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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1889
Page
2
Local notes from Johnson City on mayoral prospects and party balance amid 1880 campaigns. Mentions Grover Cleveland’s nearing retirement, Democratic optimism, and calls for mixed ticket staffing. Reports on petitions for postmaster and pension agency moves, plus hints of gubernatorial and congressional plans for A J Patterson and others.
A letter from A B Barnas or Bowman describes a Santa Barbara to Monrovia trip stopping at San Bernardino for a Citrus fair. He notes canned fruits including apricots nectarines apples pears peaches grapes and olives and comments on oranges of exceptional size. The writer mentions missions and local dynamics and provides details on valley irrigation wells and Magnolia Avenue in Riverside along with packing houses and labor by Chinese workers.
A garbled OCR item mentions bets and odds with numbers such as 10 to 1 and 170, 8010 and mentions names or initials like Neto and Beto. The readable content is sparse and lacks coherent context or a clear event, place, or date to identify.
Advertisement urges travelers to West and Northwest points including Denver Kansas City St Paul and Washington Territory Oregon to contact Burlington Route passenger agent B F Blake at 38 Wall St Atlanta Ga for lowest fares and quickest travel. Also notes railroad stockholder meeting in Johnson City Tennessee March 7 1889 and creditor notice for Austin & Co with six week publication in the Cornet newspaper Johnson City Tennessee begin February 5 1889.
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