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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1901
Page
3
Various social updates and notices from Bristol including visitors and residents in town, church announcements, fundraising and social events, a dance at Carlisle hotel, a tentative O R & C extension plan, a brick business block construction on Buffalo Street, and local business musings with minor advertisements.
The snow storm of the night of the 19th caused anxiety for fruit safety but cool cloudy days afterward helped. Frost expands water in cells, yet continued cool weather allows reabsorption, limiting damage. Minor frost reported near Knoxville with no harm to tender fruits, says horticulturist Onanius A. Kurren of the Tennessee Experiment Station.
The James Strong Lumber Company bought timber rights on an 88000 acre Mitchell County tract from Maj. A D Reynolds. Logs will be shipped via the Ohio River and Charleston Railway to Bristol, connecting O R & O and V 8 W lines to transport the oak and hemlock timber.
Local chatter notes D D Bowers of W B Lockett Co visiting, Miss Elva Sibley from Johnson City in town, Dr W H Hawkins from Greeneville sales, W E Reese visiting homefolks, river rose ten feet with about 15000 logs in the boom. Dempsey family from Lee County Va visiting, Hodges of Johnson City repairing mill machinery, F T Blanchard of Bristol on business, John Anderson of Morristown Southern Railway bridges chief in town, Mrs Welch visiting Bluff City relatives, W D Castleberry returning from Cincinnati to Elizabethton. Old iron copper brass zinc lead bones rags sought for cash.
An old advertisement promotes Candy Cathartic tablets stamped CCC as a bowel training aid. It claims the genuine tablets cost 10 cents and are available at all druggists, warning against bulk sales.
The Bashaw dog law prohibites owners from allowing their dogs to go on others property or public roads with several exceptions for hunting chasing guarding stock and moving a dog between places or when a dollar paid to the county treasurer is received as proof of payment.
The document outlines dog damage payments and exemptions, plus county treasurer duties to log receipts in a wall bound book, with funds allocated to the common school fund. It also states penalties for violations and the act’s effective date, followed by a Washington dispatch on the Howe for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers site selection near Johnson City.
The city notes Crystal Ice offers prompt delivery across the area with a single contact. Phone 129.
An old building on Front Street is offered to the highest bidder with bids due by May 11 1901 at 6 pm and removal required by May 21 1901. The piece mentions plans for a new home in Johnson City citing superior scenery climate water and health benefits. Also referenced are home moving superstitions and an ad for Dr Kings New Life Pills at City Drug Store.
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