May 10, 1867: The East Tennessee Union Flag gave readers a weather prediction: âWe have had an abundance of rain in the last few days. If it is true that a certain amount of rain falls every year, we shall have an excessive drought during the coming summer, for the present year has surely received its compliment quickly.â
The East Tennessee Union Flag was a newspaper published in Jonesborough, which was spelled that way on the masthead. However, it was spelled as both Jonesboro and Jonesboroâ inside of the newspaper.
May 10, 1884: The Comet opined, âThere are ten men in Johnson City who, standing on each otherâs heads, would make a pyramid nearly sixty-two feet high, with the boot and shoe man the âbottom railâ, and the furniture man the âriderâ, and the pyramid would taper from four feet in diameter at the base to a darning needle at the top.â