New Grocery Merchants Headed for Johnson City
East Tennessee notes praise O'Brien & Co for baseball goods books and periodicals while announcing the arrival of two Bristol parties Purdue and Pardue to run a Johnson City grocery bakery and market. Local hotel news reports Colonial on West Market Street leased by N J Murrell and a June opening. A Knights Templar visit from Jonesboro highlights Easter services and a burial is announced for a spinal patient. A theater season from Hopkins Hippodrome promises Robinson Stock Co with weekly prize draws. Also mentions a patent medicine ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $1000 reward and assorted quotations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Market Street
N. J. Murrell
Elizabethton
East Tennessee
Alex. Patterson
Fivans Full Co
H. W. Pardue
Bristol
Johnson City
Judge Patterson May Own Reelfoot Lake
Judge N A Patterson of Vineland may obtain possession of Reelfoot Lake based on older state grants to James Patterson recorded in Raleigh North Carolina. A Chattanooga source notes no transfer or sale records since, while local residents recall talk of land in West Tennessee sinking and becoming worthless. Judge Patterson will publish full details next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. A. Patterson
Vineland
Reelfort Lake
Dickey
Chattanooga
North Carolina
James Patterson
Raleigh
N.C. Tle
Chittanooga
West
Tennessee
Judge Patterson
Uts
GEO S ALLEN DIES AFTER ILLNESS IN JOHNSON CITY
George S. Allen died Wednesday afternoon at his home after several months of illness. He was in the 86th year of age and had resided in Johnson City for many years, previously from Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Allen
Tie
Johnson City
Virginia
Mysterious Crossroads Talk Sparks Depew Reference
An engineer back in Philadelphia after work in Kansas chats at a small crossroads grocery. The discussion shifts to Chauncey M Depew as an old man nearby questions the name and wonders who he is beyond the ridge. A humorous social mix arises in a rural setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ption
Kansas
Philadelphia
Uttle Crossroads
Ozark Ridge
Chauncey M. Depew
Depew
Chauncey Deepew
PEN NAMES OF WOMEN WRITERS Origin of George Eliot
The piece traces how women writers chose pen names often from family ties and gender cues. It explains Mary Ann Evans used George Eliot to echo her husband's Christian name while fitting her literary style, and details choices like Lucas Malet and Sydney Grice as variations reflecting prudence or identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregg
Sydney
Grier
Grice
Hamlson
Lucas Malet
Kingsley
Eriatec
Egerton
George Egerton
Mary Ann Evans
George Eiot
Eliot
Also Mentioned on This Page
East Main Street
Brading & Marshall Lumber Co
O'Brien & Co
O'Brien & Co's
M. F. Meadows
East Tennessee Educational Association
Park City
The
United Brethren Church
RM. May
John D. Cox
Thomas Hargis
Stuart Miller
Knights Templars
Jonesboro
St. Omer Commandery
Reynolds
Hippodrome
Robinson Stock Co
Kansas City Journal
B.J. Carney & CO
Toledo
ALA
TEM
Amily P Lls
Deake
Cornell
Geo. S. Allen
Messalines
Paris
Killarney
Mr. Dosser
New York
Mllin R
Mayboard
Red Cross
Berkley
Muslin
Nainsook
Dimity
Delineator
Dosser
Ade
Zin
Victor
Wm. Silver & Co
Main Street
Herrmann Welle
Mra. Wells
Well
Clinch River
George Eliot
Harrison
Lucas Nialet
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!