Knightly Hall Meeting Notice
A weekly meeting is scheduled every Wednesday evening at 7 80 o'clock in the hall above the First National Bank. All visiting Knights are invited.
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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1891
Page
4
A weekly meeting is scheduled every Wednesday evening at 7 80 o'clock in the hall above the First National Bank. All visiting Knights are invited.
A rambled collection of quips on the Legislature, the world’s roundness, and party politics. It blasts the Whipping Post Bill, mocks drunken legislative behavior, and mocks the era’s demagogues. It also advertises a 1892 Nashville Herald ticket headed by Cleveland, Gray, Turney, and Bate.
The Bristol Courier endorses 8 J Kirkpatrick as capable for the governorship praising his legal skill and Carolina career. The Nashville Herald notes the judge is a top East Tennessee attorney and senior public figure. Also mentions a Kentucky geology claim about magnetic ore cranberries.
The piece argues Blaine and Harrison are rivals with strained relations and accuses Harrison supporters of undermining Blaine while detailing political rumors, health doubts, and factional maneuvering in the lead up to a national convention. It also includes notes on census work and iron ore discussions from London and D C.
Director Dalgleich of the Embryville Freehold Land Tron and Railway Company asserts a vast ore belt runs northeast to southwest across the Southern States. He cites Pittsburgh coal-to-oil analyses and predicts plentiful ore to fuel Bessemer pig iron production.
Johnson City sits 106 miles northeast of Knoxville at the junction of major trunk lines including East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia and Charleston Cincinnati and Chicago Railroads. It abuts rich timber and iron ore beds, has four railroads now with more planned, and boasts a 1650 foot elevation and a 4160 population, up 607 percent since 1880.
Listing of Johnson City area industries and works in operation or under construction including tinware mills foundries furniture companies tanneries bottlers planing mills brick works canning plants and lumber and planing businesses with multiple unnamed firms and partners in the period.
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