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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1884
Page
1
An untidy, OCR derived prose snippet mixes politics, demographics, and anecdotes from 19th century public life. It touches on Ohio river flood figures, New York water plans, polygamy debates, school age opinions, Confederate reunions, and a vivid House incident involving Dr Mary Walker, with scattered names and places like Jacksonville, Chicago, Boston, and Vicksburg.
A ragged, rumor-filled tale circulates that Tennessean Marshal T Polk faked death and fled to Mexico after medical concealment, with Nashville friends alleged to have substituted a medical college cadaver to hide his escape. Westbrook, a former Nashville resident, asserts Polk is alive in hiding, while other voices debate this sensational claim and related anecdotes.
A crowd gathered at No 1025 Poplar Street to view a rare twelve foot long petrified snake found in a Centre County coal mine. Officials secured the exhibit as curious locals, including adults and children, pressed to see the fossilized serpent weighing about 875 pounds.
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