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Today In Johnson City History: May 1


May 1, 1868: The Union Flag published a unique advertisement. “Mr. Wm. S. Barkley has our thanks for a delicious bottle of pure grape wine. This proves to us conclusively that good wine can be made in this country. It also proves another fact, and that is, Mr. B. knows how to make it. Send and get a few bottles and try it and be convinced.”
The Union Flag was a newspaper published in Jonesborough, which was spelled that way on the masthead.
May 1, 1905: With a dateline from Johnson City, the Nashville Banner reported news about area railroads. “Preparations are being made to resume work on the South & Western Railroad, which line was, ten years ago, partly built and was then known as the “3 C’s” line, which was to extend from Chicago by Cincinnati to Charleston, S.C., crossing the Tennessee Valley and the Southern Railway at Johnson City, Tenn.” ....

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