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A soldiers monument dedication, a circus bear bite and more were reported on this day in Johnson City history.

No more mud roads, a snakebite at a religious ceremony, a shouting match over a workers' union and more were reported on this day in Johnson City history.

A new Brownlow publication, crowning the May Queen and more were reported on this day in Johnson City history.

Drive through traffic at the country club, a stolen guinea pig and more were reported on this day in Johnson City history.

March 6, 1898: The Chattanooga Sunday Times reported that the smallpox epidemic was getting better in Jonesboro. With a Jonesboro dateline, readers learned, “”There is a marked improvement in the smallpox scare affliction in upper East Tennessee, so that the quarantine has been raised.” “Jonesboro” was spelled that way in 1898. There was not a daily newspaper published in Johnson City in 1898. The Comet was Johnson City’s newspaper at that time, and it was published on a weekly basis. March 6, 1909: The Bristol Herald Courier, with a dateline of Johnson City, rep...