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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1891
Page
3
Farmers advertise the Oliver Chilled Plow at $9.00 and other tools and posts for sale. Local dealers Seaver & Summers push wares while notes mention revenue-law violations and a court case. An herbal remedy promises health benefits, and a store announces groceries, provisions, and future class-service plans.
The inaugural JG railroad schedule ran the first regular train yesterday afternoon from Johnson City to Embrerville at 4 pm with Albert Lyle as conductor. The return departs Embrerville at 6 am. Despite prior injunctions the road is now an established part of Johnson City's railroad facilities.
Nine room house on Walnut street offers a large lot with plenty of fruit. Apply to Mus Cuana Bat S684f.
Gen J T Wilder returns from New York where he says bond holders and creditors reached a plan of reorganiza tion. A Philadelphia meeting is planned to sign the agreement and continue discussions. Delays stem from ongoing litigation, not lack of capital, and Wilder remains hopeful for an early start on finishing the road. Receiver Tate’s attorneys then telegraphed for his immediate return.
Allentown readers complain of a late delivery of the Comer newspaper with eight subscribers missing their issue. The note mentions shipments by Johnson City and a plan to publish updates on the steel plant, with two papers received that day. Major H M Folsom and his daughter visit, and local business and carpentry progress, including the Allentown Manufacturing Company’s machinery arrivals, are noted along with hotel preparations for summer visitors. Deafness advertisement and a death in the city are briefly reported.
Early this May 25 a light rain fell as a crowd gathered to lay the cornerstone of a new tannery. Mrs Gouverneur Morrix deposited coins from 1891, then a trowel spread mortar while G C Potts spoke on the project’s hope to profit builders and town alike. Architect W H Willets of Middlesborough visited to plan a planned hotel on the riverfront block as men rush to secure bark for tanning and trade ships depart for Horton Gilderaleeve Co. and Wm T Wainright.
University of Tennessee announces examinations for tendership to be held Saturday June 18 in every county and city in Tennessee. Ages fifteen minimum with knowledge of common branches eligible. Passers receive free scholarships covering registration and tuition until graduation worth 60 a year. living and books cost 160 180 per forty weeks. Apply to county or city superintendent for details and catalogue.
A humorous column notes an illiterate husband and his wife who elevates vocabulary into a mania, prompting witty misuses of words during daily life. A brief puzzle and a note on the god Tuisco close the page, presenting light entertainment and etymology.
A collage of humorous lines and cartoons from early papers. Snippets include Corn planting banter, a parrot stuffed with a phonograph, a tailor and clerk exchange, a pork packer as a poet, a marriage rumor ending in matrimony, a stock tip joke, and a math riddle about perpetual payments.
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