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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1898
Page
2
The Nashville American column glosses on politics and public life with quips about Hitt and Hay successors, Dewey and Spain, the Dreyfus affair, Anarchists, and the Fourth Tennessee regiment. It notes upcoming speeches by McMillin and Fowler in Jonesboro and remarks on Gov Taylor’s health and possible Austin Springs treatment.
Concerns about Samp son bravery praise by reporters spark debate among boys. A new cork pulling device is mocked by critics who still favor a corkscrew. Discussions cover autographs, Sampson prize money, Governor Taylor’s health, and a looming cabinet shakeup with Alger under pressure amid pressure over the war and peace commissions.
A Knoxville barber flees amid bankruptcy worries as creditors claim heavy hardship and no assets. The piece mocks political figures and wartime testimony, mixing quips about McKinley and Shafter with society blurbs and humorous snippets from various papers.
Miss Winnie Davis daughter of Mrs. Jefferson Davis dies at noon at the Rockingham Hotel in Narragansett Pier after weeks of illness described as malarial gastritis. Born in 1863 at Richmond, Virginia, she was famed as the Daughter of the Confederacy and died amid family sorrow as physicians reported her decline.
A mixed local page notes a photo offer from Warren J. Carole in Johnson City Tennessee offering miniature photos for 27 cents or 50 cents in plating finish, plus railroad industry chatter about revived plans to connect Big Stone Gap Virginia Cranberry North Carolina and Seaboard Air Line with subsequent notes on a fatal switching accident at Embreville. The piece also covers a Christian Church lecture by Miss Thompson and a lively reception of the Cleveland Wilson Minstrels, along with advice on rodent control using a suggested product and a brief letter from P O Box references.
The following coats are due taxes and will be paid to the Comptroller of the State if not called for by October 15, 1808. Visit the Circuit Court Clerk to receipt for them. Names listed include Coopn Armatrong, Allison, DC Allen, Avrants, Barnes, Barkley, Brown, Berger, Bell, Brockus, Bowman, Campbell, Carter, Campbell, Croyle, Clark, Carter, Dyer, Evans, Francis, Foxches, Goring, Groner, Gresham, Gorman, Good, Graham, Hale, Hall, Hodges, Hood, Hodge, Jones, Kelly, Kenney, Kirkpatrick, Leno, Miller, Miller, Moulton, Means, Maxwell, Napier, Nelson, Owens, Pearce, Pitzer, Reeves, Reed, Radford, Smith, Sells, Sawyer, Saylor, Sullivan, Stanton, Shipley, Todd, Williams, Young.
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