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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1891
Page
3
A jumble of advertisements and notices runs through town chatter. It touts 1000 yellow locust posts, urges a better wagon than Old Hickory, and promotes syrup claimed to aid kidneys and liver. Also selling Hall’s Catarrh Cure, praising Dr. Golden Medical Discovery, and noting Col C M Parsons’s Kentucky visit.
Johnson City's first and only flouring mill is now operating after completion. It will produce about 125 barrels daily using roller process machinery by Ferguson of Buffalo. The three story limestone base with timber upper works, corrugated iron exterior, and solid installation marks a strong start for the local flour industry amid other major trades.
In Jonesboro yesterday the Three C s case counsel met and the move to remove to Federal court was dissolved. Chancellor Smith retains jurisdiction in the consolidated Tennessee division cases as proceedings continue. Creditors must file proof of claims by next month’s 27th for a decree of sale. Also two weddings occurred: Daniel McCoy and Sarah C Gregg at the bride’s brother’s home with Judge Hart officiating, and Prof. C K Remine and Laurah Painter in Limestone with a note on family opposition overcome and future harmony anticipated.
James H H Dosser, a leading Jonesboro business man, died at his home yesterday morning after years of feeble health. At about seventy, he built a vast fortune as a merchant and planner of enterprise. He leaves several children, all in good circumstances, with many following in his father’s prosperous footsteps.
An advertisement from Puito B Shefard of Knoxville Tennessee touts being an agent for mowers reapers binders rakes engines and threshers and saw mills plus machinery of all kinds It claims the largest dealer in fire supplies in the South and offers typewriters mimeographs and supplies with a push to write to headquarters to save money.
Washington College presides over a flurry of travel and visits as students and faculty depart for Johnson City and beyond. J. W. Willoughby attends a Detroit assembly while Miss Rankin returns home. Local social life centers on croquet parties, strawberry feasts, and teaching assignments in Erwin and Grain Ger county.
F A Stratton and Henry E Colton with others visited Cranberry to consult with parties interested in building a new railroad from this place to Greensboro via the Watauga and Yadkin Valleys. An organization will be formed today to pursue the project which promises to open up a vital route and enhance Johnn Rebed br. Also noted is a New York Post display offering to purchase the entire American tinplate production of 1891 and a quip about a Third Party Convention reciting the Lord’s prayer and a joke about fishes with loaves.
Early this morning a light rain did not deter a crowd as the corner stone of the new tannery was laid with Mrs Gouverneur Morris placing coins in the stone and a trowel. G C Potts spoke on the project as a promising local industry. Architects Willets and Adams visited to plan a nearby hotel on the riverfront. Reports mention bark operations, shipments to Horton Gildersleeve and Co. and Wm T Wair leaving for Duncan NY. Congressman Honk’s death prompted reflections on successors, with J F Tarwater and Henry B Gibson among potential picks, Tarwater noted for Roane iron ties. Chattanooga Times notes Tarwater as officer’s brother in law of Capt J T Kendrick. Mucklon’s Arnica Salve advertised as the best for skin troubles with a money-back guarantee.
TO OPERATORS OF MACHINERY We now carry in stock all sizes of gum belting of the New York stamp and can furnish without the customary delay of ordering. 356-tf Seaver & Summers.
Virginia City Chronicle recounts Piute legends of a northern giant warrior slain by Piute David with a poisoned arrow. Tracks near Truckee River between Wadsworth and Pyramid Lake are preserved, with the grave kept clear. The tale also notes enormous horned beasts driven into Pyramid Lake and drowned, their backs said to form the waves offshore.
An English clergyman recalls a Innsbruck stroll and a merry go round misadventure with a friend. The tale contrasts Greek and Indian riders, ends with a reflection on beauty in equestrianism and a humorous note about companionship and mischief.
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