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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1897
Page
3
A collage of notes from Bristol area reports includes claims about a cure for colds, local business ads for flour and baking powder, circus plans on September 1, and visits from residents and travelers such as J. H. Miller, Mrs. Wilson, and Miss Georgia Larrance. The piece mentions fair preparations, a railway line post and other small-town happenings with many names and places like Jonesboro, Greene County, Cranberry, and Knoxville.
Mrs John Sprague and child return from visit to Bristol Tuesday afternoon. Hart Smith secures fall goods from northern markets. Gump Bros purchase fall winter stock. Garden Party planned by First Presbyterian ladies August 26 at Harrison residence. Reverend Neighbors to perform Crowder Chandler marriage. Jackson's offers meats groceries vegetables. Cow cook wanted steady work at this office.
A mixed local item notes pension checks being cashed at the Bee Hive at no charge. The passage shifts to a recruitment note for Stark Nursery and related job offers, then reports the death of Mrs. Peter Harkins at age 63 after a fever. Her funeral was conducted by Rev. Frank Harr at the Lutheran church with interment at Harrington graveyard.
The text touts Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and consumption by H F Groeve of Chilhowle after failed treatments. It notes a Knoxville monument campfire planned Sept 1, 1807, inviting surrounding posts, plus a Bristol to Chattanooga special excursion Aug 8 offering rail travel to see local attractions. It also mentions Henry Wilbourn’s ill daughter and schedules for Johnson City railroad services.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Phil Leratte and an unclear event tied to oars. The readable bits suggest a rowing context with Leratte as a named person and a tie outcome, but details are missing.
The community mourns Dolly Hardin the 17 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Geo W Hardin who died Monday at 1 am at their Watauga Avenue home from cholera infantum. City schools plan to open September 2 with no regular work until Monday and staggered info on book lists and lessons for the opening days.
The text touts electric hitters as a vegetable remedy that nourishes nerve centers in the brain, stimulates the liver and kidneys, and purifies the blood. It claims to improve appetite and digestion and is praised as the best blood purifier and nerve tonic. Sold for £1.00 per bottle at McFarland & Code drug store.
Mr T F Crowder of Spartanburg and Miss Cornelia Chandler daughter of Judge Chandler were wed at the bride's parents on Watauga Avenue at 2 PM with Rev W S Neighbors performing. The groom is a former local, the bride the daughter of the city recorder. Also noted is a civil suit over damages for a death on the Narrow Gauge yard, a social reception hosted by Miss Gertrude Weiler, and an advertisement for Shaker Digestive Cordial promising relief from dyspepsia with a trial bottle offered.
An analysis of local mercantile standards praises honest advertising and quality as key to customer trust. Hart Smith of Johnson City travels north to stock fall and winter goods, promising fresh seasonable selections and dependable quality for loyal patrons. Baseball games between Rogersville and Johnson City drew solid crowds, with visitors winning early slips and strong pitching shaping the outcomes across Wednesday to Friday fixtures.
On the first Monday in September next at the courthouse door in Jonesboro Washington county Tennessee real estate of delinquent taxpayers for the year 1800 will be offered for sale. Books in my office show the property and if the sale is not completed on that day it will continue daily until finished. John S.A. Ryan Trustee. Johnstown City Ninth district delinquent taxes payable at the Magnetic Building and Loan Association office.
Delinquent taxpayers in Johnson City Tennessee face a public sale of their real estate for municipal taxes due for the year 1806. The description is on file in the trustee office. If not sold on the first Monday in September the sale continues daily until complete.
In Chancery Court at Johnson City Tennessee W G Butler v A S Saving and Loan Co et al the property will be sold on credit of six months. The purchaser must give a note with solvent security bearing interest from sale date. A lien will be retained on the property for purchase money until fully paid. This July 26 1897 WE Young ies
Fragmentary OCR text mentions names and places but lacks clear events or dates. It reads like a garbled report with references to Kilneys Neer Cairo Wiepgebaishet and several proper nouns, but no coherent action, outcome, or identifiable entities.
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