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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1912
Page
3
The Southern Express company added a delivery and collecting wagon for its service. No packages will be delivered to recipients unless addressed properly. A common complaint among active people is back pain. apply Chamberlain's Liniment twice daily with massage to the painful area for quick relief. Sold by local dealers.
J D King a noted farmer offers The Comet a fine apple from his farm. The fruit, grown from seed, is described as ravenously red and luscious, measuring 11 inches in eu comference. A note on Chamberland's remedy and a Temple Indiana affiliate is included.
Two large barns belonging to Geo A Reeves a few miles west of the city were destroyed by fire yesterday at noon. Reeves was threshing and the fire occurred while the hands were at dinner is thought to have started from a spark from the engine. The loss of barns implements and grain totals over 11000. W S Gunsalus near Fleming Pa says he uses Chamberlains Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in his family and recommends it. For sale by all dealers.
Mrs. Martha Lacy widow of Franklin Lacy died Wednesday at her home two miles north of the city after more than fifty years as a faithful member of the M. I. church. Survived by four children, Mrs. Doe Crumley, Mrs. Avanda Milton, James and Samuel Lacy. Funeral held at home Thursday at 2 p.m. with interment in Crumley cemetery.
L O C A L Miss Rhea Hunter visits More Hunter Galloway in Bristol. Mrs Agnes Guttiffe occupies the new Sellers dwelling on Holston Avenue after purchase. Mrs Carriger returns to East Tennessee from California. Me Carbell's Horse and Mule Exchange advertises auction on August 16 for a mare. John K. Byerley injured finger at Aar Ris Mfg plant. Mrs B W Fulkerson returns from Lake Toxaway via Johnson City. A Knoxville visitor, Mrs G G Isaacs, returns from Virginia. A Mississippi Delta trip strengthens a local Democrat. Pardue's offers bread at three cents, plus cakes and pies and groceries.
A surprise ceremony at Holston Institute in Bristol united Mrs. Margaret Rhea and former postmaster John M. Fain. Dr C C Carson officiated as the couple exchanged vows today in a quiet local wedding.
Mrs J W Fisher of Newport visits daughter Mrs O H Wile Jard and returns to Pennsylvania for extended relatives visit with their touring car. Washington Aug 12 Commissioner Davenport pension bureau says hundreds of appeals for pension checks are received as Congress has appropriated no money before adjournment leaving veterans penniless and among strangers.
Stallard and Miss Sophia Evans of Virginia City Va wed Sunday in the Planters hotel parlor by Judge P Miller. The couple belong to prominent well to do families.
Edith Green sixteen month old daughter of Mr and Mrs A Green died Thursday from burns received two weeks earlier after falling into a tub of hot water. Funeral was held Sunday afternoon with interment in Oak Hill.
About 200 residents attended the first meeting of the Central Roosevelt club in Johnson City. The effort to establish the club began within a week and aims for 1,000 members. Robertson serves as president with Beasley and Hatcher as secretaries and Dr. W J Matthews and J N Moore as first and second vice presidents.
Mrs James Watson collapsed during a Sunday evening conversation with her husband in their city home. Mr Watson, a gateman at the railroad depot, entered the room and found her fallen. The funeral was held Monday at 4 PM, with many friends sending condolences to Mr Watson.
Buster Dunn operated the new Pacific type locomotive No. 1207 received by the Southern. The machine, larger than prior engines, responds to Dunn’s skill, keeping to schedule as crowds marvel at its power and balance.
The stockholders of the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Company will meet at the company office in Johnson City Tennessee on Wednesday September 11 1912 at 12 noon to elect a board of directors for the ensuing year and to consider other business as may come before the meeting. Joins Wish Secretary
In Hampton Tennessee a Roosevelt club has been organized and its members show high enthusiasm while nearby Johnson City lags. Police tighten controls on bootleggers and cocaine shops, Ed Thompson loses his West Main street operation, vagrants must work or face idle-law enforcement, and the red light district undergoes a crackdown as efforts to clean up the town continue.
Judge P Q Miller reports scholastic population and vitality stats for Johnson City from July 1, 1911, to June 20, 1912. Totals show 2987 residents with 219 births and 105 deaths. White males 1201, white females 1218, colored males 386, colored females 287. Read and write totals 2451 of 2007. Heads of families average 1051 white colored.
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