Comet editor jokes at Johnson City gag lines echo
The Johnson City Comet editor jokes about politics and local issues in a garbled passage. Several comments touch on gubernatorial candidates Enloe and Hannah and a plan to incorporate a milk punch cow. References drift through club banquets, a Baltimore wedding gift, a Columbia post office nod involving Mrs Carmack, and salaries of Tennessee judges.
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Bro
Cy Lyle
Johnson City
Elkdom
Carmack
Columbia Post Office
Patterson
Knoxville Journal and Tribune
Church revival prompts wage and policy debate in judge circles
A garbled notice notes changes in salaries for judges and court officials, with mentions of Johnson City closing a store in 1914 and a policy shift to higher pay then lower later. It refers to revival attendance at First M B Church and Roan Street Baptist Church as the Supreme Court weighs constitutionality.
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Johnson City
M. B
Supreme Court
Act UN
Roan Street
Banquet attendees and political chatter about Cy Lyle
Reports from Johnson City recount Cy Lyle among banquet guests while critics mock the Knoxville Journal and Tribune for insinuations about his table manners. The clipping also notes Lyle’s favoring Governor Patterson for the Democratic nomination and mentions railroad progress linking Cy Lyle to civilization, plus Tennessee legislative reform tied to W W Belew of Johnson City and a Virginia legal influence.
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Johnson City
Cy Lyle
Brikstol
Knoxville Journal and Tribune
Patterson
Bryan
Sevierville
Carolina,Clinchfield and Ohio
Cy [Lyle
Memphis
Captain Harris Seeks Federal Pension Agent Role
Capt S T Harris of Dandridge is mentioned for appointment as pension agent at Knoxville to succeed Capt William Rule. A Union veteran from a prominent East Tennessee family, Harris is also rumored to have received recognition from a well known Middle Tennessee woman whom he will soon marry.
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S. T. Harris
Dandridge
Tulane
Harris
Knoxville
Wm. Rule
Tennessee
Capt. Harris
Middle Tennessee
Nashville
Mrs. M. L. Fox Remembered by Commercial Club
The banquet committee honored Mrs. M. L. Fox with a handsome cut glass bowl in appreciation of her many services managing decorations and menu details, noting her good taste and contributions to the event.
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Commercial Club
M. L. Fox
Romance and mountain memory in Unicoi and Johnson City
A nostalgic letter celebrates the Western Carolina and Eastern Tennessee lands. It recalls poets and leaders like Haynes and the Taylors, notes Unicoi County's small size and Democratic leanings, and evokes Johnson City with hotel bustle before ending with a note on finding a room among mountain voices.
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Carolina
Tennessee
Gome Deep Gorge
Haynes
Hayneses
Johnsons
Vances
Taylors
Sullinses
Bob
Norton
Whittier
Unicoi
Bob Taylor
Johnson City
Giant steel frame shop and county town sights in Norton
A Norton Free Press letter recalls a visit near Erwin with a vast steel framed machine shop site and large coal storage, noting Ebb Hall's barber shop as a tidy industrial town landmark. It praises Milligan College's fast team and pitcher Charlie Adan, plus John Suthers, while touting a profitable G. and O. trip and the spirit of the land of the clouds.
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Johnson
Erwin
Hardby
Ebb Hall
Ebb
Johnson City
East Tennesseans
Milligan College
Norton
John Suthers
Charlie Adan
Charlie
John
Land of the Clouds
T. PF
Norton Free Press
Elks Entertain Visto At Open House In Johnson City
On Wednesday last the Johnson City Elks hosted a reception on Spring street for visiting dignitaries. A luncheon for fifty was followed by improvised speeches by J. W. Wadsworth Gen J T Wilder Hon W P Brownlow M J Caples and Dr W H Osborne. Attendees included the Soldiers Home Board Supt Geo R Loyall WH L Miller C L Harris C B Keister Knoxville L H Pittiplacep and others.
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Johnson City
W. H. Osborne
J. B. Tohmas
Board of Managers
Home
Supt
Geo. R. Loyall
WH. L. Miller
C. L. Harris
C. B. Keister
Knoxville
L. H. Pittiplacep
City Council Votes for West Main Fire Hall Site
City board met Saturday night and decided to buy a West Main street lot for a new fire hall. A garbage crematory location was to be found. Ordinances must be re enacted under the new charter. The fire limit was extended. A rubbish-hauling contract may be awarded. One thousand feet of fire hose bought at a dollar per foot. The board refunded the Smith Greater Shows tax to the Daughters of the Confederacy.
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Board of Aldermen
West Main Street
Ellsworth
Lee
Daughters of the Confederacy
Mrs. Carter III Struck by Serious Illness in City Home
Mrs. Carter mother of Geo L Carter lies seriously ill at her daughter Mrs J Fred Johnsons home in this city. Dr J A Edwards of Bristol was summoned to attend her last week.
Education Bill Unifies Tennessee School System Say Jones
State Superintendent R L Jones praised the third reading passage of the general education bill calling it the greatest educational measure in Tennessee. He said it creates a unified school system with liberal elementary funds, standardized county high schools, and new normal schools for white and colored teachers, plus continued support for the State University.
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R. L. Jones
Nashville American
Tennessee
State Board of Education
Agricultural and Industrial Normal
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Popular Order
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China
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