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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1899
Page
3
A parade of short notes lists health claims for a patent medicine, local visits by C C Collins and others, entertainers from Carnegie Mission School, new residents and business trips to Knoxville and Bristol, church ministers from Baltimore and Owego, updates on road paving, a death of Mrs McKamey, shop notices from Chane & Sanborn and Buford Mathes, a bakery start by Waltersdorf & Co, and a Tods Sarsaparilla digestion pitch.
Do not delay purchases as stock is abundant with silk waist patterns and fancy plaids. A large display includes White Organilies and Musseling de Suisse at low prices, suitable for commencement dresses. Also featured are ginghams, India linens, lawns, and brown linens marketed at competitive rates.
The advertisement touts ribbons, laces, fabrics, and a full line of Ziegler Brothers shoes for ladies, children, and men. It claims fall styles, staple shoes, and a dollar line, plus cheap mattings and carpets, inviting readers to visit for the best attention and prices.
A legal notice identifies Frank Taylor as proprietor of The Racket Store located on Main Street opposite M in Jackson.
Hart and Houston offer reduced fabrics including dress goods at 74¢ to 124¢ per yard and organdies at 15¢ with a sale on all silk ribbons at 5¢. Strong black umbrellas priced at 39¢ each as plans for the upcoming commencement unfold. Large stock and early preparation cited.
Hart and Houston warned to clean up premises within three days or face fines. Mayor directs lime prices and duties, with police chief available for lime purchases. Dr and Mrs J H Preas welcome a son, Johnson City citizenship declared, April 10 1800. J D Taucette family addition noted with Easter bonnet speculation. Community well wishes. An ad urges Dr M A Simmons liver medicine. Pavement work by Chas Scharf and crew to lay granolithic pavement in Bristol suburbs, with note on future shopping access via Lake Watansoo and electric cars. Syrup of Figs advertised as kidney and liver tonic. A Washington letter claims Captain Theodore Hacker to be appointed subsistence captain. Ends with Cascarate candy advertising and constipation cure claims.
H L Eller increases grocery stock and moves to the old Tantor stand on Main Street. Mrs Duke ill with grippe. recovery uncertain. Rudolph Scharff of Bristol secures granolithic pavement contract and surveys site. James in the Philippines writes home. Mountaineer notes hats and novelties. Free Hill merchant C Cox injured. leg broken. E H Potter dies in Birmingham. remains to be brought for interment. Foster Brower, a respected Johnson City barber, dies. Virginia and Southwestern railway extension seeks iron ore fields to Bristol furnace. Readiness to resume road work as weather clears. The election of officers for the Board of Trade set for April 28, 1899. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy praised for croup and colds.
Elizabeth Hopper, 67, died of pneumonia on April 12 after a long life of noble aims. She left four children and several grandchildren, was a longtime member of the M E B church, and was buried at Snow's chapel on April 18. Rev T J Eskridge conducted the funeral in Johnson City, with prayers for the bereaved.
Nora L Long wife of Dr E A Long died Tuesday April 18 at their Walnut Street home after a brief illness pneumonia and complications. Burial was from Northern M E church and Owl Grove cemetery with Rev Caldwell officiating. Four year old daughter Mary ill with pneumonia.
Miss Emma Spurgin aged about 30 died at Miss Julia Yoakley's Hast Market street home on Tuesday April 18 from pleuro-pneumonia. She had lived with Miss Yoakley for several years and was well regarded. Interment followed at Muddy Creek church in Sullivan county.
The Manufactures Record notes South Carolina and Georgia Railroad extensions will link Charleston with Sumter Clifton and Spartanburg, boosting cotton manufacturing and regional commerce. Work on a Sumter line progresses toward July 1 and main line upgrades include heavier steel rail and roadbed reconstructions. Independent operation denied. potential Seaboard Air Line control could speed the Oklahoma road’s completion.
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