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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1893
Page
4
The Comet announces weekly publication with a curious notice about subscription terms and a reference to restoring or editing a port matter. The fragment hints at a Thursday schedule and a price of two dollars per year, with unclear further details.
A garbled paste of quotes and references spans names and events from Nancy Hank and Nancy Hank’s hatting record to embezzlers in San Jose and a New York Sun headline about McKissey Opens the Ball. It mentions Wil Yam B Hornblower nominated to the Supreme Court and notes Cleveland in boss. The piece blends political, social, and literary allusions in a fragmented, period-voice collage.
A critique of Hox A A Taynor aligning with Cleveland on silver and a separate matter. A boy born Monday named Blaine is honored. A Way and Means claim fair equality, opposing baby act. tariff favors domestic steel at $20 a ton vs foreign 18. W W Grirris, Knight of Pythias grand chancellor, in Johnson City with Billy Seger Lodge. praise and long East Tennessee visit noted.
Democratic members of the House Ways and Means committee finish public tariff hearings relieved no new information was revealed. They vow to proceed without delay to complete the reform tariff bill, resisting perceived obstruction by ex-Cvar Reed and Republican colleagues. Some sentiment among a few Democrats fears Republican wrath and calls for delay.
The House election committee delays repeal of federal election laws as Democrats miss sessions. Speaker Crisp guides acting chair Tucker with Fitch telegrams urging bill advancement. A quorum issue and charges of Republican obstruction surface amid Democratic discord and Cleveland gossip.
The October issue offers an illustrated guide on Silver from Mine to Mint and the Silver Secret, plus adventures in The Silver Thread. It also showcases The Captain's Daughter at the International Cup Race with cup imagery, yacht portraits, and Lord Dunraven. Winter house flowers, lampshade designs, and general novelties fill the issue. Published for 20 years by W. Demorest at 15 East 14th St New York.
A brief verse to Baby Ruth laments breaking a sisterly divide and asks the child to yield space as Grover seeks a boy. The playful regional line carries a local newspaper flavor from Atlanta.
The piece defends President Cleveland and the Democratic platform on currency. It argues that critics misquote the Chicago plank, quoting only part of the second paragraph, and insists the full text supports equal coinage of gold and silver with safeguards. It contends the President upholds pledges and condemns opposition demands to repeal the Sherman Act as repudiation of the platform.
The Baltimore Sun letter argues that free silver advocates are misled and warns that adopting a dual gold and silver standard undermines national prosperity. It defends President Cleveland's biometalism and calls for the unconditional repeal of the silver purchasing law of 1900.
An essay argues two honest dollars exist a metal dollar with intrinsic value and a paper dollar representing money redeemable in gold. It condemns cheap money as destructive to business while praising specie payments and liberty from devaluation, noting wartime finance and current monetary concerns. It also surveys theft, politics, reunions, naval battles, yachting results, and economic reforms.
A garbled excerpt discusses money safety and industry, mentioning Philadelhin Tynes and a call for honest money. It references labor and employer control, urging faith in monetary honesty and a stand for integrity in economic policy. The fragment lacks clear events or dates.
In Jones Dor Telegram area notes, Hon Alfred A Taylor declares plans for re election. The field may include Brownlow Bownan Anderson with uncertainty over who will emerge as the dominant candidate. The piece forecasts Brownlow as likely to win easily.
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