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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1885
Page
1
A collage of scenes on trains, travelers, and social flirtations unfolds with tales of romance and mistaken identities aboard a London to Newcastle journey, interwoven with reflections on invention. The piece also surveys economic revival, Southern growth, and a homage to notable inventors from Stephenson to Edison, linking progress to national prosperity and moral discourse.
The East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia Railroad has obtained possession of the Memphis and Charleston Road by a series of financial moves. The Knoxville and Ohio Halbons Company, owing about 2,000,000 to East Tennessee, sold first mortgage bonds for that amount and used the proceeds to buy 2,000,000 par value of Memphis & Charleston stock, 900,100 East Tennessee divisional bonds, and 1,000,000 of debenture bonds. These securities were turned over to East Tennessee and deposited with Central Trivat Company as trustee, under the consolidated mortgage.
The secretary has not appeared at his office for over a week and is reportedly only slightly indisposed. An intimate friend says Lamar is very ill and has not fully recovered from a long-ago kidney attack. He remains able to handle urgent work from home, though the public should not be deceived about his true condition.
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