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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1891
Page
1
Visit our school, we invite you to confer with staff during the day. Visitor welcome is expected at any hour. For further information call Rav JH. Snow, Solan City Tean, ORT. L Chou, Principal.
In Abingdon Virginia Dr John A P Baker and Mrs Margaret Gilmer are indicted on charges of murder and attempted murder. Gilmer is accused of trying to poison her husband W R Gilmer, while Baker faces counts of administering deadly poisons to his wife Susan Baker and to W B Gilmer. Grand jury foreman D A Jones delivered the indictments in county court, with Baker seeking bail and Gilmer posting 20000. The cases move to circuit and county courts, and local reaction notes no lynching risk as details unfold.
Receiver Chamberlain of the Three Os reports progress at Usat road after March rains left tracks and bridges in poor repair. He notes economies and steady earnings, with April prospects “encouraging” and cites court actions, tax relief, and receiver’s certificates aiding payments through May.
A long exposé extols East Tennessee and the Southern Appalachians as the central wealth engine of the nation. It describes vast coal, iron, timber, minerals, water power, and extensive valleys from Potomac to Ohio, urging rapid development, railroad surveys, and mass migration to industrialize the region.
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