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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1905
Page
3
Two fine new houses with hard wood finish five rooms each for rent on Poplar street apply to das A Manin. Rural board sought for three elderly men for one month near good fishing with terms and navigation lines to be arranged. Nashville Produce Co and MacParmann ads appear among farm and trade notices.
Local items include requests for sweet potato seed pledges by April, brief society notes on residents visiting Bristol, Limestone, California, Chattanooga, and Jonesboro, and advertisements for Carnegie Department Store with new dress goods, Voile, Ginghams, and jewelry repair. Also mentions attorneys preparing for upcoming law court, page ads for imports, and eye care services with free tests.
Notice advertises a residence for sale at Walnut and Spring streets in Johnson City with price and terms available through Joux W. Bonrxe of Bexington NC. The item also reports W J Barton’s country house, three miles west, burned near noon Monday near the Southern Railway line, with loss around 8000 dollars and only 500 dollars insured. tenant occupied, piano and valuables destroyed.
The writer apologizes for missed columns due to sickness and shares local items from Pine area. Highlights include a public school closing with a program led by Prof. Warren and Miss Baxter, Mrs. Lily visiting Baxter relatives, Mrs. Baer and Mrs. Marshall visiting the neice Mrs. Smalling who is ill, John Cooper returning from Bristol to paint Ki M Cooper’s house, K W Smalling receiving and distributing a carload of fertilizer, and a church addition.
A fire in Solisen City damaged the Hayes family home while Charlie Hayes and relatives were away. Tod Pentium of Washington County was visiting his father when the blaze occurred, and emergency crews remained at the scene.
While alighting from train No 4 Tuesday morning, Aunt Patty Bailey’s clothing caught on stepping gear and her foot was ground to pulp under wheels. She was carried to hospital in Knoxville after immediate aid. she is an elderly Black woman from Jonesboro, en route to nurse duties.
In Vanderbilt University Medical Department graduation exercises in Nashville a Washington county boy earned the first Paul F Eve faculty medal for a remarkable 875 points of 900. Dr Cyril Bewley Gillespie, son of A B Gillespie of Jonesboro and nephew of T A Gillespie and Mrs S A Byrd, will locate in Johnson City.
April brought heat then cold with rain and snow and wind across the district. Local visits, school events, church activities, and community notices fill the page including organists named Miss Hattie Vines and Miss Lena Vines, visits by Sidney Burris and wife, and plans for a bachelor convention at Noadmore town. Clergy and officials attend services and meetings as residents anticipate upcoming events and milestones.
A Memphis Freight Bureau note to Johnson City Commercial Club discusses a bill to regulate demurrage and delays. The piece notes prior failed measures and a proposed compromise, praising Johnson City’s push and predicting support from Memphis. It mentions a special Johnson City to Erwin train for Holston Presbytery delegates and local church events, including a reception for Cures at Watuga Avenue church and a prospect of funds for a chandelier.
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