County Tax Board Candidate Nominated at Republican Convention
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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1892
Page
3
Mail Robbery Suspect Is Nashville Clerk
Ed J. Pinkering a railroad postal clerk running between Lebanon and Cookeville was arrested in Lebanon charged with robbing the mails. A decoy lever was used, $2500 in cash and jewelry were found on his person. He confessed that his salary of 1200 a year could not support his family. He is nineteen and the son of local officials. Bond set at 1010.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Ed J. Pinkering
Lebanon
Cookeville
Postoffice
F. ¥. Little
Pickering
William Pickering
Smith Counte
PaneTine Cure Ad Promises Health Relief
An old advertisement promotes PaneTine as a cure for coughs and consumption with claims of health restoration. It offers three trial bottles free at McFarland & Co’s hardware store and includes exhortations from allegorical figures about illness and remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McFarland & Co
Heagstore
Tragedy in Virginia Mine Elevator Fall
Wade, brother of our town, aged 22, died in a mine elevator accident near Christiansburg Virginia last Friday. He had charge of several workmen. the elevator fell about six feet with passengers. internal injuries proved fatal. Wade visited Christiansburg Sunday for the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vol Th Wade
Joe Wadep
Christiansburg
Doe Wade
Local reader reports serious train accident and civic notes
D M Walker of Limestone suffered a severe internal injury after attempting to pass between cars on a moving train near Limestone. He lay unconscious overnight before relief arrived. The piece also notes street grading plans by the cooperative Town Company and potential contracts with P F Cogan for Elizabethton streets. Delegations from multiple towns attended Ex Gov Taylor events with residents discussing Johnson City as a prospective town site and local aging residents observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.M. Walker
Limestone
Beisel
P.F. Cogan
Elizabethton
E.T. & Won. CG
Taylor
Jonesboro
Holston Presbyter Convenes in Elizabethton Today
Delegates travel by special train over the E T and W N C line to Elizabethton for the Holston Presbyterian gathering. Reverend J W C Willoughby and Miss Mattie Rankin among those from Washington College accompany others from Tusculums including Reverend Dove Moore and Prof W O Clore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holston Presbyter
Elizabethton
J. W. C. Willougghby
Misa Mattie Rankin
E. al. West
Washington College
Aminthone
Dove Moore
J. L. Moore
Woc
Clore Meus
Jats
Sewell Mire
Lady Lawrence
Allen Roblnvon
Mies
Sallie Marth Wa
Medal Contest Opens April Evening At Local School
A grand medal contest awaits young participants as organizers set an April evening event at the local school. Organizers invite entrants and the community to attend the competition showcasing talent and achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitts
Hale's Household Ointment touted as pneumonia cure
An ad claims Hale's Household Ointment can save children from pneumonia after a doctor warned death in severe cases. It recounts a case of a seven year old with pneumonia improving within twelve hours after chest application and hot flannels. The notice appears in the New York Herald with testimonials and drugstore sales at McFarland's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adame
N. Y
Kenyon & Thomas
Hale
First white child born in Tennessee cited as ancestor
Judge Jo C Guild notes in Old Times in Tennessee that Russell Bean, born in 1769 in East Tennessee, was the first white child on Tennessee soil. Roswell O Beane of South Pittsburg, a descendant, says the pioneer baby was his forebear and explains the name spelling change after a family feud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Herald
Jo. C. Guild
Tennessee
Russell Bean
South Pittsburg
Babe
Roswell O. Beane
Chattanooga
South Pitsburg
Maine
Deputies Bust New Illicit Still on State Border
Deputy Marshal G. Spears and his team raided a recently built illicit still near Leet Cove on the state border. The operation involved destroying the 100 gallon apparatus and fixtures after previously destroying another still and soaking 400 gallons of beer in the same area three weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Spears
Leet Cove
Col. Spears
Brockus
McIndorf
Aime
Johnson City Notice of Property and Residence
In Johnson City Tennessee an office ad lists rooms now available at First National Bank area. A land parcel with two stories near Tower House on Tnnka Avenue is noted. Dr J W Cox residence and Dr Bolton visiting at night are referenced in the fragmented notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
J. W. Cox
Tower House
Tnnka Avene
Bolton
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Ulmaker
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Seaver & Summers
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