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Newspaper

Comet

Location

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1886

Page

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Bob Taylor welcomed by Brownsville crowds in Haywood County

Bob Taylor rode into Brownsville in a grand procession with 500 mounted supporters and a brass band, greeted by Mayor Belt and local Democrats. Speeches praised the candidate, with Miss Battie Mann presenting a floral tribute and affirming strong Democratic support in a county long divided between Whig and Republican eras.

Browseville Tenn Bob Taylor Brownsville Haywood County Bob Frank Bond Congress Haywood Clay Bei J. Lea Hiram Bradford Lewis Bond Bannora Puublic Alf Court House Ben J. Lea Battie Mann Pettibone Miss Mann Robert L. Taylor Brownaville Nxt Tennessee

Books for November: a popular progressive magazine

The November issue of Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine arrives with “The Music Season” on the cover and fifty illustrations. It offers patterns free with each order, saving subscribers about three dollars yearly. The issue includes Leaves From My Life by Powell, Bermuda scenes, Salem witches, a portrait of Charles Villiers Stanford, a view of Trondheim Cathedral, and features on De Pauw University with portraits and campus views.

Indy Leslie Mr. Powell Samuel Rogers Douglas Jerrold Bermouthes Bermudas Salem Tast Masschuusetts Charles Villiers Stanford Throndhjem Europe de Pauw University Greencastle Ind de Pauw Mra. Molesworth A. C. Haverstick

Five Months After His Brother Births Highlight Halifax Tale

In Halifax Nova Scotia a carriage-builder Wilmot Lewis and his wife at 165 Burnewick Street welcomed a second son five months after the first baby was born to them. The report links the family to a broader wartime narrative as the husband served with Halifax Provincial Battalion and returned. The piece then shifts to a court note: Janitor Titus found guilty of the Belvidere NJ murder of Tillie Smith, with talk of possible new trial. Also mentions arbitration settling strikes in Frankfort mills and Disston works. Ends noting Adelina Speech, once rival to Malibran, died in Rome at age 24 due to obesity.

James J. Titus Whem Belvidere N.J Tillie Smith Hackettstown Seminary Beasley Supreme Court Tila Halifax Burnewick Street Wilmot Lewis McCrows Lewis Titus Titan Adelina Speech Adelina Parti Malibran

Senate moves to probe public printing costs

In Wasaixpton on October 15 a Senate resolution gave the Printing Committee power to sit during vacation and investigate public printing prices. Chairman Manderson says the committee will convene soon to pursue a thorough examination and may block Benedict’s confirmation amid reports of party-friend dismissals and clashes with Gorman.

Benedict Wasaixpton Senate Senate Committee On Printing Manderson Hageley Gorman Bertator Mandéron Broiess Rounds

Meautiful Atmospheric Phonos Monon Fireworks Display

The Harrisburg Telegraph reports brilliant Newvenly fireworks last evening around seven o'clock lighting the north and west sky with a brief brilliant burst followed by electric blue and mile green tints. Henry Zimmerman of A Pardee & Co at the Hagleton mines found a crystal owl shaped fragment and photographed it, stirring curiosity in the community.

Harrisburg Telegraph Henry Zimmerman A. Pardee & Co Hagleton Mines

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