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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1885
Page
1
A sprawling, miscited collage discusses Halstead and McLean politics, Lawrence, Kan. court notes and postmaster cases, New Jersey forest fires, British naval moves, Sedan battle panorama, Tennessee railroad conflict, and rail commission repeal fallout with social and political commentary across periods and places.
A Georgia man proposes a plan to watermelons by digging a shallow hole near the fruit, inserting a container to hold water, threading a yarn tube to the stem, and keeping the water filled so the thread delivers moisture. The melon will ripen only when the thread is removed or cut.
A remarkable Aylingford Kilkenny incident reports a young man trapped in a chimney while seeking access to a householder’s daughter. He later confessed he aimed to enter the bedroom via the chimney after being forbidden to pursue the daughter. He was rescued before suffocation.
Kennant Philp sued the New York Tribune for five thousand dollars claiming damages from the Morey letter story. Philp denied writing or publishing the note and testified he had no involvement. The jury returned a verdict in his favor for five thousand dollars.
The Magazine of American History traces the idiom up Salt river to a Kentucky river pirates era affecting navigation on the Ohio and Kentucky. It notes the phrase evolved to describe political maneuvers, then shifts to a Treasury matter about transferring $35,000,000 in gold from San Francisco to New York, with $100,000 appropriated by Congress for transport.
A humorous piece enumerates suitors from various trades. The tailor courtships with wit while the shoemaker, blacksmith, carpenter, woodworker, mason, sailor, dairyman, furniture dealer, poet, and other trades vie for a match. A domineering brother, a dog, and a roller skater figure in a satirical sequence ending in elopement.
The 1885 American Newspaper Directory shows 147 newspapers and periodicals in the US and Canada. The United States lists 12,978 papers, averaging one per 2,867 people. A 1884 rise over prior totals is noted, with Kansas figures referenced among real estate notes.
Richard T. Merrick and Attorney General Garland in private capacity will ask the Supreme Court, on May 4, for a rehearing of the Virginia coupon tax cases. They aim to secure a revision of the Court's opinion.
A fragmented article describes international sleeper cars run by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits with three and four compartment coaches and beds, plus a wartime anecdote about Grant and a Civil War deserter. It also includes medical notes on digestion and a Longfellow reflection.
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