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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1900
Page
3
A collage of scattered items from Johnson City Tenn includes rental listings, sales pitches, and classed ads for gas, hardware, clothing, and household goods. It notes visits, travel plans, local births and deaths, a train accident near Elizabethon, a school picnic, and upcoming Carnival events with provincial names and venues.
Moved to Johnson City, families relocate from Chucky Valley and Chilhowie as residents plan new homes and schooling resumes. Notables attend visits. Bristol furnace closes. water power project advances. local notices urge ticket buyers to collect passes. a grandstand cake walk offers $10 to winning couple.
The insolvent estate of G B Boren, deceased, in Washington County Tennessee, is required to advertise claims. Creditors must file claims by the first Monday in December or be barred. August 2, J W Bowne.
General John D. Wilder comes back from a week on Roan Mountain reporting a pleasant trip and unseasonably warm weather with temperatures high for twenty five years. The piece notes a dry Sunday evening and a busy port with eighty guests, plus local letters urging cleaner sidewalks and a tribute to Rev S H Millard. It also recounts a lightning strike damaging a house and transformers, and a rattlesnake incident at the Taylor home with Governor Bob Taylor reacting to the event.
The body of an unknown Black man was found near Shell Creek on the ET and WON railroad last Tuesday, with more than thirty bullets in the corpse. Authorities suspect foul play and link the victim to Carson Handy, who had been arrested for drinking at Shell Creek and had threatened prosecutors. A man was burned days later and Hardy was arrested on suspicion. while in charge of the office he was shot to death.
A serpentine display at a Knoxville event featured a 42 inch rattlesnake with six rattles. The scene included a dramatic exit by a crowd as the creature contributed to a long evening of entertainment and commentary from local figures. The governor and family were noted as being at home in Knoxville, with reflections on community life and memories of a revered local woman, Joana, remembered for faith and kindness.
Nashville August 20 The attorney general advised District Attorney Lillwan again at serving the campaign committees which may lead to officials retiring from executive and campaign work. The Evans committee has seven members who are office-holders and the move would disrupt the Brownlow committee as office-holders refrain from active campaign roles.
A patron refused service for wearing a shirt waist and accent sued for 850000, alleging humiliation and damages. The file frames the incident as a civil action seeking compensation for injury to dignity and financial loss, with the proprietor named as defendant and the case advancing through legal channels.
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