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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1888
Page
2
Washington mourns for W. W. Corcer a noted private citizen and missionary figure buried Monday. The presidential party returns from a southern trip amid strike news and a flood of Tennessee Democratic and Republican maneuvering including McConnell Taylor and committee appointments controversy.
In Tennessee the prohibitionists threaten to run their own candidate, risking a Democratic defeat in state and national races. The piece condemns the move as dangerous to state prosperity, warns prohibition supporters to drop the plan, and urges local party groups to act promptly to block the scheme before the next election.
The Commercial Gazette of Cincinnati urges John Sherman’s nomination and campaign in Ohio. It envisions a fort Sherman site for bankers and merchants to rally, and appeals to Ohio voters and Democrats to strike back at Rutherford B. Hayes era frauds while supporting Sherman.
In Morris town Democrat an unsigned note from Johnson City officials sparks a local feud as H C Hart, city Recorder, switches from Democrat to Republican urging unity to elect a Republican mayor. The piece accuses opponents of party betrayal and highlights growth projects and new developments in Johnson City.
The correspondence reports Mrs. R. Kidwell’s death at 87 and a half years with a February burial at the village cemetery, names J. D. Lawar of Baldwin Locomotive Works and Mrs Lower of new engines trials, and mentions multiple family and community updates. It notes a child ill, a typhoid case, a theft of 200 dollars, a cold snap with 10 degrees, and a quarterly meeting beginning March Sed. It cites Rev J P Brlacoe and Prof R F King, withFarmers’ Alliance activities and local political hints. It closes with travel and presidential anecdotes including Cleveland and Boomer era references.
A reader column notes stock beets prospects and hints at payments to eleven investors. The brief urges caution as it frames potential returns and market moves without specific data.
The article extols mangold wurzel as the best cattle feed and milk cow food, claiming cattle eat it even on clover pasture. It asserts high yields in rich loamy soil from 250 to 800 bushels per acre and 100 to 250 bushels per acre for oil beets. It urges cultivation as highly profitable and easy to harvest.
St John Kirkham & Co offers $1000 to $1600 worth of boots and shoes at cost or in trade for cash or good produce. Zeigler Brothers boots and shoes are included with prices reduced for 30 days for cash. Also seeds, powders, soap, and groceries advertised with low prices and 4 percent discount for cash.
G R Gwyaw of Lebanon resigns as delegate to the national prohibition convention after learning a governor candidate nomination was made without prior state officer nomination. He states the move harms the war effort and asks to be removed. The letter is dated February 24 and addresses the Nashville Barnes last Saturday.
A古 garbled advertisement extols Hart's Family Medicines as the most reliable renewer in the market. It mentions Mis Ambitious Discovery for female complaints and general cures by Hart's Growth, Winslow Worm Candy and Vermitage, praising Dr. Hart's Pills and other celebrated remedies as equally valuable.
The Brock tholdera of The East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Company will hold its annual meeting at the company office in Johnson City Washington county Tennessee on Wednesday March 7 1888 between 10 and 12 for electing a Board of Directors for the ensuing year and for other business. Signed Joan S. Wisk Secretary.
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