Knoxville the Queen City of the Mountains
Population 80 544. Knoxville claims rapid growth in five years. Railroads operate ten lines. street railways cover 41 miles with 6 motor cars and 15 trailers. Climate and averages cited. five hospitals and a large free library of 25 000 volumes. Major industries include dry goods, mantel making, candy, hardware, iron ore, boots and shoes distribution, flour and meat output, drugs, and furniture. Abundant natural resources and labor supply reported.
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Market vitality and services cited in southern city item
Nine, with $12,000,000 deposits, and clearings amounting to over $81,000,000. COST OF LIVING: Lower than any Southern city, on account of the fertile soil and the innumerable truck gardens surrounding, affording the finest Market House south of the Ohio River. FIRE DEPARTMENT: Fully equipped in apparatus and efficiency. JOBBING: Fifty-three houses, doing $30,000,000 annually.
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Knoxville Market and Growth Prospects Promoted
The notice touts the Great Southern Market in Knoxville as central to the Middle South with rail links, free merchant tickets to Knoxville, and a liberty transportation offer. It highlights realty gains, textile output with 103,238 spindles and 1,555 looms, marble industries, river access at the Tennessee river, rail traffic, street paving, and new office buildings to attract investors.
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