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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1897
Page
3
Rogersville visitor Mins Pantie Nugent stops in the city for bargains at Jackson's. Advertisements highlight seed beans, garden goods, a 100 piece dinner set for 4.50 at B S Whites, and various locals visiting relatives and shops.
Miss Lottie Hylton visits Boone's Creek with Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Keebler. Miss Luta Smith of Ashville, N C visits Mrs. T. B. Strain. Bicycles and repairs offered at the Bee Hive. Rev D N Gooi left for Holston Bealytetys meeting in Greeneville.
Miss Luna Ross of Newnnaville Greene county returns from a week with sister Mrs Geo F Campbell. Lizzie Campbell visits grandparents Mrs A V Deaderick Chesterton. Capt J C Jawlin ill with pneumonia but improving. Druggists urged to guarantee Hell's Pine and Co products as best. James Dyer reports amputation above the ankle after a wreck near Pittsburg and stays in a homeopathic hospital in Pittsburgh doing well.
Walter Miller visits Nashville and Knoxville shopping trips report. Harin of Kenova and others, plus townspeople like Mrs J Smith of Chicago and Rev J A Vines visit the city. Nat Simmerly and John Eggers travel, while Horace Lady plans a Brownlow gift. millinery plans at the Racket Store and a Perry county centennial trip are noted as townsfolk move about.
The Bee Hive advertises hardware at low prices while notes mention the Washington County Sunday Convention meeting in the Baptist wheel in the city on April 18 for two days. A report notes ASN Molesworth returning to Blacksburg to work on the OR & C Railway branch line project. A medical quip promotes Dr Wells Pine Tar Honey for colds and throat complaints.
G and D Corsets and Health Waists are advertised at the Bee Hive. W C Dyer returned from Spartanburg with Mr Molesworth after surveying a branch road from Blackburg to Gaffney a distance of about ten miles. Nat W Taylor came back from three months in Mexico and visited Chas T Alleman in Chilmarina then traveled to City of Mexico and famed mines. Prof Easley resigned as principal of Science Hill school and Miss Mattie Johnson was elected to replace him. Easley had passed a civil service exam and received government appointment notice last week. He will join the engineer's department rather than continue teaching.
The Bristol and Elizabethton Telephone Company completed a Mountain City Bristol line via Allentown, aiding the region. Squire John H. Shawn witnessed a mountain couple’s marriage as he blessed the occasion and offered his officiating. The county bridge project was approved, iron spans over Chucky River to be built at Denderick's ford, with payment in county warrants after completion.
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