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A proposed change in government, a trumpet recital, Newt's prospects to be top dog and more were reported on this day in Johnson City history.

Forgery in Limestone, moonshiners on Buck Mountain and more were reported on this day in Johnson City history.

A band of guerrillas arrested, the Munsey of the future, a lucrative tobacco season and more were reported on this day in Johnson City history.

The sanitarium opens, mining resumes in Embreeville, a new Book Shop and more were reported on this day in Johnson City history.

June 27, 1872: Hunting bees was a topic in the Herald and Tribune. According to the newspaper, “Hunting bees … is becoming fashionable. If you should happen to meet a gentleman in the woods, he is almost sure to tell you he is hunting bees. We suppose this is a good season to find ’em.” The Herald and Tribune was, and still is, a newspaper published in Jonesborough, which was spelled that way in 1872. June 27, 1896: One hundred, twenty-five years ago today, the Morristown Republican alerted readers, “The Morristown base ball (sic) boys will have to make some strenuous...