Ponder Rites Mark Life of Johnson City Leader
Samuel Hunt Ponder, 67, longtime Johnson City resident and public official, died after surgery complications at Mayo Hospital Rochester. Funeral held in M B Church with Rev. Dobbs officiating. remains buried in Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by widow and three sons with widespread community mourning.
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Johnson City
Samuel H. Ponder
Mayo Hospital
Rochester
Ming
S.iuel Hunt Ponder
Sam Ponder
M. B
J. M. Emmett
J. A. Ruble
Dayton A. Dobbs
Ponder
Samuel Hunt Ponder
C. 0. Biddle
R. Lea Hunter
J. W. Cassand
Earl Hotaien
Hunter
Election officials named in August 12 1916 notice
The record lists judges Guss Bowers aL and Hill with Assistant Register H C Beasley. Election Commissioners named are W J Barton P H Wofford and R C Thomas in the August 12 1916 notice.
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Guss Bowers
al, Hill
H.C. Beasley
W. J. Barton
P. H. Wofford
R. C. Thomas
Miss Mildred Nickelson Honored at Bristol Lawn Party
Miss Mildred Nickelson of Johnson City was guests of Misses Bess and Ruth Cox at a Bristol lawn party Friday. The event took place at their country home near Thomas' Bridge with lantern lights, yard games like Rook, and late fruit and ices before guests departed for Bristol.
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Bess
Ruth Cox
Bristol
Mildred Nickelson
Johnson City
Thomas’ Bridge
Beautiful Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Scenic Folder
The Clinchfield and Ohio Railway distributes a striking folder highlighting mountain scenery and fertile farms along its route through the Appalachian region. The journey spans from sunrise in eastern Kentucky to sunset in the Carolinas, showcasing four major mountain chains and the valleys of the Clinch and Holston rivers with vivid, ever-changing vistas from the observation car.
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C. C. & O. Railway
Cumberland Mountains
Kentucky
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Carolinas
Clinchfield
Cumberland
Clinch
Great Smoky
Blue Ridge
Holston
Nolichucky
Catawba
Annapolis Midshipmen to Drill With Battleships Parade Guests
Annapolis Midshipmen from the battleships of the United States Naval Academy practice squadron join an exposition parade. Troops from all services will assist in a major ceremony with a 3 o'clock drill in North Gardens featuring battle formation and riot drill by the midshipmen.
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Missouri
Ohio
Wisconsin
United States Naval Academy
North Gardens
Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio Raidway Services Update
A 1915 notice details schedules for Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio Raidway with routes to Fordtown Kingsport Cameron Speers Ferry St Paul Dante Erwin Unaka Springs and Bristol and notes a visit to Bristol by Mrs E G Erwin Lyle Burrow and Margie Burrow. It also references expenditures from American fruit exports totaling about 16 million dollars annually.
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Tenn
Cameron
Va-Tenn
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Elkhorn Cit
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Unaka Springs
Toccane
Burnsville
Pensacola
Marion
N. C
Spartanbdurg
8. C
Unicoi
Belle Lyle
E. G. Erwin
Entrance of Court of Abundance Detachments Listed
Entrance of the Court of Abundance by Admiral F Pond commanding the Pacific reserve fleet Rear Admiral W F Fullam commanding the Naval Academy squadron and Colonel 8 M Foote lists detachments including Coast artillery sailors Yerba Buena Island apprentices United States Marines cavalry and ambulance and hospital corps from the Presidio.
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Pacific Reserve Fleet
Ammiral
W. F. Fullam
Naval Academy Squadron
8. M. Foote
Coast Artillery
Yerba Buena Island
United States Marines
Presidio
East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad Stockholders Meet
The annual meeting of stockholders of the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Co. will be held at the company office in Johnson City Tennessee on September 8 1915 at 12 o'clock noon to elect a Board of Directors for the ensuing year and address other business. John J Wise Secretary.
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Johnson City
Tenn
East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad Co
Tennessee
John 3. Wise
Washington County prepares for best school year yet
Johnson City August 14 Superintendent B. S. Depew announces plans for one of the best school years in Washington County. He cites the influence of East Tennessee State Normal, strict state exams by S. W. Sherrill, and local demand for improved schools as key factors shaping the new term.
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Johnson City
B. 5. Depew
Washington County
East Tennessee State Normal
8. W. Sherrill
Dr King’s New Life Pills Sold In Glass Bottles
Dr King’s New Life Pills are offered in well corked glass bottles with 36 sugar coated pills. One pill with water at night is suggested as an average dose. The ad claims easy pleasant use, effective relief from constipation and economical pricing at 36 pills for 26 cents.
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Dr. King
Advt
Cinwah touted as universal remedy in Johnson City ads
An advertisement claims Cinwah is a most remark able combination of vegetables, roots, gums and herbs from around the world. It promises to tonify the system, revive appetite, aid digestion, and stimulate liver and kidney function to combat rheumatism eczema and similar ailments. Sold in Johnson City at Gregory Company stores.
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Johnson City
Gregory One’ Company
Po-Do-Lax advertised cure and rail timetable details
An 1915 timetable lists Johnson City to Newland and Elizabethton routes with stop stations and times for a mixed train service. An advertisement promotes Po-Do-Lax as a cure for constipation and notes cautions about irritation and bowel health. In a separate notice, Henry Frederick Goldsmith is summoned in a chancery case against Emma Corinne Goldsmith, with defense required by September if he remains a non resident.
Johnson City attachment case against non residents
W. W. Worley and wife sue Jas. 8 Dytg CC Be In the ae Court at Johnson City Tennessee. The City of Johnson City petitions show Worley Harr Herman Ruth and William Berk Holts are non residents and indebted. An attachment was issued and levied on defendants property. Publication ordered for four weeks in The Comet. Defendants must appear by the first Monday in September or the bill and petition will be confessed and the cause proceed ex parte.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Tto
Dytg CC
Worley Harr
Herman
Rutherd Willan
Tennessee
Johnson
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