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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1886
Page
1
A long composite fragment blends poetry on I love you with a Tennessee governor race, campaign satire from the New York Sun, and social advice on marriage. It weaves music, politics, and family ties, noting Bob Taylor’s fiddle, Alfred’s oratory, and a fraternal campaign tour through Adamsville and Athens.
A fragmented society item depicts a family dinner where a jokey exchange about a hook and fishing leads to the Bride’s Little Brother being removed from the room after questions about the bride’s courtship. The bridegroom grows pensive as the moment lingers.
Professor Cook lauds Dr E B Foote's Plain Home Talk as invaluable for humanity noting its healthy, balanced insights. He says Foote, a rare physician writer, aims to cure and preserve life by teaching anatomy physiology and the significance of healthy living.
An old gentleman comments on a young Slobkins suitor to his daughter Clara noting his cigarette habit, soda water, upturned collars, and a seventeen cane. The daughter reveals an engagement with Mr Stobkins in fall, asserting she would not be turned by any man. Mrs Leslie is described as melancholy living a man’s life without manly pleasures and should learn to smoke.
The marriage of Miss Edith Kingdon to George J. Gould was secretly celebrated Tuesday at Jay Gould’s Irvington home. Society writers who were denied the news may vent later while critics remark on the apparent condescension of the match and the implications for title and wealth.
A friend notes the President grows tired of mountain life and again sends for Dan Lamont, hailed as "Colonel" by Cleveland. The piece also mocks earthquakes and cites Geological Survey chatter while listing assorted news items and curiosities.
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