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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1901
Page
2
The Newport Times recounts political clashes over cabinet renominations, Cuban canal probe costs, and partisan fights in the Fifty-Sixth Congress. Democrats slam Republican imperialism while Morgan fights for canal rights and restraint on wasteful spending.
A dense opinion piece recounts a chaotic mix of public uproar over Teddy Roosevelt’s bears in a parade, McKinley’s imperial second inauguration costs, and partisan snobbery. It contrasts autocratic power with liberty, noting foreign troops and ships at the parade and citing editorials from multiple newspapers. It also attacks looting fears in Philippine policy and mocks social status in military promotions.
In Johnson City and Knoxville scenes Capt. Dickinson runs the Piedmont hotel while ex governor Bob Taylor and Nat Love figure in early newspaper history. The piece relays anecdotes of the Comer paper formation, Love's fundraising jest, and a playful billing dispute over meals and straw.
A freight train collision near Le Noir City on the Knoxville division of the Southern railway at 4 29 a m killed three crewmen and seriously injured others. Engineer Madden and conductor Caplan died instantly, with jockeys and firemen among the injured. A wave of wrecking details follows, including names of the dead and injured, and notes on the causal misunderstanding of orders.
United States District Court in Tennessee announces that G O Walker of Limestone was adjudicated bankrupt on March 5 1901. Creditors meet March 16 1901 at 1 pm in Johnson City at the law office of J B Cox to prove claims examine the bankrupt and conduct related business. James B Cox Referee in Bankruptcy.
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