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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1891
Page
3
The Comet event invites the public to view a comet every evening at The Mall, adjacent to First National Bank. It highlights Kniehen as an invited participant and notes regular evening viewing sessions.
In a collage of ads and notices, vendors push remedies and elixirs from Hall's Catarrh Cure to tonics and patent medicines. Businesses advertise belts, farm gear, loan agents, and machinery operators while local plans and appointments unfold in fragmented reports.
A ferry accident near Perry involved Mules and two people including Mrs. Anderson and a companion who leapt to safety as the craft lurched into deep water. The perilous moment saw bystanders and local residents recounting a narrow escape and the animals surviving a dangerous plunge.
An overturned Huck near Samuel Postoffice following a Methodist Episcopal meeting left Captain Smith severely injured with skull fracture and believed near death. Mrs Smith internal injuries. two daughters injured. two other occupants lightly hurt. The family was cared for by neighbors as doctors attended them.
A violent incident near Wolfe Creek in North Carolina led to multiple fatalities after a dispute over a missing wife. Jonata Bell and associates confronted the Bell family, resisting police, with Joli Bell killed and others fatally shot. no arrests reported as tensions remain high.
A quarrel between editors from the Courier and the News escalated to a physical confrontation with officers present. The piece laments the pair's lack of cordiality and urges a return to responsible journalism.
The Sixteenth Annual East Tennessee Farmers Association convention will be in Knoxville May 1 and 20. Leaders include Col Mook and Prof. Wallace with discussions on beef markets sheep husbandry and wool production. Officials from Tennessee and Virginia, including Mr J. H. Bowman and Hon. J. T. McDowell, will address the gathering.
A speech by a father praises his son Johnny for progress with his guidance and finances while sternly noting physical infirmities. A Chicago scene shows a citizen demanding justice from a horse car company after his wife is pulled off a car. The text includes various dialect portraits and references to temper, debt, and family sacrifice, ending with a nod to a life including farming and the old country.
A scrambled compilation notes the dignity of the modern term esquire its chivalric relic status and a humorous tale of Governor Nicholls of Louisiana prompting a servant to unscrew his legs arms and head. It also lists historic earthquakes from 1731 Pekin to 1897 Naples with staggering death tolls.
Walter Camp recounts Yale’s dramatic 1883 comeback at Jarviy Field as Harvard leads early, Yale ties in the seventh, and Wilcox reaches on a disputed ball before a final hit drives in the winning run. The tale also threads in assorted 19th century notes from science and culture.
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