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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1886
Page
2
Tennessee news notes 1886 campaign results with Republican gains in Maine and Tennessee. James G Rose nominated for Congress in the Fourth or Fifth Tennessee district and James Phelan favored in Memphis district. John Fain floated as a candidate in Elizabethton. Court and paper milestones reported from Knoxville and Morristown with praise for Judge Rose and the Knoxville Daily Tribune.
In Morristown Gazette remarks praise Jon Yeire for integrity courage and impartiality. Describes him as brainy broad cultured accurate thinker and a fine debater. Warns opponents and predicts Democratic nomination will gain cross party support as 2005 Republican majority fades ahead of November election.
The Taylor brothers campaign in Tennessee shows equal coverage by Republican and Democratic papers. Voters flock to rallies seen as the largest of any political campaign in the state, signaling a potentially forty thousand majority for the Democratic candidate. Judge Rose is nominated by Democrats for the First district, praised as upright, respected, and prudent though new to campaigning.
Avavasta Maine September 14 Returns from yesterday's state election are sparse with less than a quarter of towns reporting. Unofficial figures project a Republican plurality around thirteen thousand with Clark Prohibition candidate for governor at three thousand seven hundred, Eustis about two thousand one hundred, and St John two thousand one hundred in line with 1834 and 1884 trends. The overall GOP majority expected near one thousand.
The Knoxville Tribune reports the selection of G. W. Pickles, Esq., for the State Attorney General and Reporter. Pickles is praised for his outstanding legal career, Confederate service, studies under Daniel Voorhees, and strong character. He is a Knox County native with a record of successful practice across Jefferson, Sevier, Cocke, Grainger, and Hamblen counties, and is described as a disciplined, energetic, and capable jurist.
A north bound express on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad struck a cow on a warp curve half a mile from Chat tanooga at 6 10 p m. Engineer Tom Buckley and Fireman Cal Farfax were killed when the engine plunged over an embankment. Buckley’s body was not recovered for several hours. The East Tennessee line and allied rails were blockaded until midnight. No passengers were injured.
A St Paul observer laments female silhouettes on street corners, saying slim waists appear inflated by corsets. He jokes that a law against the criminal use of corsets would be a good thing, reflecting era views on fashion and propriety.
The day passed pleasantly as friends of each candidate called on them in Cleveland. Bob Taylor drew crowds at the Banner-News editor's home and in a hotel crowd while Alf Taylor met supporters with red roses. A large Dayton crowd is expected tomorrow with strong Democratic turnout plans. Separate notes describe a debated tobacco warehouse issue in Johnson City and a grave-body case in Toledo involving Wilson and Blaine. In Washington, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing advances with one dollar silver certificates, with five and ten dollar designs in progress and production ramping up to eight thousand notes daily.
J J Atkins of Knoxville Tennessee reports his family benefited from Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption praising its cures. He endorses the medicine and notes a friend also commends it. Trial bottles free at M A McFarland’s drug store. large size priced at $1.
A jumble of local notices and remedies discusses kidney issues, eczema, and bowel trouble with Electric Bitters and Lytle's Elixir, plus ads for pianos, organ sales, and a gas of civic appointments. Mentions Mack Deaderick moving to Greensburg, an earthquake in Jonesboro, and various county clerks and deputies sworn in with bonds.
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