May 24, 1867: The East Tennessee Union Flag ran a classified advertisement for Sam Kirkpatrick. âI loaned a friend two volumes of âYoungs Night Thoughtsâ one year ago. My said friend will return them if he knows himself for I have forgotten who he is.â The advertisement was signed, âSam. J. Kirkpatrick.â
The East Tennessee Union Flag was a newspaper published in Jonesborough, which was spelled that way on the masthead. Inside of the newspaper, however, the city was spelled that way; it was also spelled as Jonesboro.
May 24, 1888: The Comet reported, âOur farmer friends tell us the frost last week did a good deal of damage to gardens and also hurt wheat in some sections badly. There will be some peaches around the mountains and in sheltered localities and the apple crop will be short. Oats and clover look badly on account of the drough (sic) that began early in the spring.â