The Comet Debuts In Johnson City Tennessee
The Comet, an Democratic-leaning paper edited by Oscar Wild, appears on Johnson City streets amid debate over its indecent paragraphs. The issue touches on Tilden and Bate, party loyalty, and local press reactions as it seeks readers and influence in the first congressional district.
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Jonesboro
Knorrilla Tribune
Bob Taylor
Comat
Johnson City
Alf Taylor
Congress
Granny Dolla
Walla
Knotville Tribune
Oscar
This Cruel World Vision of Innovation and Persecution
A fragmented meditation rails against ridicules and social scorn faced by inventors and thinkers. It laments how prejudice and crowd sentiment suppress new ideas, comparing makers to tortured geniuses and poets silenced before their time.
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Josef Weer
Josef Weer Noone
The Comet Debuts In Johnson City Newsprint
Observers praise Johnson City’s new paper The Comet edited by R L Taylor and Robert Burrow with N C T Love as publisher. It appears neat, four pages, seven columns wide, bold in politics as a Democratic, orthodox religious paper and already drawing attention from regional papers.
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Johnson City
R. L. Taylor
Robi
Burrow
Greenville
Comet
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Robert Burrow
N. C. T. Love
Tree News
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Jonesboro Herald Jane Tribune
Fenton Williams
New Haven
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Explosion at Pocahontas mine leaves many dead
A coal mine disaster at Pocahontas kills 46 confirmed and many missing as a vast underground fire rages. Survivors include white and black workers, with international crews. the mine may burn for years, threatening the town and future mining operations.
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Pocahontin
Dent
Pennsylvania
Bluestone
Pocahontas
Bristal News
Weatbrook Denial Over Col Polk Death Rumor
Nashville paper debunks claim that Col Marsh T Polk is alive in Texas. Statements from Albert B. Tavel and others insist Polk is dead, detailing burial arrangements with the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad and corroboration by W R Corvelions the undertaker.
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the World
Govon
Kentucky
Timea
Col. Polk
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
Albert B. Tavel
T. D. Craighead
Hugh McCrea
W. Farr
D. W
Paschal
B. Lanair
W. M. Duncan
F. Foard
Jas
L. Gains
J. W. Maddin
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Mr. Polk
Col
Marsh T. Polk
Thermin
Bolivar
W. RB. Corvelions
Lasker Resolutions May Face Fall Committee Action
The House committee on foreign affairs discussed the Lasker resolutions and the fall subcommittee action, with plans to submit them to the fall committees Monday. The resolutions condemn the House of Representatives for expressing sympathy with the German people’s laws and argue the House has no role in relations between the legislative and executive branches of the German government.
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Maxon
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Hours of Representatives
House of Representatives
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Honas
Great Britain
Jefferson
Fragmented 19th Century Prison Transport Sketch
An unclear OCR fragment describes a group to be moved to Cork by a guard group wearing jackets. It mentions a model of a Jean We bound and a vessel loaded with latier wrapped in Aries. Names and precise actions are obscured by garbled text.
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Cork
Homer
Alty
Parepa Rosa Reaches Final Night in Grand Opera Hall
A reminiscence recalls Parepa Rosa's last, radiant performance on a night of memory and farewell. She shares a departing moment with a dwarf violinist and a lily gesture as the audience witnesses a poignant farewell, while Elfin, the boy violinist, earns future fame. The crowd cheers as Parepa Rosa ends in regal grace, her voice lingering in hearts.
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Counterfeit Twenty Dollar Silver Certificate Warned
The Treasury Secret Service warns of counterfeit twenty dollar silver certificates circulating in the South and West. A sample of Series 1480 notes shows irregularities in paper, seal, serials, and printing including crooked engraving, misspelled words, and altered features. Authorities urge public caution and report detection methods.
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Be‘erst Service Division
Treasury 1 Department
Secret Service Division
Joseph Gilfillan
United States
Paper wheels and rail stock impact on industry
An article discusses vast outputs of wheel production and material sources for rail wheels, noting that only a small portion comes from new ore while most comes from worn wheels. It explains wheels' shorter service life due to gauge standardization and loading improvements, and mentions wheels for palace coaches being largely paper-based in service.
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Amater Merhwrie
Ivan Te
Avery Yuer
Inn
Ayo
Palace
Sheriff Gilmore seizes railroad sale amid mortgage doubt
Money tied to the East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia Railroad judgment against Mrs Tennie Gurley remains in question after Sheriff Gilmore finds the railroad mortgaged, prompting a sale by the railroad treasurer. An injunction from Judge Hall bars possession and opening of the safe as the case unfolds.
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East Tennessee, Virginia, & Georgia Railroad
Tennie Gurley
Ewat
Tennessee Virginia and Georgia Railroad
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