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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1891
Page
4
Johnson City Tennessee 1891 notices invite Knights of Sevier Lodge No 50 to weekly meetings over First National Bank. Amid local satire and political commentary, the piece envisions Johnson City's growth through industry, rails on McKinley era policy, and praises future regional development driven by industry and infrastructure.
John Allison of Nashville argues the lost state was named Franklin, citing Gov. Seiver’s 1785 “Franklin State” letter to Patrick Henry. He has long studied Franklin’s early history and plans a future durable volume on the county’s first settlement. In other news, ore reports note hematite dominance, with Bessemer-compatible quantities, while Alfred Sully predicts Johnson City becoming a major southern steel city within a decade.
IMMENSELY RICH IN NATURAL RESOURCES The Gateway to the Mineral and Timber Laden Alleghenies
A local church directory lists Mt Chute and surrounding parishes with pastors, service times, and Sunday School schedules. It covers Church of the South, Presbyterian, Baptist, Episcopal, Methodist, and various mission and fraternal groups with noteable officers and meeting times.
In the Heart of the celebrated Magnetic Ore District Johnson City sits 106 miles NE of Knoxville at major rail junctions. A city of rapid growth with timber, iron ores and limestone nearby, it hosts multiple rail lines and growing industries including furnaces, foundries, factories, and utilities. The piece lists numerous enterprises under construction or operation and notes a population rise from 685 in 1880 to 4,160.
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