The Whig was a newspaper published in Jonesborough, which was spelled that way in 1841.
May 12, 1887: The Comet reported, âOn the 21st of May, 1887, an excursion to Cranberry over the E.T. & W.N.C. R.R. under the management of Mr. S.H. Pouder for the benefit of the Y.M.C.A. of Johnson City. The occasion will no doubt be a pleasant trip out and out, and we hope everybody will go. Round trip tickets sold at half rates.â There was no mention of the price of the tickets, nor when the train would leave or return.
The Comet was Johnson Cityâs first newspaper.
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