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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1906
Page
3
A mixed local item list notes rooms for rent and lodging plus ads for services and businesses in Johnson City area. Mentions 117 Walnut Street, rail travel employment with $250000 capital, salaries of 1072 yearly plus expenses, various rental offers, shop ads, notices of visits, and local shop names such as Jackson and Wim Silver & Co.
Local church notices and social notes list pastors, Sunday school times, prayer meetings, and visits. Names of churches such as Wiest Baptist, Market Street M E, Washington Presbyterian, and First Methodist appear with addresses and service details. Residents are reported visiting relatives in Sullivan county and New York, plus several community announcements and classifieds including property listings and job inquiries.
A varied wallpaper display at Patton Drag Oo is noted as a new citywide attraction with prices lower than before. Capt. Haffaker and Mrs. Huffaker from Chattanooga visit Linville. Watauga Knitting Mille equipment install begins, with work to start soon. Mrs. Mallonee dies after long cancer battle. four children survive. Building activity and remodeling rise, signaling prosperity. architecture and contracting to be discussed in the next issue for readers.
Judge O D Clark ruled in favor of Parish in the long running suit over 65 000 claimed as due for hospital building work at a Home in Chattanooga The case produced an enormous record with many witnesses The same report notes wedding plans for Guy Shoo and Harriet Jones August 7 at Jellico The couple will reside at Selis cottage Unaka avenue and Roan streets Also mentioned are condemnation actions by Southern Railway as it extends toward the Tennessee North Carolina line plus settlement of rights of way claims in Unicoi Jonesboro correspondent reports the death of Elizabeth McNees at 77 in Johnson City Funeral by Rev J E Brown at Oak Hill Cemetery
Secretary of State approves charters for Crane-Wyman Lumber Sullivan Kingsport Southern and South and Western Railway Co with capital funds of 18000 and 10000 dollars. Kingsport Southern to run from Sinking Creek in Washington County to Tennessee Virginia line. Bria tol Courier notes, incorporators include J O Anderson J A Dickey A P Moore A B Whiteaker D B Mullins. Charter received at Blountville for recording by Clerk Snow. Witness reports from Greeneville and Vergil O Dell. Some see potential for South and Western routes. others doubt immediate action. Additional charter for Southern and Western railroad Sullivan county capital 10000 with incorporators C E McClung J E Briscoe F E Lowe D T Chapman and J S Webster Jr to run from Erwin in Unions County to Washington County.
Minanda Scott left Tuesday for Johnson City to visit two weeks with friends. She traveled with Miss Julia Rhodes. Fan Broyles, Ralph Cargille, Stanly Barlow and associates organized a Young Men's Club to turn it into Y.M.O.A. They should be encouraged in their ambition.
Johnson City celebrates rapid growth of the Standard Oak Veneer Company and its allied firms. The article outlines the rise of the plant, its new Interior Hardwood and Allen Panel operations, expansive tenacre complex, high skilled staff, and premium timber practices, noting strong local impact and ambitious future expansion.
Non-resident defendants Charles W Voris and Mary A Voris, great-grandchildren of John Rankin, are ordered to appear in Jonesboro Court on the first Monday in September to answer the complainant's sworn bill. If no defense is made, the allegations will be taken as confessed and the case heard ex parte. Witness dated July 8, 1906, at Jonesboro Court Office.
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