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Newspaper

Comet

Location

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1893

Page

6

Michigan Justice Long pension suspension for total disability

Detroit dispatches reveal Michigan Supreme Court Justice Charles Dean Long was suspended from his $72 a month pension for total helplessness after an inquiry showed he continued to serve as justice earning $7,000 annually. The Pension Bureau criticized Commissioner Tanner for unwarranted reratings and large arrears without proper medical reviews or applications.

Charles Dean Long Supreme Court of Michigan Detroit Washington City Tanner Long Bell of Pension Veisioner

Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Remarkable Blood Cure

No other sarsaparilla has effected such remarkable cures at Hood's Sarsaparilla for scrofula salt rheum and other blood diseases.

Nature's courtship across species and insects

A wide compilation describes animal courtship from birds to insects and spiders. Birds display color changes and intricate flights to woo mates while frogs croak at dusk. spiders perform mazy dances, some use web as a ‘telephone’. glowworms light signals. sticklebacks show aggressive mating behavior. occasional human commentary references railroads and Knoxville figures.

Boston Globe

Good Railroading. Jackson Smith rises in Tennessee rail line

Jackson Smith of Louwlaville and Nasaville railroads at Knoxville is highlighted as a rising Tennessee figure. A Morristown Gazette excerpt credits his February appointment as receiver of the Morristown and Cumberland Gap railroad with turning the line profitable and improving road-bed and rolling stock. Patrons and citizens praise his management highly.

Smith Knoxville Knoxville Record Jackson Smith Louwlaville & Nasaville Railroad Tennessee Morristown Cumberland Gap Moristown Cumberland Cap D. M. Key United States Supreme Court Gazette

Reduced Rates to Greeneville District Conference

Delegates to the Greeneville District Conference of the M E Church may buy reduced rate tickets via the B T Y G Railway. Tickets are valid July list and August 1 to August 10. Delegates must present certificates from issuing agents. Rates cover Greeneville only. travelers from Bristol to Greeneville may ride to Greeneville with fare difference and continue to Rader’s. Delegates from below Greeneville may buy to Rader’s but discharge at Rader’s and secure a certificate. E H McLaventix, Secretary.

Greeneville M. E. Church B. T Bristol Rader’s Rader's E. H. McLaventix

Scribner August fiction issue features noted short stories

Scribner magazine's August issue remains a fiction number with six short stories, five illustrated, and extracts from two serials by Robert Grant and Harold Frederick. The fiction number began in 1889 and has boosted many authors. This year’s contributors include Thomas Bailey Aldrich H C Bunner Sarah Orne Jewett and Pyle W H Shelton and Grace Ellery Channing.

Scribner Robert Grant Harold Frederick Thomas Bailey Aldrich H. C. Bunner Sarah Orne Jewett and Pyle W.H. Shelton Grace Ellery Channing

The Great Illustrated Montellies And The Cosmopolitan

In past years The Great Illustrated Montellies sold for 400 dollars yearly while The Cosmopolitan offered 1586 pages of reading and 1200 illustrations for 300 dollars. In January it unveiled a superb printing plant, and now presents another remarkable development.

Cosmopolitan

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