Society Notes Highlight Local Visits And Guests
Boyd, Miss Agnes Young, Prof. Joe Clark, Judge Robert Burrow, and Miss Mary Alice Barton appeared in city on business or as guests. Mrs. Sidney Galbreath hosted the Merry Wives Club. Miss Alice Slemons and Miss Margaret Slemons returned from Anaka Springs. Numerous visitors from Jonesboro Bristol Knoxville and Richmond stayed with friends or attended events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Clark
Boone's Creek
Robert Burrow
Bristo
Mary Alice Barton
Misa Ross Burrow
Bristol
Alice Slemons
Margaret Slemons
Jonesboro
Anaka Springs
Tenn
Sam
Kirkpatrick
Johnson City
Ernest Dooley
Eugene Gillespie
Knoxville
Geo, Cook
Oklahoma City
Walker
Richmond
M. A. Staples
Francisco
Mary Gresham
John T. Wilda
New York
Neice
Margaret
Fannie Rhes
Mary Nell Dosser
Frank Gillespie
Gus Broderick
R. M. May
Sulphur Springs
A. R. Johnson
D. A
Kate
Lillian Dosser
Unicoi
Irene Walker
Sulphur _ Springs
Jonesboro Notes Highlight Local Visits and Health News
Mrs. Gus Broderick returns home after Maryland stay. Knoxville visitors include Mrs. Artie Venable and family staying with Mrs. Eva Anderson. Rev. M. A. Stevenson seeks appendicitis surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Numerous Knoxville and Virginia visitors call on local families. McMillen of McMillen Hazen Co praises Johnson City as highly progressive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Broderick
Maryland
Artie Venable
Knoxville
Sullivan County
Eva Anderson
M. A. Stevenson
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Ernest Dooley
Sam S. Kirkpatrick
Eugene Gillespie
Walter Chambers
Eckman
W. Va
Taylor Whittaker
Abingdon
B. C. Thomas
E. B. Mitchell
Waycross
E. M. Geiger
Mias Marion Johnson
Johnson City
James EB. Dosser
Mary A. Dosser
McMillen
McMillen-Hazen Co
Chattanooga
Roanoke
The Future's White Page After Lost Youth Calls
Walter Malone frames a call to seize the day and rise from past failures. The piece shifts to New York reporting on highway finance, bond issues, and Pan-American Road Congress set for Oakland September 13. Cyrus Leib, 38, dies in Walla Walla after stomach surgery. he leaves a wife and daughter, with burial plans in Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Malone
New York
United States
Municipal Auditorium
Oakland
Cal
American Road Builders’ Association
American Highway Association
America
Pacific Coast
California
Oregon
Washington
Tri-State Good Roads Association
Pacific Highway Association
Cyrus Leib
Walla Walla
Mr. Leib
J. W. Leib
Buffalo Ridge
Washington County
Tenn
Death of Mrs. Roy Reed Near Telford at 19
Mrs. Roy Reed aged 19 died at her home near Telford. She was a member of the M. EB. church. The funeral was held at Mt. Weasley with interment in the cemetery near the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Reed
Telford
Southern Railway Exhibits to Highlight South At Midwestern Fairs
Southern Railway and affiliated lines plan extensive exhibits at thirty state and county fairs in the North and Middle West this fall. Grain from the South will be shown with yields up to 40 bushels per acre, plus fruit and vegetable jars, with agents on hand to explain South regions and opportunities. The displays, to travel to Indiana and other Middle West fairs, include a large tent and widely distributed literature to accommodate crowds and attract farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Southern Railway
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Georgia Southern and Florida Railway
Virginia and Southwestern Railway
North
Middle West
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
New York
Indians
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Johnson wins Brabson pistol match in state shoot final
First Lieutenant H. B. Johnson of Erwin captured first in the Brabson pistol event at Camp John Sevier, with Second Lieutenant Ben H. Tyler of Memphis taking second. The Brabson trophy and a gold medal were awarded, silver and bronze medals given to runners up as the state shoot concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. 8. Johnson
Erwin
Camp John Sevier
Ben H. Tyler
Memphis
Johnson
Company M
Tyler
Hartley
Fay W. Brabson
United States Army
Tennessee National Guard
C. B. Rogan
C. B. Ewing
W. N. Hughes, Jr
President Wilson weighs cotton loan plan with officials
President Wilson will discuss the cotton situation and a proposed 135 million loan fund with members of the Federal Reserve Board and cotton leaders. The planned meeting with a growers committee was canceled after a previous conference indicated the government intends to control actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
W. P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Procreasive city pledge cited in Johnson City vote push
In Johnson City Tennessee the chancery court orders non resident defendants Julia Ann Edens and Deaderick Coffee to appear by September first or have bills confessed. Notices must run four weeks in The Comet dated August 12 1916. Clerk and Master J W Cass and solicitor Oscar M Fair oversee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Johnson Citian
Court House
Johnson City
East Tennessee
Julia Ann Edens
M. F. Edens
Chancery Court
Tennessee
J. W. Cass
Oscar M. Fair
Mandy Cordelia
Dederick
Deaderick Coffee
Mandy Cordelia Coffee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boyd
Agnes Young
Tusaday
Miga Mary Bushong
Morristown, Tenn
Fred W. Sweet
Hickman
Sidney Galbreath
Merry Wives Club
Preston
Jennie Preston
Jonesboro Notes
Deen
Hell
Heaven
Washington County Gas Co
Dundee Wollen Mills
Buffalo Street
Bicycle Sundaies
Harley-Davidson
H. M. Smith CO
L, Newcomb
Roan
Millard Streete
Vic
H. B. Crumley
Milligan College
Bible School
J. Hopwood
Arlington
Main St
Earl C
Campbell
Crest Bon Air
Chestnut Street
Mary A, Ayres
Johnson City Ice Cream Co
G. P. Maupin & Son, Props
Suc
Cox Brothers
West Main Street
WW. P. Davis
Spring Street
Foy W. Dulaney
Insurance
Tipton St
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