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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1892
Page
2
Johnson City Tenn May 1 1892 Democratic county ticket for sheriff John Sanders and D M Slonaker listed as candidates showing the political lineup in the local election.
Nashville Banner reports a tense delegate race with Turney and Buchanan prospects. County totals show Turney leading 970 to 248 with up to 1,000 votes remaining, uncertainty grows over a two thirds nomination duel and potential third-man outcome as contests flare across counties.
The Nashville Banner details continued Buchanan defeats as Turney gains delegates across Carroll Obion Marshall and Benton counties with McMinn and Rhea split. Marshall results awaited from Lewisburg telegraph while overall tally shows Turney one to Buchanan fourteen. Lecturer Tucker voices waning optimism for Buchanan's nomination.
The Knoxville and Bristol papers urge Judge Turney supporters to organize against Buchanan as the alliance machine sharpens its state wide reach. Officials drill and election workers swell ranks while East Tennessee shows uneven local preparation amid a state battle for votes. A 15 year old, Sam Winter of Docktown, injured by a 80 pound bucket falling ten feet while pumping at Isabella. doctors say not fatal.
The article describes Johnson City as a rising regional center at 106 miles northeast of Knoxville, with multiple raillines and proposed lines including the Johnson City and Greens boro Railroad and the Johnson City and Cumberland Gap Railroad Company. It highlights rich resources. timber, hematite ores, limestone, and agricultural suitability. Population shown as 4,160 with rapid growth since 1880.
The Line of Lakes title applied to Wisconsin Central routes due to numerous lakes and summer resorts such as Fox Lake Lake Villa Waukesha Mukwonago Cedar Lake Neenah Waupaca Fifield Butternut and Ashland Wisconsin. Lakes offer black bass rock bass pickerel pike perch muskellunge and abundant game ducks geese quail snipe. Wisconsin praised for scenery rustic landscapes and ideal midsummer climate drawing visitors nationally, with pamphlets available from T. S. Patty Chattonooga Tenn or James C. Pond Chicago IL.
The Big Four Route offers vestibuled trains with palace sleeping cars and private compartments. From Central Union Station connections are made to the Queen & Crescent and Louisville & Nashville, avoiding city transfers. Five daily Cincinnati to Indianapolis trains connect to St. Louis and peers, with low fares and nationwide coupon ticket sales.
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