1887 Comet (Johnson City, TN) 24 Nov. 2/4: Johnson City Does Not Want 1 Saloon / 1 Gambling House / 1 Crooked Street / 1 Pigtail Alley [...] nor any ‘one thing’ that does not add to the prosperity of the city.at pigtail alley (n.) under pigtail, n.
1891 Comet (Johnson City, TN) 18 June 2/6: It is not the man that is appreciated, it is only his memory that is bumfuddled all over with the honey words of hypocrisy.at bumfuddled, adj.
1891 Comet (Johnson City, TN) 18 June 2/6: I got fined seven dollars for chinnin’ a cop who had collared my brother.at chin, v.
1893 Comet (Johnson City, TN) 20 July 5/2: Scissors and jeeswax! See that Jew eat hog meat!at scissors!, excl.
1894 Comet (Johnson City, TN) 1 Nov. 3/6: Ham, eggs [...] doughnuts, ’simmon pudding, punkin pie, and all sorts of goodies.at goodies, n.
1894 Comet (TN) 1 Nov. 3/6: That pigeon-toed, box-ankled, knock-kneed, son-of-a-gun of a thief.at sonofagun, n.