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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1901
Page
3
Auction at the late residence of D K Hrobeck will sell all personal property belonging to the estate including farming implements and household goods. Credit four months with notes secured for all sums over ten dollars. cash in hand required for smaller totals. Adverts and local notices accompany this sale.
Resolutions adopted by the Hartford Ohio county Teachers Institute commend Hon. A. A. Taylor of Tennessee for delivering an engaging lecture to locals. The board thanks the entertainment committee, supports making lectures a permanent feature, and records sympathies for a fallen brother. The note closes with local descriptions and a cold remedy advertisement reference.
August races are set for the afternoon of the 10th at the fairground with Roy W. H. and Nicoll racing for 100 dollars. Other dashes and harness events promise good value. Col Dickinson is manager. The issue also notes W. B. R. King’s transfer to Lexington as East Tennessee Telephone cashier, several local obituaries and notices, a Knight of Pythias lodge tribute to Robert Barnes, a murder charge against Arm strong Hensley, and various local civic updates and ads.
A mosaic of claims and travel notes touches politics and transit. The piece ridicules direct senator elections while praising a political figure nicknamed Our Bob. It lists limited train schedules from St Louis to San Francisco and details Epworth League meeting tickets. It ends with Riley poetry and a medical tonic advertisement.
A ledger style summary lists secured U S bonds to back circulation, premiums on bonds, cash from reserves and other banks, legal tender notes, and a legal framework for money reserves. It shows assets like cash and due from reserve agents, and liabilities including borrowed sums and personnel costs.
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