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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1901
Page
3
Fragmented jittery local notes recount daily errands at Jacksons and City Drug Store. Mentions include Silas Wooper visiting, A Byrd from Jonesboro, Summers Barton Parrott ads, and various residents visiting Knoxville Friendsville and relatives, with references to groceries, paints, stock peas, and cash payments.
Local notices include a reward offer of two dollars and fifty cents for the return of a lost item, plus various social updates from Johnson County and Bristol. Reports cover a child’s death, visits, medical ad services, and community events. The jail construction faces material quality objections, with county committee scrutiny and calls for higher standards.
Drs Williams and Montgomery, osteopathic physicians, are gaining patrons almost daily as noted in this paper. James Love of Loves station and Miss Carrie Pendleton of Scottaville Va were married at Pendleton Horse in Erwin last Wednesday with Rev J A Irvine officiating. A Peters Shop Co contest offers a 500 prize and a list of prizes and conditions appears in the Hub ad elsewhere. Mrs GC Milhorn, a longtime consumptive patient, died Thursday morning. Interment at New Bethel Sullivan County. The Southern's temporary bridge at Watauga was shakily tested by placing a loaded freight train on it after seven feet of water. Rumor says OB & C work will soon begin, with rail lines extending south to Morganton NC and north to the Ohio River. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured running sores after six years for James White of Bryantville Ind. City Drug Store.
Surprise marriage unites Me Hooter and Miss Bula Carter of Elizabethton at Harm residence Monday afternoon at 3. Ceremony by Rev. J. J. Loux. Quiet event surprised friends. Also contains local ad-like notes on ice, flour, and a weekly produce market with a few item prices.
Registration will be open to all city wards for ten days starting Monday August 12 1001 to register all legal voters for the next four years. Offices hours 9 am to 4 pm. Registrars named for each ward and locations listed. Voters must register and carry certificates on election day. Other items note farm sale near Thomas Bridge Sullivan County and various local notices and ads.
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