the project’s vast economic potential.

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Newspaper Subscriptions Leads to Larceny Arrests in Illinois

In Illinois a publisher sued forty three nonpayers who won judgments for the full claims. Twenty eight claimed property under the legal limit to avoid attachments, then were arrested for petty larceny under Supreme Court guidance and bound at 700 dollars each. All except six posted bonds. the six remained jailed. The postal law deems it larceny to refuse newspaper payment.

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Minois Supreme Court U Nowspaper
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Temperance Pointers What The Amendment Means

The article argues for prohibition in Tennessee, urging voters to support a measure banning manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor and wines. It cites social ruin from alcohol, contrasts working and upper classes, and appeals to religion, home life, and church attendance to justify prohibition. It also notes public sentiment at saloon closings and references Gettysburg veterans and national unity.

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Tennessee General Assembly
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Davis Denies Letter Authenticity After Forensic Claim

The Knoxville Tribune reports Jeff Davis again denies a recent letter to Colonel Phocion Howe of Illinois, calling it a barefaced forgery. Meanwhile a murder incident near Sneedville unfolds as Billy Hobbs resists arrest, shooting Deputy Green and another man before both are gravely injured. Prohibition gains traction in West Tennessee as Etherbridge promotes the cause.

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Jeff Davie Phocion Howe Tlinois Mr. Davis Knoxville Tribune Valury Stony Gap Sneedville Green Billy Hobbs Keone Hobbs Thompson Hawking Hancock Jeff. Minor Wm. Blank Inbeckler
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