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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1887
Page
2
The Comet notes crowds in Atlanta for the President and Mrs Cleveland. Jef Davin writes anew anti prohibition letter aimed at Tennessee. A former Blaine aide is seen in a Haverhill roadhouse. Mrs Logan plans to move the general’s remains to Chisago as guards protect the Washington vault nightly.
A Joychboro committee pressed officials for an impartial survey of East Tennessee roads amid a wave of railroad interest. Col Matson and Gen Wilder met with R A Johnston to speed construction linking coal fields to the ocean, with land and bed work moving toward Kentucky, Virginia, and North Carolina. Meanwhile a local newspaper shifts political stance on prohibition as churches unite across parties to support constitutional reform.
A large pro prohibition meeting of Marshall County women met at the Lewisburg Presbyterian church. They adopted a vigorous appeal urging voters to support a state constitutional prohibition amendment. They frame the issue as saloon versus civilization and call on men to vote against the liquor trade on the 29th and 20th days.
A long civic appeal urges Tennessee voters to vote for the proposed amendment and end the liquor traffic. It argues prohibition protects women and children, condemns saloons as a source of crime, and calls on citizens to take responsibility when casting ballots. It notes recent campaign activity, rallies, church events, and local obituaries.
In Johnson City the Prohibition campaign featured Rev. J C Price of Salisbury North Carolina and De G W Bryant of Knoxville. Both colored speakers argued the issue to a large audience with Price delivering a powerful rebuttal to Bryant’s "bloody shirt" claim and Bryant facing decline in engagement.
Wright and Craighill advertise the best fertilizer for wheat oats and other small grain. They claim Wiebe is absolutely pure and unadulterated with a sea combination of mineral and vegetable matter that feeds the land permanently and yields lasting effects. Sold at Josso Orry Warr ot8E by A Barnes on July 28 187.
Public gatherings are planned in Washington County Tennessee to discuss Amendment II of the Constitution. Speeches by various speakers including Hackers Dobson Reeves and others are scheduled September 24 to September 27 at multiple district sites with 1 pm and 7 pm starts. Citizens are urged to attend and bring picnics to morning events.
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