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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1885
Page
3
Johnson City items report emigrant traffic led by Rufus Party and local improvements urged such as lamps depots and streets. Notices include elections March 25 for mayor and aldermen, a hospital building discussion, and multiple brief community updates about residents, weather, business moves, and petty crime recovery from a Carter County store robbery.
A summary of real estate transfers lists A T Jolson and wife to W E B Meredith N G Hyder to W V Phillips W A Evans and wife to Ry Marston J J Miller to B C Lewis Range and Gentry to John and Prive el Geo Lindawood and wife to Jry Butler and wife Mary L Odom to We ALShoon J M Henry and wife to Geo W Lindanjood JM Henry and wife to Maryn Crowell A thief snatching a satchel from a lady about to be photographed in a Chicago gallery triggers an instantaneous photograph by the photographer, leading to the thief’s late day arrest identified by the subject.
Col Josiah Eldridge’s colored servant is seen with another colored woman on Dulveston Avenue. She hides a beer under her apron while discussing saloons and temperance under Eldridge a temperance advocate. The dialogue hints at community tensions over alcohol and social control.
Fragmented readers notice from Atlanta Georgia dated July 1889 describes a chronic leg ulcer allegedly cured by B. B. B. with several bottle treatments. Also includes jumbled social commentary and mock dialogue about local figures and a heavy-handed critique of a hawker.
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