Democratic Victory Sparks Johnstown City Election Frenzy
Four Democratic Aldermen and three Republicans won seats in a heated race. Voters packed the polls amid high enthusiasm and loud crowds, with details listing elected officers and vote totals.
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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1892
Page
1
Bi-Chloride of Gold Used as Cure for Drunkenness
Mathes of Kaneville, after three weeks under treatment with the bi-chloride of gold method, declares himself cured of alcoholism. He praises the remedy as permanent and urges others to seek treatment, claiming a three week cure for 75 dollars plus board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathes
Kaneville
Upper East Tennessee
Chia
Train Crew Plans Pleasure Sail on Schooner Spinion
The crew including Can lodl Heke Hatterenvis Meader te otewe Curr Cameron Beton and Tayloe will travel by train to the Veetof Bruch Ureck to board the Schooner Spinion for a Salt River pleasure trip. The ship’s surgeon cautions that only campaign music by Hatikle will be allowed onboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodl
Heke Hatterenvis
Meader
Te Otewe
Curr Cameron
Beton
Tayloe
Blizzard Strikes Southern Illinois Railways Grounded
Reports from southern Illinois say a heavy snowstorm with wind is drifting and hindering railway traffic. The blizzard is described as general across the state with blowing snow and poor visibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutoacs
Ilinois
Ta. Mare
Senator Hill Sees Mixed Signals from Southern Tour
Senator Hill and associates discussed the presidential scene last night. He claims to have captured the South yet fears his influence hasn’t extended nationwide, asserting he can name the man who will lead the next Democratic administration and likens himself to a Blaine figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WasaisuTos
Marvell
Hill
Nin
Democratic Victory Lights Johnson City Politics
Johnson City residents voted Democratic to elect HL Stevens and J W Cure to the new Board, with Stevens winning the top spot by 31 votes. The article lauds Stevens as a courteous, capable businessman fit to serve as alderman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens
Johnson City
Watauga Lighting and Power Co
Death and injury in Atlanta water main accident
At the corner of Cain and Luckie streets in Avayta Charlie Payne was killed and Alexander Gibson seriously injured when a derrick collapsed during lifting of a new water main. Both workers were beneath the machinery when a derrick arm failed and the pipe support gave way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avayta
Charlie Payne
Cain and
Luckie Streets
Alexander Gibson
Payne
Washington College Notes on Visitors and Student Student
Remine and Charles W Poarch visited Johnsons Tuesday Miss Naninie Barkley of Jonesboro is pursuing a type writing course at the college R R B Strain of the Bet Vik G was the guest of relatives and friends at the college Monday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Britton
Jonesboro
J. N. Stout
B. E. Brabson
Knoxville
Jor. Remine
Chas. W. Poarch
Johnson
Naninie Barkley
R. R B. Strain
BET
Vik G
Callege
Professors, Students, and Administrative Clarifications
In a fragmented report several faculty moves are noted toward Elizabethton and Barnsville with remarks on Provosts and school leadership. The Business College Phonography and Typewriting department confirms contract terms, retracting a previous claim of total independence and stating it remains under the college governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business College
Nore
Delegations Pass Through Elizabethton on Special Train
J C Campbell and Dr J W Cox prepare a letter for the Journal as the Holster Tereshyter meets in Elizabethton today. Delegations from Washington College and Tusculum travel with Rev J W C Willoughby Miss Mattie Rankin E M H West and others aboard a special B T & W N C road train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holster Tereshyter
Elizabethton
J. W. C. Willoughby
Mattie Rankin
E. M H. West
Washington College
Thoee
Tusculum
Jere Moore
J. L. Moore
W. G. Clemmens
Jas. Sewell
Lucy Lawrence
Allen Robinson
Mise Sallie Matthews
Harrington Sues Railroad for 30000 Damages in Anniston
In Anniston Alabama on March 22 the suit of 8 J Harrington against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company began in city court. Harrington seeks thirty thousand dollars claiming death damages for his brother Jere Harrington who was an engineer on the railroad and killed in a wreck near Talladega Institute the previous summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anniston
Ala
J. Harrington
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Wis
Anniston City
Harrington
Jere
Louisville & Nashville
Talladega
Street Railway Talks Move Forward in Ryansville
Russell Harrison leads negotiations in Ryansville as the Cherokee and Arapahoe funds in Oklahoma plan to open six new counties, aggregating 3,000,000 acres for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Harrison
Ryansville
Oklahoma
Widow Seeks Half Million Estate Through Distant Ties
A widow in Uniah claims a stake in a £500,000 estate once pursued through courts. Once employed by M. Newfield via a San Francisco office she lived with Duncan, married in London where her husband died, and after hardship in California she returned home to seek relief from the contested fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Negaunee
Fneela
Nels van
Heering
Rheela
Donovan
Chicago
Unian
Gal
Uniah
M. Newfield
San Francisco
Duncan
London
California
Toad Hickey Demands Three Aldermen and Constable
Election returns show Toad Hickey pressing for three aldermen and a constable role as part of local political maneuvers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toad" Hickey
Agents Wanted for Deep River Nurseries Proprietors
Advertisement seeking agents for Deep River Nurseries in Jonertown Tennessee. Contact H Dameron or White and Dameron at Milligan for details. Proposers are urged to call or write to join the sales program and earn commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonertown
8. C
H. Dameron
Milligan
White & Dameron
Prominent Savannah Man Ends Life In Family Presence
Joseph Cumming, a socially prominent Savannah youth, killed himself this morning by shooting through the head with a rifle in the presence of his family. The case remains unsolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Joseph Cumming
The Parting of the Ways and a Life Saved
Two college friends Wilkins and Watkins grew frail from dyspepsia liver trouble and coughs. Wilkins travels for health and dies. Watkins praises Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as life saving, while notes of local thievery and road improvements between Mossy Creek and Dandridge accompany the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkins and
Watkins
Wilking
Trvel
Robinson
Dr.Pierce
Wilkins
Golder
Mossy Creek
Dandridge
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