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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1885
Page
1
A collage of local notes and anecdotes covers a wild goat incident, teachers, crops, and political chatter. Reports detail a tramp injury, a pigeon release, post office changes, and a summer resort vignette about engaged young women and flirtatious escapes.
A historical account outlines the Hell Gate explosion efforts from 1848 onward, detailing reef removal, costs, and expected completion. It then lists notable White House births, marriages, christenings, and burials across multiple presidencies highlighting lifelong connections to First Families and significant events in presidential history.
A Dallas street remark questions Jim O Neal now an Eastern Texas legislator and criticizes his rise. Veteran Geo W Pulian discusses public land acts in brief for North American Review August. Five medical authorities debate can Cholera be Warded. Felix L Oswald on the animal soul and Rev M J Savage ridicules the daily press.
The National Tube Works strike at McKeesport grows with 200 butt mill workers idle as demand for early spring price hikes to about eighteen percent above current rates spreads. Workers fear lapweld department, employing a thousand more, may join the stoppage amid low wages and rising tensions. The piece also mentions literary items and a misc section on periodicals and poetry.
A report describes an Edison led experiment on Staten Island to develop a wireless line communication system for trains to coordinate speeds at a mile gap and foggy curves. Trials, kept private, aim to prevent collisions and may use cab telegraph like signaling with flagmen. Edison plans foreign patents and completion in about two weeks.
A Galveston man known for pre-dawn swims brags of his swimming to reassure his wife about safety. A neighbor interjects with a hot day remark and a comic exchange about ice and five pounds.
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