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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1902
Page
2
White dehorned Bull in Giles county garners 26 votes and will contest, while Parrott and Ellsworth head for easy sailing. In other notes, Brownlow’s seat, Joe Pierce’s Third ward aldermanic bid, and a Charleston-like clash over county returns stir local politics as rival papers debate machine influence and leadership.
A collection of vintage notices and excerpts mentioning Scott's Emulsion as a tonic for children, political commentary on Roosevelt and Brownlow, county institute dates in East Tennessee, insurance investigations in Dyersburg, Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson's death in Jackson, and Knoxville coal car shortages. Reads like a patchwork of editorial snips and public notices from early 1900s Tennessee press.
Republicans target New Jersey as a trusted state while Tennessee politicians circle roosevelt support and battle machine politics. The Tennessee pension board reports nine deaths, 127 new beneficiaries at $100 yearly, with a December 1 warrant date and a partial list by county.
The Rev. B. Z. Btroote reflects before a small fashionable congregation that his call to preach may have been a temptation rather than a genuine vocation. He questions his vocation while addressing the crowd.
By authority of Tennessee law an election will be held Wednesday November 26 1902 at voting lines in four wards of Johnson City for mayor and an alderman in each ward. The notice lists ward officers clerks judges and registrars responsible for conducting and returning the results as required by law.
Attachment issued by G T Lee J P Washington County Tennessee alleges Henry Crouch owes 65 dollars to plaintiff T Harris. Crouch is a nonresident. writ levied on Harris restaurant fixtures and 20 held by Nelson Jay. He must appear December 8, 1902, at Johnson City to defend the action.
The Hancock county election officials met Monday to canvass votes and announce results for state and national offices. Fravier led for governor with 201 votes, Campbell 71. McKenatin 289 for railroad commissioner, Elliott 70. Brownlow 7125 for Congress with Lyle, MD.
Notice to customers from Watauga Lighting & Power announcing a rent increase for commercial oil lamps from 3.75 to 5.00 per month. The company cites aligning with a spring 1803 standard and states incandescent lamp rates on meters stay the same while rebates will be offered based on the total average burning. The gross bill divided by the total number of 16 cp lamps connected will yield the average per lamp per month.
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