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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1896
Page
3
Local notes report merchants Jackson and M Jackson offer coal, lamps, stoves, and groceries with low prices. Vines Brading Co sell Pine Mountain coal. S B White advertises stoves and lamp chimneys. Other items include a church cornerstone ceremony, a marriage notice, a supper fundraiser, and a fire department call.
Eastern visitors inspect a Cranberry to Linville narrow gauge project linked to the E T WN Ry. J B E and S F P Brading lease the Staff in New Handa and plan bold management. Hon Isaac Hampton dies in Orsian New York, a boom era leader and congressman. Willis Hampton attends the funeral.
Armands Boucher and Bessie Ball, both about fourteen, discussed politics in a lively city exchange likened to prize ring rules. Bessie backs Bryan democracy while Armandella Mc Kinley supports the republican side, with the two girls noted as close friends and the topic a playful joke among neighbors.
Messrs Gunny and Mathes provided quick bulletins via Western Union direct to the opera house. John K Snapp read messages from Chicago to a seated audience with a small admission fee. Home arrangements were perfect and the management’s enterprise commended.
A July parade drew 260 horses 47 hacks and buggies 86 Negroes. Leaders included Paul Wathms and Chas Jennings. The crowd featured banners about Hanna’s boodle and McKinley victory. After the march Col Brownlow and Bruce Bachman spoke at the baseball ground.
The ad lists fancy suitings at 30 cents per yard, serges at 30 cents per yard, and novelty suitings praised for style and quality, inviting attention to the fabric selection and value. It emphasizes examination over mere names and prices to prove the story.
Official and unofficial returns from 77 counties give Bryan and Sewall 190341 to 124170 for McKinley and Hobart. Democratic majority estimated around 15165 with Taylor’s plurality claimed near 9000, though some expect under 8000. Gov Taylor serenaded here with brief speeches by Golgar Gaines and Pillow.
Simultaneously with fusion in Kansas six aspirants announce bids for the United States Senate seat to succeed William Peffer. The list includes Senator Peiffer former Senator L D Lewelling Populist State Chairman J W Breidenthal national silver chairman for Kansas R W Turner Colonel W Harris and George Munger the laundryman.
Elias Vines assistant teacher at Bell's schoolhouse four miles east of Jonesboro suffered serious wounds after a student named Miller stabbed him with a knife during a quarrel over a yellow rose and a snatched piece of apple. Miller waived examination and posted bond for circuit court as Deputy Cochran arrested him.
Kansas voters have conceded the election of Bryan electors by about 6,000 and the state ticket led by Leedy by roughly 4,000. Populists gain control of the legislature. returns await state board confirmation.
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