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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1892
Page
3
Notes discuss water supply improvements at Watuga Water Co and public interest in clean water. Mentions illness remedies, a Carnegie Company move, and rumors about a Piedmont hotel lease. References to a popular tonic for colds and fevers with promotional tone and scattered local details.
Fragmented notice sheet lists manufacturing talk of ice plant, drugstore product, arnica salve and stock abstracts due March 15. Mentions Deep River Nurseries sale, sales agents wanted, and a Wickington College alumni address by Rev K A Young. Several fragmented names and places appear.
The Baker murder case ends with acquittal for Dr. Baker who served years for the 1889 poisoning of his wife Susan Baker. Jury finds him not guilty on retrial in Va. court. speculation swirls on his future and possible romance with Mrs Gilmer as he seeks to return to his children.
Police report a man identifying as James Due awaits further examination after a suspected murder linked to a newborn infant found near an Ohio river town. Mrs Arnold and her mother aided the investigation by exhuming a body and guiding authorities to the scene, where the suspect confessed to travel to the bridge and disposed of the evidence.
The notice warns about dangerous oil stream faults near a New York plant. It urges inspections and gauge tests to 60 to 70 pounds per square inch. Johnson City Foundry and Machin e Works offer Piranoite work and repairs with prompt estimates. call for details.
A 1802 circular calls East Tennessee leaders to a Knoxville meeting on March 5 to plan the regional exhibit for the World’s Fair. It warns that states must secure a state building by May to avoid losing space, with noted officials signing the call.
A local reader recalls a fallen stump with a goose and five eggs as a past find. The piece wanders through jokes about mosquitos and humans, Lancaster weather, wolves, and a war on country smugglers, ending with news of a new weekly journal in Johnson City to debut March 25.
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