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Newspaper

Comet

Location

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1908

Page

3

For Sale and Local Notices From A Busy Market

An old newspaper fragment advertises items for sale including seagrap dl marble rods fountain and farm goods. It mentions Jackson Grocery Co and Jackson TABLE BOARDERS with offers to trade or write for particulars. Regional names appear such as Bristol and Asheville with social notes about visitors and residents.

Basgate Jackson Table Boarders Pany A Fan Asheville Shipley Jonesboro

Concrete Bridge Plans and Local Social Notes

Sealed bids invited for a reinforced concrete girder bridge across Brush creek on Bony street near the Electric Plant with 1 foot walk, 10 foot roadway, and complete construction. Local items include visits, illnesses, church events, social gatherings, and notes on new buildings, appointments, and community improvements in Johnson City and surrounding areas.

Johnsnon City Uhureday Brush Creek Bony Street Mia John I Gox Bristol Peel Austrial Mra Denderick Haid EE Allasworth Regarder W. M. Dunlap Johnson City West Market Street Sam Taylor

Brown Ayres Sealed Proposals at Mountain Grand Office

Brown Ayres, President, invites sealed proposals at the treasurer's office Mountain Grand N A D V S National Soldiers Home Penn for subsistence supplies and household supplies with deadlines August 18 1908 August 28 1908 and August 25 1908 respectively.

Mountain Grand National Soldiers’ Home Penn Pant Dirme Vand

Deaths and notices from Unicoi and surrounding areas

News items report the death of Bob Love aged about 40 after health decline linked to intemperance. He lived in Unicoi county, formerly of Johnson City, with family in Alaska and Texas. burial planned in California. Other notes announce burglarized home, a railway foreman’s son Chas Shell dead from peritonitis, a Holston Presbytery meeting, and D H Willard Company receiving a $10,000 charter.

State Fair News of E. W. Foster Nashville Tennessee B. W. Foster Inland Farmer Louisville Mra. Foster Washington County Mra Cy H. Lyle Johnson City Mesdames W. N. Walker Limestone J. L. Humphrey R. L. Patton Telford E. J. Baxter J. I. Hawkine Jessie Bowman J. R. Bowman W. R. Fbeeves Gentry Hale W. S. Carter J. H. Jones Jonesboro Jas St. John Watauga Weldon DeVault Will V. DeVault T. V. McCown H. W. Lyle James A. Martin M. Jackson Alice Arr Will Long Miss Duncan Full Branch Miss Smith Alf Stevens Whittier Gal Bob Love Bob Robert Love Unicoi County Unaka Corporation Nat Frank Texas Mas. Mollie Shields Paris California Chas Shell Chas, Shell Bob Shell Southern Railway Embreville Junction

Store Robbery At Hart and Houston Faces Arrest

Robbery at the Hart and Houston store last Saturday night saw goods valued around $100 stolen. Patrolman Marion Wilson arrested 14 year old Ollie Braswell, with the property recovered. Kelly Bros begin payments on Roan Street near Narrow Gange road as excavating starts and bonerets base and brick work proceed once cement sets, weather permitting.

Hart & Houston Marion Wilson Ollie Braswell Kelly Bros Roan Street Gange Road

Missing item found at residence after Sunday incident

Message notes a good sized shout strayed to a house on Sunday July 26 and found there. It mentions proof of ownership and payment of police and other expenses, referencing Foridence on old Mountowette farm and individuals Mr Lacy and John Whittington.

Old Mountowette Farm Mr. Lacy John Whittington

Tillman Nominated for Governor by Acclamation at Tennessee GOP Convention

Nashville August 12 Geo N Tillman was nominated for governor by acclamation at the Republican state convention. His name was the sole candidate, delivered after a five minute acceptance speech. The platform was adopted minutes earlier and endorsed by Tillman. Speakers included Fr Clay Fivans Congressman Hale A A Naylor and A H Pettibone.

Nashville Tenn Geo. N. Tillman Ieway W. R. Cooper Knoxville West Tennessee R. A, Haggard Warne H.N Gata Dif Cocke County Clay Fivans Hale A. A. Naylor A. H. Pettibone

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