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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1899
Page
2
A long, fragmentary column reports Eliza Sanford’s death and Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague’s passing, notes Yellow Fever at Hampton Soldiers Home, and cites political maneuvering around Alger, Root, and McKinley. It mentions Diamond Match stock rise, naval lawsuits, and varied opinions on trusts, with reminiscences on John Brown’s followers exhumation and Ingersoll’s eulogy.
Mrs Harriet Wallace and her three grandchildren visited her son Dr J W Wallace and returned to Bluff City last Saturday. Edward Hendrix and family visit Big Island Virginia, H H Hendrix’s son died near Austin Springs. Rev M B Upchurch preached last weekend. John Scott and family left Lee Smith & Co chair factory for Bristol. G C Harris checked June quarry accounts. W B Reynolds Will Smith and Jack Holly to Elizabethton for Philippines service. Rev T Hodge visited Greeneville to see his mother Mary Hodge. A new caboose for the Bristol Embrville line improved comfort. Scott and Lacy thresher now operating downriver. A personal altercation between N S Bonnet and Samuel Hendrix over wages. knives used but no serious injuries. Quarry hands ordered to three scars of stone daily. W T Johnson becomes local Bristol to Embrerville conductor replacing Bruce Cartright. Benson remains engineer.
A collection of testimonials extols Peruna as a cure for catarrh and related ailments. A Detroit resident cites family improvements including jaundice relief and dyspepsia help, while Dr. Hartman offers free counseling to women and distribution of his health book.
The drought has nearly ruined the corn crop and gardens while grass dries out. The tannery shipped four carloads of hides on Saturday. Watauga Valley Lumber Co plans to close their mill next Saturday. Misses Elva and Edith Sibley visit Mrs. T. H. Carrier. An ice cream supper at Brick Church in Turkeytown Saturday night before the first Sunday in August benefits the church.
An assortment of ads and notices announce Kin dee Mocha and Java coffee from Heekin Co and agents, a Bristol to Knoxville excursion on August 8 with departures from Bristol Johnson City and Knoxville, and the $1.40 round trip fare. Additional items promote Liquid Granite floor finish, a depository book program under Major McCronkey in East Tennessee, and appointments of county book depository agents. Also noted are miner relocations from West Virginia to Arkansas and a Boston alderman's stance on Admiral Dewey hospitality funding.
Registration opens August 1 and runs ten days at four ward locations including Comet Ollivs Building First Ward and Law Courthouse Second Ward. Officials Thad Cox and P H Worrorn sign the notice. Also memorial note for Sergeant Will Ronge of Carter County calls for public sympathy. Glass workers in Anderson plan legal action to block Indiana glass companies from joining a proposed combine.
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