June 5, 1868: Reporting on a recent marriage, the East Tennessee Union Flag shared, âOn Thursday, the 28th of May, at the residence of the brideâs mother, near this place, by Rev. John Rubush, Mr. H.C. Grimm, of Greene county (sic), to Miss Harriet Millard, of this County.â
The East Tennessee Union Flag was a newspaper published in Jonesborough, which was spelled that way on the masthead.
June 5, 1890: The Comet opined words that we would be wise to remember and practice more than 130 years later. âIt is always well to remember that in saying things against any religion you are not only guilty of bad taste, but you do not know whose feelings you may hurt.â
Northeast Tennessee’s eight counties reported the fewest new COVID-19 infections in nearly three months on Thursday, with active infections and the region’s seven-day positive test rate also at three-month lows.